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Launching youth entrepreneurship

MIT Technology Review 2026-08-25
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 Stach. “Meanwhile, traditional education isn’t preparing them.” That’s why in 2012 Stach founded LaunchX, a for-profit entrepreneurship program that helps high school students build practical skills through an intensive

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