08/27/12 -
The story of how the co-founders of Glassy Media met could be mistaken for the start of a Hollywood blockbuster, but around MIT it is just another day within the entrepreneurial ecosystem at MIT.
MIT Sloan alumnus Daniel Siegel (MBA ’12) and Harvard Kennedy School alumna Jennifer Hollett (MPA ’12) met in an MIT Media Lab course on social television. What began as a small classroom project turned into a life-changing company. On August 23, Glassy Media launched on iTunes...
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08/22/12 -
The culture of entrepreneurship is changing and MIT is leading the conversation about it.
The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship has submitted two panels for consideration for inclusion at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW) for 2013. MIT is a leader in innovative technology and entrepreneurial curriculum and would like to share its success and involvement in social entrepreneurship and collaborative workspace.
“We fully believe that MIT as an...
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08/07/12 -
Massachusetts of Technology ranks second on a Forbes list of the most entrepreneurial colleges. Candidates were ranked by the number of alumni that founded companies with 10 or more employees. Stanford was ranked first, followed by MIT, Harvard, California Institute of Technology (CalTech), and UC Berkeley; entrepreneurial notibles, Dartmouth and Babson, were ranked 7th and 12th, respectively.
You can see the full article at the Forbes website.
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08/06/12 -
MIT professor Eric von Hippel discussed user innovation on the WGBH radio show Innovation Hub late last month. He and others have found that many products have their root in user-driven innovations that were not designed to make money for the innovation's creator. If enough people are interested in the product, big companies eventually take notice. Listen to the full interview >>
Professor von Hippel teaches 15.356 How to Develop Breakthrough Products and Services ...
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07/17/12 -
Recent testing confirms that XL Hybrids’ electric powertrain for commercial fleet use reduces fuel consumption by 21.2 percent. Conducted by an independent EPA-certified testing lab, the results show that users can expect a three year return on investment in heavy use fleet applications.
Xl Hybrid offers the electric powertrain as a conversion system, installing the hybrid system on new vehicles after being purchased. The additional electric motor assists with...
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07/16/12 -
The days of requiring developers to build integration with individual cloud services is over. Filepicker.io, from the winner of the 2012 MIT $100K Business Plan Contest, is a mobile library that connects mobile applications to cloud services without needing to create custom code for each individual service. With the ability to connect to these services with a single line of code, developers can save hundreds of hours of time and focus on developing their own code.
Filepicker.io...
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06/22/12 -
By: Ben Israelite
The Founders' Skills Accelerator is off to a hot start, with all ten companies actively utilizing the resources available to them through the program. The last two weeks have been filled with lots of progress as the teams begin to strategically analyze their positioning and reevaluate their action plans. The twice-weekly lunch clinics have been a major catalyst for this progress, with the four sessions over the last two weeks being:
Başak Özer,...
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06/22/12 -
The MIT students and alumni behind Ministry of Supply are tired of dress shirts that have refused to innovate. They believe the market is eager for premium dress shirts with technology to keep you cool, odor free, and make sure your shirt looks as wrinkle-free at the end of the day as when you put it on.
Starting out with the “Agent” shirt, which sold out last year online, Ministry of Supply is now releasing this year's “Apollo” shirt with more features, like...
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06/22/12 -
Ministry of supply, a startup formed by alumni of MIT, is dedicated to advancing the technology of dress shirts. By using a proprietary fabric blend, the shirts incorporate new technology that you only wished your shirt has. Their new shirt, “Apollo” uses the same technology NASA uses in space suits for temperature regulation. It also includes moisture management, built in anti-microbial coating to reduce odors, and it works with your body to stay tucked in all day....
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06/22/12 -
The Beehive Cooperative is the home to over 40 startups and 100 team members. Each team has a unique story so the content team at the Beehive has created The Buzz, a weekly web series about the companies participating at MIT's newest and largest accelerator.
To watch more of the series and to learn more about the Beehive Cooperative visit: http://beehive.mit.edu.
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