Speaker Series: Bill Gurley
by Erin Martin On Thursday, February 22nd, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship hosted Bill Gurley, partner at Benchmark Ventures, for a fireside chat. As an early investor in companies like Uber, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, and Zillow, Gurley has demonstrated an exceptional ability to anticipate where economic opportunity lies ...
The Entrepreneur’s Journey: Jon Bloom
by Kara Baskin Jon Bloom, M.D., didn’t need to attend business school to jumpstart his career. Before arriving at MIT in 2011, he was director of medical affairs at Covidien, a health care products company, and an anesthesiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. While at UPMC and an ...
MIT Innovators: Dan Jordan Kessler [FundOne]
First Year MBA student, Dan Kessler talks about his passion for social impact and next generation engagement with his idea, FundOne. In this revealing chat, Dan discusses how his background led to him coming to MIT and taking an entrepreneurial path. …
MIT Innovators: Shana Opperman and Adis Ojeda [Hippo]
Shana Opperman and Adis Ojeda give an introduction to their startup idea, tentatively titled Hippo, and their aim to combat millennial loneliness through bringing people closer together via their interests. …
MIT Innovators: Wen Jie Ong [Divaqua]
MIT’s Storyteller In Residence, Dom Smith chats to Wen Jie Ong about Divaqua, a start-up out of the MIT Delta v program working on water treatment. …
MIT Innovators: Alexander List [Serial Entrepreneur]
MIT’s Storyteller In Residence, Dom Smith chats to serial entrepreneur, and MIT student Alexander List about his current, and previous ideas, and offers up some key tips when understanding mental health issues within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. …
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