Can you teach entrepreneurship?
from The Economist The stereotype of a typical MBA graduate is that of a confident, well-dressed person who is destined for a career in management consultancy, finance or climbing the greasy pole at an S&P 500 company. The stereotype of an entrepreneur is a college drop-out. Yet business schools, eager ...
Gates-Backed Ricult Raises $1.85M to Improve Smallholder Farmer Profitability with Digital Tech Platform
by Louisa Burwood-Taylor from AgFunder News “The biggest reason why microfinance institutions haven’t been able to alleviate poverty in developing markets is that they only focus on one part of the problem by providing credit,” says Usman Javaid, CEO of Ricult, a fintech data platform and marketplace for smallholder farmers. “I’m ...
WPI Names Donna Levin Inaugural Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
from WPI News Office Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has named Donna Levin to the newly created position of Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, strategically positioning the university to have a greater impact—socially and commercially—through innovations developed by faculty, students, and staff. Co-founder of Care.com and a social entrepreneur for ...
With a Part of His Team Working Remotely, This Founder’s Startup is Online 24/7
by Frederick Daso from Forbes Alex Pustov, cofounder of Synaps Labs, has a lot to say about the pros and cons of having a part of his team located in different regions of the globe. Synaps Labs is a software and hardware platform that enables real-time targeted ads for digital out-of-home advertising ...
MIT’s Mind-Blowing Solutions to the 9 Hardest Startup Problems
by Peter Cohan from Inc. Magazine If you aspire to be a successful startup leader, it helps to know how to solve the toughest challenges you'll face. When I was a graduate student at MIT, professors overloaded me with challenging weekly problem sets. So I figured an MIT professor would be ...
New system recovers fresh water from power plants
by David L. Chandler from MIT News A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for parched cities around the world while also cutting power plant operating costs. About 39 percent of all the fresh water withdrawn from rivers, lakes, and reservoirs in ...
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