What Your Struggling Business Model Can Learn From the Man of Steel
from MIT Sloan News by Meredith Somers Superman stands for truth, justice, and the “American way,” but that credo is also a great example of brand values — a necessary part of a company’s innovation strategy. Even if your company is based on a new “disruptive” business model, you have ...
Former Math Olympiad medalist embraces social entrepreneurship
from MIT News by Fatima Hussain When Mehmet Efe Akengin first entered MIT, he intended to continue his internationally acclaimed mathematics career. The native of Istanbul, Turkey, was one of the country’s youngest gold medalists in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), an annual mathematics competition for high school students. With ...
twoXAR Announces Series A in Quest to Collapse Drug Discovery Timelines
from MIT Sloan News by Edward Mason The pharmaceutical industry’s traditional plodding path for discovering drugs can cost billions of dollars, require more than a dozen years from concept to consumer, and in the end result in a product with a jaw-dropping price tag. Enter twoXAR, a Palo Alto, California, startup ...
Want to Find the Next Big Startup? Try These Top University Courses
from Forbes by Natalie Bartlett When it comes to starting a company in college, there are generally two types of student founders: those who spin out a company from a project-based class; and others who design their course load to advance and launch a project they’re already building. Certain universities ...
These Sloan MBAs Generated $100K While in School
from Poets & Quants by Nathan Allen Yishi Zuo has a philosophy about entrepreneurship. “As an investor, the best returns are found in the most inefficient markets,” he says. “And the most inefficient markets of all are in markets where no companies exist yet — where there are opportunities to create ...
The Time is Now for Women to Step Up, Speak Out, and Take Control
from BostInno by Trish Cotter On this year’s International Women’s Day, I’d like to reflect on how we can encourage women to speak up, be heard, and support each other. The #metoo movement has brought to light countless examples of abuse, mistreatment and harassment, but if there is one positive ...
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