About Us

What is SecondGen Global?

SecondGen is an entrepreneurial organization for artists, programmers, film-makers, musicians, journalists, and business-minded youth. It are a resource for students to learn how to develop their hobbies and talents into business opportunities and careers.

Through SecondGen’s 120 chapters worldwide, mentorship program, chapter resources, and events, students are able to develop an understanding of new and familiar industries and technologies and simultaneously hone their entrepreneurial skills.

Why SecondGen?

Instead of focusing on teaching a set curriculum at clubs, SecondGen focuses on building all-inclusive families where members build things together. This results in:

• (1) clubs engaging groups that are underrepresented in different verticals of talents and attracting members who might not normally sign up for an entrepreneurship class.
• (2) building confidence, courage, and skills in members through integration with the broader community.

Mission statement SecondGen is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to create, explore, and achieve new passions and goals.

Vision We are talented & passionate individuals ready to show and improve the world as we know it.

Core values The core values of SecondGen International are leadership, character building, creating and exploring.

Our Story

SecondGen was created in early 2015, by current Allen High School senior Bobby Thakkar and some of his classmates. They noticed there wasn't an organization that encouraged students to pursue their passions and turn them into opportunities for careers, and after a first informal meeting, discovered there was a lot of interest. SecondGen was born. Expanding throughout the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, a multifaceted director team was assembled and disassembled, creating the current team, consisting of high school junior Avik Jain, high school seniors Amy Jia, Emily Chen, Joshua Sturm, Ted Wu, and Wendy Ho. Throughout their journey, SecondGen has expanded across the U.S. and overseas, refining their mission throughout, finally arriving at what it is now: an entrepreneurship education based club system built by teens, for teens.

Through their programs, other startups have been created, like Fortify, an exercise tracking and scheduling app, and Peeyr, a peer tutoring program, and SecondGen has worked with companies Raytheon, HP Enterprises, Verizon, Google, Microsoft, Github to bring their unique services to the table for more teens. As a result of their efforts, SecondGen has seen astronomical growth and been able to move past bumps and blips along the way, like financial difficulties and inability to diversify. They reached out to sponsors, expanded further, and made their services more easily accessible, constantly growing and adapting to the situations thrown at them.

When asked why they feel SecondGen is so important to them, SecondGen’s executive team instantly knew why. They empower their peers to pursue their passions further than they think possible. Whenever someone linked to them succeeds, they feel validated and know that SecondGen is doing what it set out to do--change the world.