The 3rd annual "Summer@Highland" entrepreneurship program, by VC firm Highland Capital Partners, is open for enrollment of prospective entrepreneurs. The program aims at tapping young, talented early-stage entrepreneur groups, similar to start-up incubators like Y Combinator and TechStars.

The eligibility criterion for the program, spanning over a 10-week period, is that one member of a startup team should be an enrolled graduate or undergraduate student, or even a 2008 graduate.

The selected startup teams, with a maximum of four members, will be offered the opportunity to work in Highland capital's offices at Menlo Park, CA or Lexington, MA. Depending on the number of members in a team, a $7,500-$15,000 stipend will be provided.

Without asking for anything in return, the Menlo Park, California-based Highland Capital - with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, Shanghai and Geneva - gives the startup teams an access to venture investment professionals and industry leaders. It provides the teams with tactical guidance, practical leadership, and profound industry domain know-how, thereby helping young entrepreneurs and their teams become market-leading businesses.

Founded with the mission of helping talented people build great companies, Highland Capital now has over $3 billion committed capital, and has, for the last two decades, invested in and worked towards enabling a lot of promising startups rise to the pinnacle of success!