Become a YBI Member
Turning job seekers into job creators
Through our global network, Youth Business International (YBI) provides connection, collaboration, and shared learning to help organisations strengthen the support they provide to young entrepreneurs.
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Practical resources
Peer learning
Global expertise 
Benefits
YBI supports organisations to enhance quality, drive innovation, and increase sustainability.
For your organisation
- Raise your organisation’s profile through international collaboration while staying connected to emerging trends, innovative approaches, and global best practice in youth entrepreneurship support.
- Strengthen your programmes with practical tools, resources, and training via the EYE Academy by YBI. All co-created with Members and designed to work across different contexts.
- Develop your team’s knowledge and skills through peer exchange and collaboration across the YBI network, with opportunities to participate in global initiatives.
- Build meaningful connections with organisations and individuals across the global youth entrepreneurship ecosystem.
For your entrepreneurs
- Give your entrepreneurs access to innovative tools, insights, and opportunities developed by and for the YBI network.
- Enable entrepreneurs to build stronger businesses through improved support programmes and resources.
- Support your entrepreneurs’ business resilience and sustainability through practical resources and training, including access to finance resources, AI training and shareable toolkits.
- Connect your entrepreneurs to global networks through bootcamps and international learning opportunities.
Meet the EYE Academy
Learn, connect and grow through expert-led training, mentorship and a global community.
Our interactive, regularly updated library is a tool for catalysing support and scaling sustainable, inclusive youth-led businesses – bringing together YBI Members, other support organisations, entrepreneurs, mentors, and coaches on one inclusive platform. With tailored resources, live and on-demand training, and a vibrant community, it turns 25 years of YBI expertise into accessible, practical knowledge to help you support young entrepreneurs.
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Included in the Membership fee, YBI Members receive access to the EYE Academy for their teams.
Becoming a YBI member
Who can be a YBI Member?
YBI Membership is open to organisations that support young entrepreneurs to start, scale, and sustain businesses. Our Members include entrepreneurship support organisations (ESOs), business support organisations, incubators and accelerators, universities, NGOs and social enterprises. To join the network, organisations should:
Support a large number of young entrepreneurs (aged 18-35) each year to start, scale, and sustain their businesses.
Have been delivering entrepreneurship programmes for at least three years.
Be able to provide KPIs biannually to YBI.
Be committed to engaging and participating in YBI activities.
How do I join?
As part of the application process, we will ask you to share some key information about your organisation and programmes. This is so we can better understand the work you do to support young entrepreneurs and ensure YBI Membership is the right fit for both your team and the wider network.
Complete the online application form if your organisation meets the membership criteria.
If suitable, you will be invited to meet with our Membership Team to discuss your organisation and answer any questions.
If your membership application is approved, you will complete the Membership Agreement and pay a pro-rated annual membership fee.
As a new member, you will attend a dedicated onboarding session to help you get the most from your YBI membership.
A global network of supporters
YBI’s best practices have sparked our creativity, inspiring us to innovate and enhance our future programmes.Learning from their established models has equipped us with fresh perspectives and proven methodologies that we can adapt to our context.
I have to say that every organisation that supports young entrepreneurship should be part of the YBI Network. The energy, the possibilities that you are getting, of collaboration, of learning from each other, are relentless. I mean, we only have good things to say about our experience through this.
We network, we learn, we share, and at the same time we are getting a big family that was never expected.
- Membership criteria:To ensure a high-quality and engaged learning network that benefits all members we carry out due diligence checks for each organisation wanting to join. You are very welcome to apply if:
- Your organisation supports young people (aged 18 – 35) to start, scale and sustain their businesses.
- You are a registered non-profit, social enterprise or social purpose organisation.
- Your organisation has been operating for at least 3 years.
- You are able to provide KPIs biannually to YBI.
If you are unsure on any of these requirements, please do get in touch with the Membership Team at [email protected]. - Membership fee:Our annual Membership fee is based on your organisation’s annual income:
- £500 GBP (if your yearly income is less than $750,000 USD)
- £1000 GBP (if your yearly income is $750,000 USD or more)
- How to apply
Select the button below to open the application form and submit the documents specified within it.
If you have any questions or would like to speak to someone before or during the application process, please contact [email protected]. Our Membership Team are always happy to support.
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