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Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech Startup

Lita Nelsen

Education, work, finance & impact

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.

From Summer 2026 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.