Perch: A Camera/Tablet Combo Making Gains for College Athletes Everywhere
from VentureFizz by Colin W. Barry Collegiate athletes have a lot on their plates, especially when taking into account their school work, practice time, and strength training in order to keep themselves fit for playing. Sometimes, in the heat of it all, accidents can happen in the school’s fitness center. ...
The Answer to Public Health Crises Might Be in the Sewer
by Jamie Ducharme, Boston Magazine Newsha Ghaeli and Mariana Matus’ big idea doesn’t exactly sound glamorous—but it might just revolutionize the way we handle public health issues. Ghaeli, an MIT research fellow, and Matus, an MIT Ph.D. candidate, are the founders of Biobot Analytics, a startup that seeks to bring cities ...
Entrepreneurs for Social Impact – MIT delta v Demo Day 2017 and Six Standout Startups
By Colin W. Barry, VentureFIzz “If you’re looking for another dating app, you won’t find it here,” Bill Aulet, the Managing Director of MIT’s Martin Trust Center, joked. “We wanted our entrepreneurs to create companies with a social purpose.” On September 9, the Kresge Auditorium at MIT was the stage ...
MIT Technology Review: PillPack is a “Modern Apothecary”
August 16, 2017 by Michael Blanding, MIT Technology Review Elliot Cohen was home visiting his family during his second year at MIT’s Sloan School of Management when he made the decision. He and his mom had been having a spirited discussion in the kitchen, and he wanted to include his ...
delta v Alumni Mountain Hub: How to Successfully Pivot
by Dylan Walsh, MIT Sloan News In the fall of 2012, Brint Markle wanted to build the first piece of avalanche hardware built on prevention: If avalanche safety is good, avoidance is better. With two fellow MIT students, Markle, MBA ’14, co-founded Avatech, a company that sold handheld probes for ...
Bill Aulet: Amazon’s Greatest Beachhead Market Strategy Ever
Full article originally appeared in Entrepreneur magazine Jeff Bezos recently briefly overtook Bill Gates to become the richest man in America. It’s a reminder, much like Amazon’s most recent $13.7-billion acquisition of Whole Foods, of the remarkable power of the company that Bezos has created and the straightforward strategy he used to ...
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