A Unique Opportunity for MIT Students to build effective, "Go-To-Market Strategies" for cutting-edge MIT Technologies

i-Teams will be offered in the Spring of 2009 - Apply Now!

Please check back for a preview of the Spring '09 projects. To learn more about prior projects, please explore the links to the left.

Are you interested in guiding cutting-edge MIT inventions from the laboratory towards the marketplace? Are you committed to ensuring that inventions have a powerful economic and social impact? Are you someone who enjoys working in a diverse team with leading researchers from MIT's preeminent labs? i-Teams (short for "Innovation Teams") is a unique MIT course that guides student teams as they develop a “go-to-market” strategy for a scientific or engineering breakthrough developed in one of MIT's labs. By collaborating with faculty and students in the research lab, mentors from the business community and fellow students you will assess the economic and social prospects of the innovation and develop your insights into a thorough go-to-market plan. You will be coached throughout the process by faculty director Professor Fiona Murray , lecturer Dr. Luis Perez-Breva and our TAs. Together we will determine technological directions and identify the most effective product markets. The course is supported by the Deshpande Center whose window into MIT's early-stage research ideas is the source of most i-Teams projects. i-Teams is also supported by the MIT Entrepreneurship Center .

i-Teams requires significant student commitment. The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in MIT's STATA Center throughout the Spring Semester (2.937/10.807/15.371). We expect a high level of commitment and professionalism from all our students; you will meet and work with people whose technological and business expertise puts them at the forefront of their fields. i-Teams therefore seeks creative and motivated graduate students from a wide range of backgrounds to participate in this intense, action-based learning experience. If you are excited by this opportunity apply now or email us at i-teams@mit.edu While we do our best to include many qualified students, the competition for places is strong.

For more information, e-mail at i-teams@mit.edu.

Prof. Fiona Murray
Faculty Director
Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Luis Perez-Breva, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Research Scientist and Lecturer, MIT School of Engineering