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Legatum Lecture: Education Entrepreneurship in India

Submitted by on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 3:02pm
Event Date
Event Date: 
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 5:30pm
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
MIT-sponsored event
Event Sponsor(s): 
Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
Event Webpage: 
http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1170
MIT Building: 
E62
MIT Room: 
276
Other Location (if not on the MIT campus, or to be more descriptive about the MIT location): 
MIT Sloan School, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
General public
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
No
Ticket Prices: 
Free and open to the public
Contact Person for Event
Contact Name: 
Agnes Hunsicker
Contact Email: 
agnesh@mit.edu
Contact Phone Number: 
617-324-2768

Cleantech Open Interest Presentation, Hosted by the MIT Enterprise Forum's Energy SIG

Submitted by Snyder, Chris on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 12:30pm
Event Date
Event Date: 
Thu, 04/05/2012 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
MIT-sponsored event
Event Sponsor(s): 
MIT Enterprise Forum
Event Webpage: 
http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-sig-hosts-accelerate-and-launch/
MIT Building: 
E51
MIT Room: 
345
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
General public
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
Yes
How to RSVP: 
http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-sig-hosts-accelerate-and-launch/#register
Ticket Prices: 
Free for students. $10 for MITEF members. $20 for non-MITEF members.
Are you a cleantech entrepreneur looking for ways to accelerate your startup, expand your cleantech network, and explore funding opportunities?  Join us as participants and mentors from the 2011 Northeast Region of the Cleantech Open share their experiences with the Cleantech Open business accelerator program and competition.
 

Robin Chase: Innovating With Excess Capacity to Achieve Speed and Scale

Submitted by Snyder, Chris on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 12:55pm
Event Date
Event Date: 
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:30pm
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
MIT-sponsored event
Additional Event Sponsors: 
Transportation@MIT
MIT Transportation Club
MIT Building: 
32
MIT Room: 
123
Other Location (if not on the MIT campus, or to be more descriptive about the MIT location): 
Stata
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
General public
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
No
*About Robin Chase* 
Robin Chase is founder and CEO of GoLoco, an online ridesharing community. 

Clean Tech, Energy and Environmental Night at the Venture Café @ CIC

Submitted by on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 10:56am
Event Date
Event Date: 
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
Community event (non-MIT)
Additional Event Sponsors: 
Venture Cafe @ Cambridge Innovation Center
Event Webpage: 
http://www.venturecafe.net/blog/
Other Location (if not on the MIT campus, or to be more descriptive about the MIT location): 
Venture Cafe @ CIC: One Broadway (4th floor), Cambridge, MA (T:Kendall/MIT)
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
General public
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
Yes
How to RSVP: 
Please register if you are interested in attending the EPA Roundtable Talks: http://tinyurl.com/7err4r8
Ticket Prices: 
Free
Contact Person for Event
Contact Name: 
Chris Myles
Contact Email: 
chris.myles@venturecafe.net

Three MIT Teams Mess With Texas, Take SXSW Interactive By Storm

Wed, 03/14/2012 - 5:16pm 
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Note: This article was updated 3/22 to correct the core team members listed for Funf.
 
Three innovative products launched by MIT students, alumni, and a professor took grand prize nods at the fourth annual SXSW Accelerator, held March 12-13 in Austin, Texas as part of the 2012 South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival.
 

Entrepreneurial Big Pharma: Myth or Reality

Submitted by on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:24am
Event Date
Event Date: 
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:30am - 12:30pm
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
MIT-sponsored event
Event Sponsor(s): 
Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
MIT Entrepreneurship Review
MIT Building: 
E40
MIT Room: 
160V
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
MIT students
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
No
Contact Person for Event
Contact Name: 
Adam Cragg
Contact Email: 
adam@mit.edu
NOTE Time change: The event is now 11:30am-12:30pm.
 
Wondering if innovation can flourish under bureaucracy? Then you won't want to miss the live debate.
 
Speakers:
Dr. Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos, SVP Research & Development, BioTx Division Pfizer
Dr. Belen Carrillo-Rivas, Director, R&D Projects and Strategy
Dr. Fiona Murray, David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology at MIT

Entrepreneur Miles Barr Wins Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 1:30pm 
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Recent MIT graduate Miles Barr received the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize yesterday for an approach that would allow paper and textiles to be turned into solar panels.
 
Barr received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering earlier this year from MIT, and also holds an SM from MIT.
 
Barr is working to commercialize the technology. He co-founded Ubiquitous Energy, which participated as a student team in the Martin Trust Center's Summer Startup Central program last year.
 

Legatum Seed Grants Submission Deadline

Submitted by on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 5:21pm
Event Date
Event Date: 
Tue, 04/10/2012 (All day)
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
MIT-sponsored event
Event Sponsor(s): 
Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
Event Webpage: 
http://legatum.mit.edu/grant
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
Other (see below)
If Other selected: 
At least one member of each team must be an MIT student
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
No
Contact Person for Event
Contact Name: 
Agnes Hunsicker
Contact Email: 
agnesh@mit.edu
Contact Phone Number: 
617-324-2768
The Legatum Center will accept applications for Seed Grants from March 19th through midnight April 10th, 2012. Legatum Seed Grants provide funding to develop and nurture promising for-profit ventures in low-income countries.
 
WHAT WE FUND:
- Market research
- Prototype development
- Pilot testing
- International travel
 
WHO WE FUND:
- MIT undergraduates
- MIT graduates
- Student teams*

Application Deadline: 2012 MIT $100K 2012 Business Plan Contest

Submitted by Marcoux, Vanessa on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 3:44pm
Event Date
Event Date: 
Fri, 03/23/2012 - 6:00pm
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
MIT-sponsored event
Event Sponsor(s): 
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Event Webpage: 
http://mit100k.org/
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
General public
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
No
How to RSVP: 
http://mit100k.org/bpc/bpc-rules/
The MIT $100K Business Plan Contest is comprised of three rounds of submission.
 

MIT $100K at Venture Café

Submitted by Marcoux, Vanessa on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 3:39pm
Event Date
Event Date: 
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Event Sponsors
MIT or Community event?: 
MIT-sponsored event
Event Sponsor(s): 
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
MIT Building: 
E70
MIT Room: 
4th Floor
Other Location (if not on the MIT campus, or to be more descriptive about the MIT location): 
One Broadway 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142
Event Open To
Event Open To: 
MIT community
RSVP
Tickets or RSVP required?: 
No
Contact Person for Event
Contact Name: 
Alice Francis
Contact Email: 
aef@mit.edu
Contact Phone Number: 
201-213-0603
Join the MIT $100K team at Venture Café to find a team, brainstorm business ideas and learn more about the MIT $100K Business Plan Contest.