This week on Career Crashers, Stacey Ferreira joins the show to talk about her experience of launching a company at 18 that raised $1.2M in funding and learning from real-world experience over the classroom.

Learn more about Forge at: http://www.joinforge.com/

Learn more about Stacey at: https://twitter.com/staceyferreira

In this episode: 

- How Stacey started a business and raised 1.2M in venture capital right after high school

- How being young can be an advantage when you are starting your career

- Why and how Stacey learned to code 

- How video games can lead to learning and opportunities 

- Challenges and lessons learned building a company as an 18-year-old 

- How people overlook the positives that individuals get from starting companies, even if the company isn't financially successful 

- Making the decision to leave college for the Theil Fellowship 

- The idea that led Stacey to create Forge

- Stacey's advice for young people just starting their careers  

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