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Earn & Learn (Techstars '25)

Creating career pathways for students through real world experience
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California, United States
11-50 employees

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Earn & Learn (Techstars 25) is a workforce development partner that designs, implements, and scales high-quality work-based learning (WBL) experiences that connect students with real employers and real opportunities. Built by experts with 40+ years of combined experience across education, employer engagement, and workforce programs, the organization operates the ELENA platform, a Salesforce-based system that enables employers to pledge WBL opportunities and helps school-based connectors manage relationships, share opportunities with students, and capture, count, and report activity and outcomes. With a network of 12,000+ employer partners and collaborations with 150+ educators, Earn & Learn has facilitated WBL for 250,000+ students while helping districts and workforce boards meet compliance and reporting requirements tied to local and state grants. The team partners with county offices of education, workforce development boards, K12 districts (including charter and ROP), and community colleges to co-design career-connected learning pathways, from advisory committees and guest speaking to internships, job shadows, and workplace tours. For employers, Earn & Learn strengthens early-talent pipelines by engaging local, diverse candidates, increasing brand visibility with future workers, and streamlining the process to host internships and other experiences. For educators, it saves time and resources by centralizing employer engagement, ensuring equity and access, and providing the infrastructure to measure impact. Beyond platform services, Earn & Learn offers practical support through a guided internship course and companion book, plus free toolkits such as Quality Work-Based Learning in Six Steps and Work-Readiness Competencies, to standardize quality and outcomes. The engagement model is straightforwardconnect, align on goals, then plan, implement, and track initiativesso partners can move quickly from intent to measurable results. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Earn & Learn is trusted by education and public-sector leaders seeking scalable, data-driven WBL that prepares every student for college and careers while helping employers cultivate the next generation of talent.

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