Entrepreneurship
Madrid-MIT Consortium holds international conference in Madrid
June 5, 2012
Interdisciplinary dialogue among global leaders focuses on developing strong biomedical innovation ecosystems.
Legatum Center awards seed grants
May 23, 2012
Program has now funded more than 100 projects since 2009.
Also labeled: Developing countries, Electricity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Global, Legatum Center, Research, Students, D-Lab
CourseRoad, Dormbase win 2012 iCampus Student Prizes
May 23, 2012
CourseRoad named grand prize winner; Dormbase named runner-up
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
May 17, 2012
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
MIT OpenCourseWare publishes new resource for entrepreneurship education
April 25, 2012
Entrepreneurship course list supported by a grant from the NASDAQ OMX Foundation.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, OpenCourseWare
The robot revolution is just beginning
April 24, 2012
Rodney Brooks outlines his vision of the future to student entrepreneurs.
IDEAS Global Challenge coordinator discusses intersection of innovation and public service
April 20, 2012
Facilitated by Kate Mytty, competition will award up to $10,000 per team next month.
Chancellor concludes review of 2011 Clean Energy Prize
April 12, 2012
Finds rules were not broken, but competition needs improvements, including better guidelines on public presentations
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: True Africa
April 9, 2012
Improving access to local businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: wecyclers
March 27, 2012
Incentivizing recycling in the slums of Nigeria
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Essmart
March 8, 2012
Improving access to vital technologies in rural India
New initiatives in graduate education at MIT
March 5, 2012
Three new committees will advance important topics.
Also labeled: Careers, Digital, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, MIT Administration, Students
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Recovers.org
February 24, 2012
Out of a crisis that struck close to home, sisters develop innovative disaster relief solution.
Rajesh Nair, SDM ’12: systems thinking for looking ahead and paying forward
February 17, 2012
Also labeled: Students, Systems design
MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teams innovate around the world during IAP
February 8, 2012
Students develop quality-of-life solutions for underserved communities.
The social entrepreneurs of SA+P
January 18, 2012
A sampling of non-profit organizations founded by alumni
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Non-profit
In the World: Fostering entrepreneurship in developing nations
December 12, 2011
In 11 years, MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program has trained more than 1,500 budding entrepreneurs in seven countries.
Alumna and students design success in home-décor startup
December 5, 2011
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Education, teaching, academics, Graduate, postdoctoral, Marketing, MarketLab, Startups, Students
Martin (1958) Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship dedicated
November 22, 2011
Newly named and redesigned center to foster entrepreneurship at the school and around the world
'Hacking Medicine' holds inaugural conference to create health care solutions
October 24, 2011
Total of $6,000 in prizes awarded to medical entrepreneurship projects
MIT Deshpande Center announces fall 2011 research grants
October 12, 2011
Eight research teams receive $668,000 to develop new technological innovations
Classes and academic research help launch companies
October 3, 2011
A variety of course offerings are devoted to spurring new ventures.
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.
Living in the digital ecosystem
July 20, 2011
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman talks data mash-ups, entrepreneurship and how his site keeps people honest.
Also labeled: Community, Human, Industry, Media Lab, Social networks, Special events and guest speakers
Moving inventions to the marketplace
June 16, 2011
MIT/Harvard symposium seeks commercial opportunities for emerging technologies.
From Globe and Gates to Google and Guardian: Nods to MIT's 150th
May 13, 2011
Special Boston Globe magazine on MIT at 150 published Sunday; search-engine giant and U.K. newspaper post pieces about the Institute's impact
Also labeled: Google, History of MIT, MIT150, Open access, OpenCourseWare, Special events and guest speakers
Waste-conversion startup Sanergy bowls over competition
May 12, 2011
Wild-card entry takes top prize in $100K Business Plan Competition
MIT team wins Berkeley-Stanford Green Entrepreneurship Competition
May 3, 2011
Two MIT Leaders for Global Operations students and their MIT colleagues take home prize after pitching U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
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