A note from Riya.

I built LINK because I kept seeing the same gap everywhere. Students were being told to get experience, start something, find opportunities, build leadership, and somehow figure it all out before college — but no one was really giving them a place to do it.

I didn’t want LINK to be another program where students pay for a title and leave with nothing real. I wanted it to feel more like a launchpad: a place where students could take classes, meet other ambitious students, find opportunities that actually fit them, and build ventures before they feel “ready.”

LINK is for the student with a nonprofit idea but no team yet. The student who wants to start a business but doesn’t know what step one is. The student who wants internships, competitions, projects, or direction but is tired of scrolling through random lists. It’s also for the student who doesn’t have their own idea yet but wants to work on something real.

Right now, LINK is starting online with LINK Circle, LINK Concierge, LINK Studio, and Impact Club licensing. That means classes, personalized opportunity support, student venture help, and a way for schools to bring the model into their own community.

The bigger vision is still there: student teams, venture matching, select business partners, and eventually physical spaces where students can meet, build, pitch, and work together. But first, we’re building the foundation one student, one venture, and one real result at a time.

— Riya, Founder of LINK