Business development

Starting up — again and again

June 3, 2013

MBA student Danny Castonguay finds a thrill in starting new companies.

Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Startups, Business, Business and management, Profile, Students

Helping the world accelerate support for entrepreneurship

May 29, 2013

Two-year MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program now accepting new applicants

Also labeled: Business, Business and management, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Global, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Startups, Faculty, Staff

MSMS student taps MIT Sloan to power energy research

May 7, 2013

As a student in the Master of Science in Management Studies program, Vikalp Sabhlok examines ways to improve energy distribution systems in developing countries.

Also labeled: Business, Business and management, Electric grid, Energy, Energy efficiency, Global, Graduate, postdoctoral, MIT $100K competition, Student life, Students, Startups, Alternative energy, Developing countries

IDEAS awards offer a ‘launching point’ for ventures

May 3, 2013

Social entrepreneurs take home thousands of dollars from the IDEAS Global Challenge to help launch startups, develop inventions.

Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, IDEAS competition, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Special events and guest speakers, Student life, Students, Contests and academic competitions, Social entrepreneurship, Business

MIT Entrepreneur in Residence Network expands

April 30, 2013

Program provides resources and features advice from successful serial entrepreneurs

Also labeled: Business, Campus services, Education, teaching, academics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Management, Student life, Students

Sweet success

April 10, 2013

Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes, offers startup advice to MIT Sloan students

Also labeled: Business, Business and management, Clubs and activities, Marketing, Special events and guest speakers, Startups, Students, Graduate, postdoctoral

The half-billion-dollar idea

April 8, 2013

While at MIT, alumnus Todd Zion developed an insulin product that ultimately drew the attention of a pharmaceutical giant.

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Biotechnology, Mentoring, MIT $100K competition, Startups, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Biomedicine, Insulin, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry and chemical engineering

From biotech to high-tech

March 20, 2013

Newer Kendall Square firms attribute their success to innovative ideas — and to location, location, location.

Also labeled: Biotechnology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Kendall Square, Profile, Startups, Business, social-media marketing, Web marketing

MIT Sloan alumna shares thoughts on leading Fortune 500 firm

March 15, 2013

MIT Sloan alumna Ilene Gordon ‘75, SM ’76 opens semester's Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Business, Business and management, Graduate, postdoctoral, Special events and guest speakers, Students

Q&A: U.S. immigration policy and entrepreneurship

February 28, 2013

MIT’s Bill Aulet, Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook and Edward Roberts discuss the challenges facing foreign-born entrepreneurs under U.S. immigration policy.

Also labeled: Faculty, Immigration, Policy, Staff, Entrepreneurship, Students, Business, Business and management, Graduate, postdoctoral, Economics, Global, Jobs, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), STEM

D-Lab Scale-Ups fellowships open for MIT social entrepreneurs

February 22, 2013

Applications due April 3

Also labeled: Development, Entrepreneurship, Global, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), International development, Social entrepreneurship, Startups, Students

Legatum Fellows bring innovation to emerging markets

February 1, 2013

Students see opportunities in the emerging economies of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Also labeled: Business, Developing countries, Development, Emerging markets, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Legatum Center, Students

Michael Liebreich sees shift to cleaner energy as inevitable

January 17, 2013

Chief executive officer of Bloomberg New Energy Finance says clean energy will eventually be the norm.

Also labeled: Alternative energy, Climate change, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Global economy, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Policy, Politics, Renewable, Solar, Technology and society, Business, Environment and energy, Green business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize

May 17, 2012

A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.

Also labeled: Cloud computing, Contests and academic competitions, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, Green business, Health care, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), MIT $100K competition, Special events and guest speakers, Startups, Students, Technology, Venture capital

IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: True Africa

April 9, 2012

Improving access to local businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa

Also labeled: Africa, Contests and academic competitions, Developing countries, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, IDEAS competition, International development, Global, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service

Outside the classroom, students create future businesses

September 28, 2011

Members of MIT’s ‘entrepreneurial ecosystem’ say it abounds in resources to help the would-be business founder.

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Business and management, Entrepreneurship, History of MIT, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), MIT $100K competition, Students, Technology licensing, Venture capital

Which technologies get better faster?

May 17, 2011

New analysis helps predict which new systems will be on a fast track to improvements in performance.

Also labeled: Energy, Engineering Systems, Manufacturing, Research, Technology and society

Waste-conversion startup Sanergy bowls over competition

May 12, 2011

Wild-card entry takes top prize in $100K Business Plan Competition

Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Business and management, MIT $100K competition, Contests and academic competitions, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Investing, Students, Venture capital, Video

Shopper positioning system wins MIT Portugal Venture Competition

December 16, 2010

Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, Global, Transportation

Bringing innovation to the world

October 18, 2010

MIT’s Deshpande Center helps technologies bridge the gap between the lab and the marketplace. The Obama administration likes what it sees.

Also labeled: Deshpande Center, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Technology and society, Alumni/ae

MIT Portugal venture competition aims to connect innovators with investors

June 4, 2010

Also labeled: Deshpande Center, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Global, MIT Portugal, Transportation

Firms with strong intellectual property strategies fare better in raising capital

May 24, 2010

Patents alone not enough, says MIT Sloan School of Management senior lecturer

Also labeled: Global economic crisis, Research

Cementing success

May 14, 2010

Startup that eyes radical shift in cement industry wins MIT $100K business-plan competition, now in its 20th year.

Also labeled: Contests and academic competitions, Entrepreneurship, MIT $100K competition

New video series shines spotlight on the growing role of information and experimentation technologies in driving innovation

February 9, 2010

Highlights research of Brynjolfsson, Schrage into IT-driven innovation

Also labeled: Business and management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Sloan Management Review

News@MITSloan for Nov. 9

November 9, 2009

Also labeled: Business, Business and management

The Legatum Pericles Lecture Series: Challenges in Nation Building with José Ramos-Horta

October 19, 2009

Also labeled: Democracy, Peace, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Sustainability, Nobel Prizes, Special events and guest speakers, Global