Be seen. Speak up. Make your voice heard. These are lessons that are taught as we enter the workforce and climb the ladder to corporate success. Yet, many women are uncomfortable with this advice, even though they want to succeed. A recent article in the Harvard Business Review titled “Why Women Stay ...
The following blog post appears on the Okta.com blog and is written by the company's co-founder and COO Frederic Kerrest. A lot can change in ten years. When Todd (my co-founder and Okta's CEO) and I decided to start a company together in 2009, we were two entrepreneurs with a ...
What makes someone an entrepreneur? Most simply defined, an entrepreneur is a person who identifies a need and starts a business to fill that void. But others will argue that a “true” entrepreneur must come up with an innovative new product or service and then operates their business to sell and ...
Recently, I spent time in Zurich, Munich and Milan meeting with MIT alumni, in the hopes of gaining philanthropic support for the programs run by the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. As I talked with our alumni in these cities, it made me think of the Entrepreneurial Philanthropy practice put forward ...
Another MIT delta v Demo Day is in the books! Our 2018 cohort was the biggest yet, with 25 teams presenting, and for the first time, we had a program in New York City in addition to our Cambridge team. With all our preparation for Demo Day and the excitement of the day itself, ...
The New York City cohort of MIT delta v enjoyed another talk last week this time from venture capitalist and Sloan MBA alum Bob Greene, who is a Managing Partner at Contour Venture Partners, an NYC-based, early stage venture capital firm. Bob provided an overview of the VC industry, valuable ...
In the very first week of this summer's accelerator, the MIT delta v teams located at the NYC Startup Studio received a visit from Joel Wishkovsky, founder and CEO of Simple Contacts, a service that provides contact lens refills without a trip to the eye doctor. Joel spoke about a ...
In today’s society, there is an awareness that diversity is important not only as a concept, but also for real bottom line improvements. While this is good news, there is still a long way to go. I recently had the privilege of joining a panel that discussed the successes and ...
On June 12, we’ll open the doors to this summer’s delta v cohort, beginning an intensive 3-month entrepreneurial “boot camp” for MIT student entrepreneurs. This post looks at the culture of delta v and how this environment helps to grow entrepreneurs. The saying “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is attributed to management ...
I had lunch the other day with a friend and former colleague; he had been the CEO of a successful company that we worked together to build. As usual, we caught up and reminisced, but what struck me about our conversation was our discussion around leadership, and how much truly ...
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