Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and a sister program to the Chicago Film Group, the 21st Century Youth Project is a free after-school program that teaches, and prepares students with next generation skills while having fun. The students write, design,create, and market applications for the iPhone, iPad, Google Android, and many other mobile computing platforms. Additionally, the program incorporates entrepreneurship, SAT Prep and business courses, preparing students to compete in the global economy. The goal is to create applications that can be sold to their local communities, schools, small businesses, or anyone who owns a mobile platform. A portion of the profits from this initiative goes into a general scholarship fund for their college education. The students create a business plan and the Youth Project aims to teach transferrable skills to bring a student-generated product to the market, while becoming leaders in their communities and their schools.