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LaunchX program empowers high school students to build real companies

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Laurie Stach founded LaunchX in 2012, a program designed to equip high school students with practical entrepreneurial skills. Through an intensive summer curriculum, students form teams, identify problems, and develop real companies, often achieving preorders or revenue before the program concludes. LaunchX, which began with 30 students at MIT in 2013, now serves approximately 500 students annually through both in-person and online offerings. AI

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LaunchX program empowers high school students to build real companies

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  1. MIT Technology Review TIER_1 English(EN) · Kathryn M. O’Neill ·

    Launching youth entrepreneurship

    Even as a teenager, Laurie Stach ’06 says, she had a “crazy ambition to take on the world and solve problems.” At MIT, she realized she wasn’t the only one. “Adults always see these youth who are good at math and science and say, ‘You’re going to do great things—someday,’” says S…

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