Product Pilots
For companies with tools in sports, athlete evaluation, AI coaching, wearables, wellness, safety, family engagement, payments, or event operations that want practical feedback in a real environment.
Innovation at Hope Forest
Pilot New Sports and Community Technology in a Real Campus Setting
Fields of Hope gives founders, product companies, mentors, athlete foundations, sponsors, and strategic partners a practical way to connect around real youth sports, family programming, marketplace activity, and community events at Hope Forest.
Why innovation belongs here
Innovation plugs into real campus activity
- Hope Forest gives innovation a place to happen in real life
- Sports weekends, combines, and homeschool days create live environments
- Marketplace days and sponsor activations bring families to campus
- Appropriate technology can be demonstrated, tested, and improved here
- Athlete foundations can engage where it aligns with their mission
- Strategic partners can see what emerges from real programming
The innovation pathways
Ways to plug into campus activity
Founder & Company Interest
For idea-stage founders or early teams building around sports, youth development, learning, wellness, outdoor activity, marketplace activity, or community technology.
Mentors, Sponsors & Award Partners
For operators, investors, business leaders, athlete foundations, banks, corporate foundations, and sponsors that want to help founders move from idea to pilot.
Venture & Strategic Partners
For VCs, angels, corporate venture groups, fintech, sports brands, media, wellness, and AI companies interested in seeing what emerges from real programming.
How this starts
Fields of Hope begins with free and sponsor-supported launch moments that bring families, teams, vendors, sponsors, and partners onto campus. As programming grows, the campus can become a practical environment for demonstrations, pilots, founder conversations, sponsor activations, and athlete foundation involvement.
Safety and fit
Youth safety comes first. Any technology involvement must be appropriate, optional, transparent, and aligned with the purpose of the event. Fields of Hope is not a place for aggressive commercialization toward minors. It is a place where useful tools can support better programming, better experiences, and better opportunities.
How this starts
A clear shape partners can step into
Fields of Hope begins with free and sponsor-supported launch moments that lower the barrier for families, teams, vendors, and partners. Interest forms help identify where demand exists. Future programming is shaped by the families, clubs, sponsors, operators, property owners, founders, and community partners who raise their hands first.
Why it matters
Real environments are the rarest input in early sports and community tech. Hope Forest provides one — alongside families, athletes, sponsors, and partners who are already showing up.
Why Central Florida is the right launch market
1.53M
Orange County, FL residents (2024)
21%
Orange County residents under age 18
527K+
Orange County households
45K+
Orange County employer establishments
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts — Orange County, FL and Orlando city, FL.