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MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
MIT Sloan BioPharma Business Club
MIT Sloan Sales Club
MIT TechLink
MIT Venture Capital and Private Equity Club
Other Clubs
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| MIT's entrepreneurship-related student organizations provide a point
of connection for like-minded students, and an important source of contacts
and training. Student-run groups not only fulfill the diverse interests
and needs of tomorrow's entrepreneurs, but also can lead students to the
resources needed to help launch their new ventures. |
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MIT $100K ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION
This annual student-run business
plan competition provides resources and inspiration to encourage students
and researchers in the MIT community to act on their energy, ideas, and
talent to produce tomorrow’s leading firms. Judges – comprised of business
angels, venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs, and representatives
from professional services firms – award $50,000 in cash and business services
to the three winning teams, to help them put their business models into
motion. Since its founding in 1990 as a $10K contest, the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship
Competition has helped establish more than 60 companies with an aggregate
value in excess of $10.5 billion. In 2005, the MIT $50K evolved into the MIT $100K with the addition of the social entrepreneurship category.These ventures have received over $185
million in capital investment and created more than 300 jobs. |
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MIT Sloan Sales Club
The MIT Sloan Sales Club was founded in 2006 to provide members with heightened business acumen, savvy sales insights, and advanced social skills. The Club recognizes that active listening, strategic selling, and relationship building are keys to success in every career and organization. The Club helps members to learn these skills by bringing to campus numerous guest speakers discussing not what, but how they did it, through application-based workshops, an annual conference, and numerous recruitment opportunities in one of the world’s most lucrative careers.
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MIT VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY CLUB (VCPE)
The MIT Sloan VCPE aims to introduce students to the rapidly growing private
equity markets. Our members represent the best of MIT’s entrepreneurship community and Sloan’s world-renowned
financial management experts. We provide the resources for both communities to locate funding for their
start-ups as well as place talented individuals within venture capital and private equity firms. In order
to educate students about the VC industry and bring them in contact with established venture capitalists
from around the world, the VCPE hosts a lunchtime speaker series throughout the academic year, arranges
for visits to local venture capital firms, and organizes the annual MIT Sloan Venture Capital
Conference in December.
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MIT TECHLINK
TechLink was launched in 1999 as a joint venture between the MIT Sloan Senate and the MIT
Graduate Student Council. TechLink's mission is to provide opportunities for social interaction between engineers,
scientists, and management students – across school and departmental lines – for the purpose of team-building and
personal and professional development.
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SLOAN ENTREPRENEURS
The Sloan Entrepreneurs’ mission is to foster entrepreneurship within the Sloan and
MIT communities. The group hosts events and provides resources to support the learning and practice of
entrepreneurship, facilitate networking within the greater MIT entrepreneurial community, and provide
access to employment opportunities in entrepreneurial organizations. |
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MIT SLOAN ASIAN BUSINESS CLUB
The MIT Sloan Asian Business Club’s mission is to foster a mutually
beneficial relationship between MIT and global Asian enterprises. As an
organization for students with either the regional and cultural background
or interest, we promote the MIT presence in the professional environment and
bring Asian business expertise into the MIT community. |
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SLOAN BIOPHARMA BUSINESS CLUB
The Sloan BioPharma Business Club (formerly HealthTech Club) is a Sloan student run community that promotes leadership and involvement in life science related businesses in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. The Sloan BBC is run by Sloan students, but actively interacts with Sloan alumni, the greater MIT community, and peer groups at other institutions. The Sloan BBC runs the Sloan BioInnovations conference, the MA and CA Biotech Treks, NY/NJ Pharma Day, as well as the very popular BioStrategy Seminar Series (http://web.mit.edu/biostrategy/), which is open to the public. |
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Officers:
Yael Glassman
John Fesko
Mark Hendy
Nicole Nollette
Nimish Parikh
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MIT SLOAN MEDIATECH CLUB
The goal of the MIT Sloan MediaTech Club is to educate its 400 members about the
high-tech and media industries, and to provide them with opportunities to interact with companies in
these fields. MediaTech hosts a speaker series that brings CEOs and senior executives to campus,
organizes student visits to companies in locations ranging from Silicon Valley to New York, and
sponsors workshops. The group also sponsors an annual conference and cooperates with the HBS Cyberposium. |
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MIT SCIENCE & ENGINEERING BUSINESS CLUB(SEBC)
The MIT SEBC serves as an educational resource and network for undergraduate
students, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows seeking careers in
business. The Club organizes workshops, offers career assistance, and
maintains a list of alumni mentors in non-academic careers. |
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MIT SLOAN SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CLUB(SRB)
The mission of the SRB is to involve MIT Sloan in the larger community while creating greater campus
awareness of socially responsible companies and careers. The SRB focuses on four different programs: a speaker series,
community service activities, volunteer consulting services to non-profit and minority-owned businesses, and opportunities
for individuals to volunteer as tutors and mentors. |
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SRB Officers
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STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT(SEID)
SEID focuses on international development issues and initiatives that help improve the standard of
living in emerging economies. SEID educates students at MIT and neighboring schools about international development
and innovative, sustainable entrepreneurship, and maintains a worldwide network of stakeholders concerned
with developmental entrepreneurship. |
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MIT TINYTECH CLUB
The TinyTech Club is a new MIT-wide student organization which aims to (a) advance understanding of emerging micro-through-nanoscale technologies, (b) to serve researchers from throughout MIT through events and activities, and (c) to build links between interested science, engineering, and business communities at and beyond the Institute. |
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Contact:
Joost Bonsen
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SLOAN WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT (SWIM)
SWIM is dedicated to the personal and professional development of women at
MIT Sloan. SWIM offers professional opportunities and career resources, and fosters a sense of
community through mentorship programs, social events, and networking receptions. SWIM cooperates
with Springboard, an organization dedicated to helping companies that have women in their
founding team be more competitive in raising venture capital. |
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