GALILEO LEARNING

oakland

founder and Ceo: glenn tripp revenue: $21 million

employees: 80 drawing on a process developed at stanford’s design school, galileo learning’s summer camps have themes like medieval adventure. kids get the chance to create catapults and chalices and to construct a reinforced castle. “to be successful in the jobs of the future, kids need to be able to design and create,” says founder glen tripp. the camps cost from $350 to $550 per week. tripp bootstrapped the company with $1,000 and says he has turned down multiple offers from private equity firms.