Reading · Summer 2026 Reading from MIT
Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech Startup
By Lita Nelsen, former director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, and Maureen Stancik Boyce, mentor for the MIT Sandbox program
MIT Press · 2026
"Launching from the Lab" provides a much-needed framework for new entrepreneurs who are founding companies based on "deep technology", groundbreaking innovations rising from new discoveries in fundamental research. Nelsen and Stancik Boyce cover the steps to launch and fund such companies, beginning with emergence from the laboratory and acquiring intellectual property through the intensive research of customer needs, building a team, and raising capital.
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