Engineer, educator, entrepreneur, maker. Founder of LaunchX, where high school students start real companies. MIT ’06, HBS ’11.
LaunchX
Youth entrepreneurship program. ~500 students per year across in-person and online programs. Most generate real revenue by week four.
Speaking
Talks on entrepreneurship education, building from scratch, and the new economics of starting companies in the AI era.
The Workbook
Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur is a 92 page workbook for aspiring young entrepreneurs, in paperback and Kindle.
Featured Writing
- Quiz: Do You Have the Mindset to Be an Entrepreneur?
A ten question self-assessment, and the most read thing on this site. - The Questions AI Can’t Answer For You
Five questions AI cannot answer for you, and why the limit is not technical. - The State of Youth Entrepreneurship 2026
A sourced report on where young founders are, what they build, and how they fund it. - Unshould Others: Freedom in Relationships and Leadership
On expectations, control, and the cost of scripting other people.
Laurie Stach 