Your Current State
VOLATILE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Your Current State
pREDICTABLE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
In person in Frisco, Texas · ages 13–17
Give Your Teen the Skills School May Not Have Time to Teach
AI - Financial Literacy/ Entrepreneurship – Real Estate & Investing - Safety Awareness & Self Defense
The Institute of Life Skills is a hands-on after-school program for teens ages 13–17 who want to become more confident, capable, and ready for the real world.
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Use AI responsibly for school, creativity, and future careers
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Understand budgeting, saving, credit, and smart money decisions
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Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and turn ideas into action
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Learn the foundations of investing, ownership, and long-term planning
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Build confidence through self-defense, boundaries, and situational awareness
Small groups. Practical skills. Real-world confidence.
Your Current State
VOLATILE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Your Current State
pREDICTABLE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
The four questions parents ask us first
Answered here, so you are not waiting on a callback to find out.
Is it in person or online?
In person, on site, every session. Almost everything else marketed to teenagers right now is a recorded video course. This is a room, an instructor and a small group of teens.
Where exactly?
Frisco Performing Arts & Music Center 9255 Preston Rd. Studio 9 Frisco, TX 75033
How much of a commitment is it?
Classes are 60-minutes
Tuesday 6pm-7pm
Thursday 6pm-7pm
Do I have to pay everything up front?
Yes, payment is required on or before first day of class.
Your Current State
VOLATILE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Your Current State
pREDICTABLE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Schools are still teaching for a world that already moved
Your teenager can sit an exam on calculus and still not know how a paycheck is taxed, what a mortgage actually costs, why their feed shows them what it shows them, or what to do if someone grabs them in a parking lot.
That is not a failure of their school. It is simply not what a timetable is built to do. Meanwhile the four things that quietly decide how the next ten years of their life go - money, property, technology and personal safety. get no class hours at all.
We teach those four. In person, in Frisco, Texas, in groups small enough that no teenager can sit at the back and disappear.
Your Current State
VOLATILE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Your Current State
pREDICTABLE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
The curriculum
Each course builds one real-world capability. Take the one your teen needs most, or take all four and save.
Technology
The AI Edge — Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technology
Help teens become smart, intentional users of AI and technology - not passive consumers being shaped by their screens
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Using AI tools responsibly to learn, create, and produce
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Recognizing misinformation and digital manipulation
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Smart digital footprint and online privacy habits
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Productivity workflows that beat endless scrolling
Safety & Self-Defence
Safety Awareness & Self Defense
The world-renowned, real-world self-defense system practical, instinct-based techniques that build confidence, awareness, and the ability to protect yourself under pressure.
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Foundational Self Defense strikes, blocks, and stances
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Defending against grabs, holds, and common attacks
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Situational awareness and threat recognition
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Staying calm and decisive under real pressure
Property & Investing
Real Estate & Investing 101
An early, foundational look at one of the most powerful wealth-building tools how real estate actually works and why it matters.
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How real estate creates long-term wealth
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Buying vs. renting and why it's not always obvious
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Mortgages, down payments, and interest in plain English
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Understanding rental income and cash flow basics
Money
Smart Money Moves — Financial Literacy
The money education most teens never get — earning, saving, investing, and building real long-term wealth from a young age.
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Budgeting, saving, and managing your first dollars
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How compound interest builds (or destroys) wealth
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Stocks, index funds, and the basics of investing
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Understanding credit, debt, and responsible borrowing
What parents ask us next
The honest answers, before you have to ask.
Small groups, on purpose
Cohorts are capped so no student can sit at the back and disappear. Every teen speaks, practices and gets corrected by name.
You see the whole curriculum
Every session topic for every course is published on this site before you pay. Nothing is held back for the sales call.
We are not an accredited school
And we say so. This is enrichment, not a diploma. It is designed to teach what a school timetable has no room for.
Terms in writing
Fees, conduct, safety, medical consent and cancellation are all set out in the Terms & Conditions. Read them before you enroll, not after.
