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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Interested in exploring entrepreneurship? Curious what it means to found a company and launch a startup? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://startmit.mit.edu/" class="">StartMIT</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> will give you an introduction to the skill set and spirit entrepreneurship requires over 2.5 weeks (January 8-24) during the Independent
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">You'll get experience with hands-on workshops, take a field trip to New York City, and hear from successful entrepreneurs and innovators such as:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Caroline Brown (former CEO, Donna Karan International)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Paul English (Founder, Kayak)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Brad Feld (Managing Director, Foundry Group; Co-Founder, TechStars) <o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Bob Langer (MIT Institute Professor and the most cited engineer in history)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Tom Leighton (Cofounder and CEO, Akamai)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Apply by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 19: </span><a href="https://startmit-apply.mit.edu/" class="">https://startmit-apply.mit.edu/</a></div>
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