Last night, MIT’s Martin Trust Center hosted a screening of the award-winning documentary “She Started It” which follows five women in their journeys to launch businesses in the technology industry. We were honored to have the director and co-producer of the film, Nora Poggi , with us to introduce the film ...
by Kara Baskin, MIT Sloan News Office Care.com co-founder Donna Levin played a key part in that company’s growth, and the passion was personal. Levin’s work plans were curtailed when her son was 11 weeks old and had a seizure following a difficult pregnancy. Tests were inconclusive. Her daycare situation ...
(This post originally appeared on TechCrunch) by Elaine Chen In fall 2015, Apple once again won the dubious honor of dominating the conversation on patent infringement. First, it lost a ruling in Germany’s top civil court over the slide-to-unlock feature, backing an earlier ruling in favor of Motorola Mobility. As expected, Apple is ...
SafeStart, a sobriety testing system that uses infrared sensors to check blood alcohol levels, helps prevent drunk drivers from getting on the road. Bulkr, an online platform, allows customers to buy high-quality organic food in bulk directly from local farms with little to no markup. Dropwise, which provides tools to ...
David Morgenthaler and MIT Entrepreneurship: Memories of Ed Roberts David Morgenthaler was the earliest and most enduring of my relationships with anyone from the venture capital industry. We met in Cleveland in 1971 when we both participated in the MIT Alumni Association Entrepreneurship Seminar on “How to Start Your Own ...
The following are the remarks made by Martin Trust at the Grand Re-Opening Celebration of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship on June 1, 2016. Let me first say that the Trust Family is most appreciative of the guests who have taken the time to gather here today to ...
First, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to the 2016 cohort of students in this year’s MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator (GFSA) program. Our blog is new, so for those not familiar with the program, the GFSA is the premier student accelerator program at MIT. The teams for this ...
The people must be heard ... so vote today for the Martin Trust Center's lighter-side awards. Winners receive a coveted Ed Roberts bobblehead at our June 1st Grand Opening Celebration. Categories include: Most Likely to Donate a Building Can't Believe This Startup Came Out of MIT the People's Champion Vote by ...
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