Self Awareness & Self Defense
Controlled, supervised technique on mats: stances, escapes, situational awareness and de-escalation. Avoiding trouble comes before anything physical.
Terms in writing
Call (618) 573-5078 during business hours and you will reach our admissions team, not a queue.
Taught by people who do this for a living
Not teachers reading a syllabus. Each class is run by someone who works in that field.
SAFETY AWARENESS & SELF DEFENSE
Michael Albin - Instructor
Michael has been involved in martial arts for over 20 years and is a Black Belt in Taekwondo. His experience also includes Muay Thai Kickboxing, child-abduction prevention, active-shooter response planning, bullying prevention, and real-world personal safety instruction.
SMART MONEY MOVES - FINANCIAL LITERACY
Chris Calandro - Morgan Stanley Instructor
Financial advisors will help teens build practical knowledge in budgeting, saving, credit, investing fundamentals, financial literacy, and entrepreneurial thinking.
THE AI EDGE + REAL ESTATE & INVESTING 101
Hasan Mahim - Instructor
Hasan is an AI and real estate professional with graduate-level real estate education and hands-on experience in real estate investment, emerging technology, research, problem-solving, and real-world applications.
Your Current State
VOLATILE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Your Current State
pREDICTABLE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Tuition
Choose one course or combine programs for greater value.
ONE COURSE
1 Class
$149
Choose one 6-week course.
TWO COURSES
2 Classes
$279
Combine any two programs.
THREE COURSES
3 Classes
$399
Choose any three programs.
BEST VALUE
All 4 Classes
$449 Save $147
Complete four-course life skills experience.
Your Current State
VOLATILE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Your Current State
pREDICTABLE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Questions
The six we hear most. The full list is here
Teenagers aged 13 to 17. Every cohort is grouped so students are working alongside peers at a similar stage, and each class is taught to be useful to a 13-year-old and still respected by a 17-year-old.
In person, on site, every single session. No recorded videos, no webinars, no hybrid. Almost everything else being marketed to teenagers right now is a video course somebody watches alone in a bedroom. This is a room, an instructor, and a small group of teens who show up
Frisco, Texas. The exact address and the cohort's evening are confirmed by our admissions team when you inquire, because classes run on a semester schedule and the room depends on which term and which class you join. Call (618) 573-5078 and we will tell you right away.
Working practitioners, not general teachers. The self defence class is run by an instructor who trains adults in the same system; the money and real estate classes are taught by people who advise on those things professionally. Ask about the specific instructor on the call — we will tell you exactly who your teen would be in a room with.
Yes. A $100 deposit holds your teen's seat while you talk it over at home, and it comes off the tuition. Seats per cohort are capped, so the deposit is what stops the seat going to the next family while you decide.
Payment plans are available on the four-class bundle. Ask about it on the call and admissions will set it up with you.
Michael was very accommodating and wonderful to work with! Very thoughtful about how he instructed my teen-aged daughter and her friends; we felt he really cared about making sure they'd feel confident and be safe in any future challenging situation. They actually enjoyed the class and felt it was very worth while! Highly recommend Michael and this class!
Sherrie H. - Jul 3, 2025
Highly recommend this program. The instructor is great, knowledgeable about the self defense. He was great in keeping everyone motivated and making sure everyone was confident in the new skill learned before moving on.The SCENARIOS were my favorite, really places you in real life situations and teaches you how to protect yourself. Please invest in this program, best decision I made.
Benahir C. — Jul 3, 2025
Your Current State
VOLATILE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Your Current State
pREDICTABLE
MONTHLY PIPELINE ACTIVITY
Avg. Raise Timeline
18 months
Capital Committed
$900K
Close Rate
6%
Contact Us
Have Questions? We’d Love to Hear From You!
Whether you’re interested in enrolling your teen,
learning more about our courses,
finding the right program for your child, the Institute of Life Skills team is here to help.
Institute of Life Skills
📍 Frisco Performing Arts Center
Music Bldg., Studio 9
9255 Preston Rd.
Frisco, TX 75033
📞 Phone: 618-573-5078
✉️ Email: contact@instituteoflifeskills.com
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