Summer program
LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program
LaunchX (LaunchX LLC)
Cost
Tuition-based (Online Entrepreneurship $6,495; San Diego in-person Flagship $11,495; other tracks $1,995-$6,495); need-based financial awards available, including for international students
Deadline
~Mar 4, 2026
Estimated; confirm on sponsor site
LaunchX is a high school entrepreneurship program (online and in-person residential tracks) in which teams of students, guided by mentors and founders, move from problem identification through prototyping to launching a real venture and generating customer revenue, culminating in a Demo Day.
Eligibility
- Grade levels
- High school
- Citizenship
- Any
- Fields of study
- Business
- Essay
- Required
Application requirements
- Complete the General Info section (contact details, how you heard about LaunchX, program interest, and financial-award interest).
- Complete the Activities Involvement section (business experience, clubs, fundraising) and the Academics section (student/school background).
- Complete the Entrepreneurial Mindset section: short-answer/essay prompts on your problem-solving approach and entrepreneurial type.: Example prompts include 'What is your main driver for wanting to be an entrepreneur?' and 'What is your entrepreneurial type?'
- Pay the non-refundable application fee, submit the application, and receive an admissions decision.: A non-refundable application fee applies (tiered by deadline). Decisions are delivered through the applicant portal ('Mission Control').
- If admitted: pay a non-refundable deposit, complete a scheduled interview, and (if seeking aid) submit the Financial Award Application.: Admitted students secure their spot with a non-refundable deposit, schedule an interview via Mission Control, and submit a separate detailed need-based Financial Award Application if requesting aid, then make final payment.
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