Ripyl was born out of a bold idea: What if we didn’t wait until adulthood to nurture entrepreneurial thinking? Inspired by childhood memories like lemonade stands and a powerful question “Why only 100 entrepreneurs to change a country?” Riply set out to make entrepreneurship accessible to every student before they leave school. Their mission: to help young people build confidence, think like entrepreneurs, and believe they can create real-world impact.

What began as a small pilot with 750 students in primary and middle school has grown into a national success story. Despite early challenges including the pandemic Ripyl reemerged stronger, pivoting its focus to secondary education. Today, more than 5,000 students have completed a Ripyl program.

While STEM and STEAM subjects benefit from strong support, business and commerce teachers are often under-resourced and underprepared. Many educators teaching entrepreneurship or financial literacy receive minimal training, few tools, and little structured support.

“They’re expected to teach entrepreneurship, finance, leadership, and marketing often without prior experience, and with almost no time or resources.”

Ripyl identified this critical gap in the system: business educators lacked the backing they needed to deliver meaningful, engaging content to their students.

Ripyl is not just a content provider it’s a full-service educational platform created by teachers who understand the classroom. It offers curriculum-aligned, ready-to-use business education modules that save educators time and engage students in real-world learning.

Educators gain access to:

• Plug-and-play content aligned with Australian, New Zealand, and global standards.
  
• Professionally designed lesson materials, case studies, and interactive projects.
  
• Comprehensive teacher guides, assessment tools, and student activities.
  

Ripyl makes business education as engaging and supported as any STEM subject.

“That’s why we built Ripyl for teachers, by teachers.”

Beyond content, Ripyl offers something even more powerful: a global network of over 300 business educators across 11 countries. This vibrant, secure, teacher-only space fosters collaboration, resource sharing, and professional growth from Sydney to Auckland, New York to Dublin.

“It’s like a smarter, safer global Facebook group but just for business teachers.”

This community ensures that Ripyl is not just a tool, but a movement raising the standard of business education globally.

🏆 Congratulations to Ripyl for winning the 2025 Shark Tank competition at Innovation Alley in EDUtech! Their work is reshaping how business and commerce are taught and giving the next generation the tools to lead, innovate, and thrive.

🔗 Learn more and explore their educator tools at https://www.ripyl.net/

Recorded at EDUtech Sydney 2025