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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Interested in exploring entrepreneurship? Curious what it means to found a company and launch a startup? <o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""><a href="https://startmit.mit.edu/" class="">StartMIT</a> will give you an introduction to the skill set and spirit that entrepreneurship requires over 2.5 weeks during the
January 2018 Independent Activities Period (IAP).<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">You'll get experience with hands on workshops and hear from successful entrepreneurs and innovators such as:<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="IT" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Caroline Brown (former CEO, Donna Karan International)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Paul English (Founder, Kayak)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Brad Feld (Managing Director, Foundry Group; Co-Founder, TechStars) <o:p class=""></o:p></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Bob Langer (MIT Institute Professor and the most cited engineer in history)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Tom Leighton (Cofounder and CEO, Akamai)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Postdocs and students are invited to apply by November 19: <a href="https://startmit-apply.mit.edu/" class="">https://startmit-apply.mit.edu/</a></font></div>
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