Entrepreneurship

Department of Energy launches startup-friendly programAt MIT, Energy Secretary Chu announces ‘Next Top Energy Innovator’ program, and White House officials tout commitment to helping startups.

Planting the SEIDSloan Entrepreneurs for International Development help Assured Labor grow.

Chinese property tycoon encourages entrepreneurshipDuring talk at MIT Sloan, Zhang Xin details how she helped bring 'color to Beijing'

Coming soon: The MIT Global ChallengeFor 10 years, student innovators have helped underserved communities through the IDEAS Competition. Soon, the global MIT community can join the effort.

Shopper positioning system wins MIT Portugal Venture Competition

In the World: Turning waste into profitStudents aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.

Dealing with the Data DelugeMIT Sloan Management Review study: Top-performing companies most likely to use analytics in order to make decisions

Power to the peopleEntrepreneurs at MIT’s Legatum Center are trying to bring clean-energy solutions to developing countries.

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

The clean-energy revolutionPanel presented by the MIT Enterprise Forum

In the World: Health care in the palm of a handMIT-led student team develops mobile-device software to help improve health-care accessibility in remote regions.

In the World: Breath of lifeLow-cost portable ventilator could be a lifesaver for people in remote locations and for hospitals in the developing world.

MIT Portugal venture competition aims to connect innovators with investors

Making Progress in Product DesignHow a mashup of disciplines builds genius — and really cool stuff

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

All in the family: MIT Sloan becoming home for the HatamisThird sibling to receive his MBA this spring; follows his older brother and younger sister.

Winners of the ninth annual MIT IDEAS Competition announcedMore than $25,000 awarded to seven student teams that apply invention to improve lives

Venture Mentoring Service wins awardMIT program harnesses knowledge and experience of volunteer alumni and business leaders to help prospective entrepreneurs.

MIT Entrepreneurship Review hosts launch reception, names founding editorsBrought together thought-leading entrepreneurs, faculty, students and investors

‘Failure is good’In a talk to promote his new book, MIT’s Simon Johnson lambastes a finance industry he sees as lacking a healthy fear of losing money.

Graduate student’s business storms the cinema lighting industryNuclear Science and Engineering graduate student Michael Short is quickly becoming a leader in the cinema lighting industry with his business, the LEDStorm On-Camera Light, which he designed and built in the MIT Hobby Shop.

The Tough Get Growing: how to succeed in a down economyPresented by the MIT Enterprise Forum

Moderated by Bo Fishback

Panelists:
Eugene Fitzgerald '85
Daphne Zohar
Helen Greiner '89, SM '90

MISTI 2.0 selects first winnersThree projects from engineering, one from humanities, arts, and social sciences receive funding.

Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?Professor Donald Sadoway’s research in energy storage could help speed the development of renewable energy.