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Help from the first day of your new idea, through growing your company and any day in-between.
Teen Entrepreneur Challenge - Summer 2026
The Teen Entrepreneur Challenge (TEC) offers high-school students an exciting opportunity for to learn entrepreneurship through education and hands-on, project-based experiences. Throughout the week, teams will develop a product or service idea while gaining essential skills in the entrepreneurial mindset, marketing and communication, financial literacy, economics and ethics, artificial intelligence, and teamwork.
- Hosted at Penn State Berks
- Programming by Penn State Lehigh Valley Faculty
- Field Trips, Expert Presentations, Pitch Competitions, FUN!
Resources for Entrepreneurs:
At Lehigh Valley LaunchBox. we believe that access to critical resources should never be a barrier to success. Our comprehensive suite of services includes, business development support, legal and intellectual property (IP)) advice and specialized programs tailored to help you start, scale and improve your company.
- Brainstorming Sessions: To provide initial guidance, support and connections to resources to take the first few steps of the entrepreneurial journey.
- Masterminds: Peer-to-peer mentoring sessions to discuss challenges and celebrate sucesses.
- Idea Test Lab: Validate and refine your business concept with virtual guidance and real-world testing with mentors throughout Eastern PA.
- Customer Discovery 101: Helps entrepreuners to identify, reach and understand their target consumer and market, ensuring preliminary target market fit.
- Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge: Encourage and support the next generation of innovators with dedicated resources and mentorship in an intensive business summer camp format complete with a final group project to be presented to a panel of judges.
- Veterans Business Outreach Center: The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program offers resources to veterans, service members, and military spouses who are interested in starting or growing a small business
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Meet the Lehigh Valley LaunchBox
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November 19, 2025
Penn State Lehigh Valley Launchbox welcomed world-renowned expert Beverley East to discuss how handwritten evidence and AI are shaping modern investigations and communication Speaker Beverley East with Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Tina Richardson. Credit: Ryan Abramson. All Rights Reserved. November 18, 2025...
June 5, 2025
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Haley Marie McClain Hill is an entrepreneur, Air Force veteran and former NFL cheerleader. But before she was any of those things, McClain Hill was a Penn State student. McClain Hill shared stories from her own...
March 5, 2025
Penn State Lehigh Valley (PSU-LV) LaunchBox recently hosted two screenings of “Show Her the Money,” a documentary that sheds light on how venture capital funding works and the disparity between male and female entrepreneurs when it comes to venture capital and...
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