Build Your Future. Defy The Odds.

Only Eat with Whom You Starve with empowers Brooklyn's youth through real-world skills, mentorship, and opportunities that lead to financial independence and success.

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Our Mission

We believe every young person in Brooklyn deserves the tools to build a successful future, regardless of their zip code. Our organization equips teens with vocational training, financial knowledge, and entrepreneurial skills that open doors to economic independence.

Through hands-on learning and mentorship, we're creating pathways to success that transform individual lives and strengthen our communities.

What We Offer

Tech Skills

Gain practical expertise in coding, cybersecurity, and digital design through our hands-on training programs led by industry professionals.

Financial Literacy

Learn essential money management skills, from budgeting and saving to building credit and investing for your future.

Entrepreneurship

Transform your ideas into reality with business planning workshops, marketing strategies, and pitch competitions with real funding opportunities.

Skills That Pay The Bills

Information Technology

From coding to cybersecurity, develop in-demand tech skills that companies are desperately seeking right now.

Skilled Trades

Get hands-on training in electrician work, plumbing, and carpentry – stable, well-paying careers that can't be outsourced.

Creative Arts

Channel your creativity into marketable skills with training in graphic design, video production, and digital media.

Real Mentors. Real Success.

Connect with successful professionals who look like you and come from where you come from. Our mentors provide more than just business advice – they offer guidance based on lived experience.

Through one-on-one mentorship, internship placements, and networking events, you'll build relationships that can open doors to opportunities for years to come.

From Ideas To Income

Develop Your Concept

Work with business experts to refine your ideas and create a solid business plan that stands out.

Build Your Skills

Learn essential entrepreneurial skills like marketing, financial management, and customer development.

Pitch For Funding

Present your business to potential investors in our pitch competitions with real seed funding on the line.

Join Our Community

Ready to build skills that lead to real opportunities? Our programs are free for qualifying Brooklyn youth ages 16-21. Email for more information about our mission.