Too Young to Fail
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:00PM Technology Review – Feb. 3, 2012
Technology Review’s Jessica Leber profiles 17-year-old Laura Deming, one of 24 Thiel Fellows pursuing their dreams to change the world. After enrolling in MIT at age 14, Deming “stopped out” of college to use her $100,000 grant to research new therapies for age-related diseases.
“Laura Deming was studying for finals in a crowded MIT reading room last April when her phone rang. That’s when she learned she may never again take another exam.
Deming, only 17, had just been chosen by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel for a high-profile experiment: Put $100,000 apiece in the hands of 24 entrepreneurial teenagers and give them free rein to pursue innovative ideas.
The condition? Deming had to leave her studies and classmates, and vow to stay out of college during the two-year fellowship.”
Read the full story here.