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A group of “microinterns” learned the entrepreneurial ropes in New York City last year. A new program takes place Thursday.

Pioneering incubator TechStars rolls out its “microinternship” program in Boulder, Colo., on Thursday, giving middle school kids a chance to spend a day shadowing the founders of tech start-ups at work there. (Here’s a list of TechStars’ active, Boulder-area companies

The founder of TechStars, David Cohen, teamed up with Centennial Middle School educator Joshua Feiger to coordinate the program. They started working together in 2009, when Feiger invited Cohen to speak to the Entrepreneurs Project school assembly, inspiring kids to learn about and even try their hands at business formation. Cohen consequently blogged about “What I learned from a bunch of middle school kids.”

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