
LaunchX
Ages:High School
Category:Entrepreneurship
Scope:International
Registration
Entry Fee: $
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LaunchX brings together top aspiring high school entrepreneurs from around the world each summer, supporting you through the process of launching an actual startup. You join a highly-curated group of promising young entrepreneurs from around the globe, learn from industry experts, and leverage our leading course materials and support team to work with your peer co-founders to build real products and solve business challenges in viable ways.
These startups are driven by using the design thinking process to discover innovative opportunities, backed by extensive market research, multiple iterations of prototypes and user testing, and gaining traction through iterations and customer development.
Work on a co-founder team of like-minded peers, stretching yourself beyond your limits throughout the entrepreneurial process to launch a real startup.
- Explore: Identify, research, and test business opportunities
- Test: formalize the idea through market research
- Iterate: Design and test your solution
- Launch! Build business logistics and start selling
Website: https://launchx.com/
Managing Organization: LaunchX
Contact:
info@launchx.com
Eligibility:
Students in current grades 9-12 (freshman through senior, or international equivalent) may apply. This means that you must be in grades 9-12 when you submit your application. This equates to going into grade 10-12 or graduating the summer of the program. Exceptions will NOT be made for advanced middle school students taking high school level classes, nor for graduated students in a gap year.
Registration Opens: January 1, 1970
Registration Closes: January 1, 1970
Overview
LaunchX brings together top aspiring high school entrepreneurs from around the world each summer, supporting you through the process of launching an actual startup. You join a highly-curated group of promising young entrepreneurs from around the globe, learn from industry experts, and leverage our leading course materials and support team to work with your peer co-founders to build real products and solve business challenges in viable ways.
These startups are driven by using the design thinking process to discover innovative opportunities, backed by extensive market research, multiple iterations of prototypes and user testing, and gaining traction through iterations and customer development.
Process
- Explore: Identify, research, and test business opportunities
- Test: formalize the idea through market research
- Iterate: Design and test your solution
- Launch! Build business logistics and start selling
Criteria
Awards
Participate
Website: https://launchx.com/
Managing Organization: LaunchX
Contact:
info@launchx.com
Entry Fee:
Eligibility:
Students in current grades 9-12 (freshman through senior, or international equivalent) may apply. This means that you must be in grades 9-12 when you submit your application. This equates to going into grade 10-12 or graduating the summer of the program. Exceptions will NOT be made for advanced middle school students taking high school level classes, nor for graduated students in a gap year.
Deadlines
Registration Opens: January 1, 1970
Registration Closes: January 1, 1970