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14 02, 2017

How to Start a Startup at MIT

2017-02-14T09:12:24+00:00

by Yasyf Mohamedali Hey you. Yea, you. In the blue Dropbox shirt. Hurriedly pushing past the obnoxiously slow tourists in the Infinite. Speed walking towards Stata. I know you’re in a rush but I have just a couple questions to ask you. What course are you? Ah, 6. Big surprise ...

How to Start a Startup at MIT2017-02-14T09:12:24+00:00
14 12, 2016

DesignX Selects First Cohort

2016-12-14T16:52:28+00:00

Eight student-led teams hoping to launch ventures ranging from real estate development, to urban diagnostics, to novel design solutions for schoolchildren have been selected as the inaugural cohort for DesignX, the new entrepreneurship accelerator from MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P). Fifteen teams gathered at the MIT Media Lab ...

DesignX Selects First Cohort2016-12-14T16:52:28+00:00
5 12, 2016

Community forum gives insight into how The Engine will run

2016-12-05T14:43:43+00:00

by Rob Matheson, MIT News Office At a community forum on MIT’s new startup accelerator, The Engine, administrators discussed the new enterprise and fielded questions about its formation, components, mission, funding, mentor and equipment access, startup-selection process, and other issues. The forum, held last night in Building 32, opened with ...

Community forum gives insight into how The Engine will run2016-12-05T14:43:43+00:00
1 08, 2016

Growth Initiative Gives Promising Regions an Economic Boost

2016-08-01T10:25:19+00:00

London had a problem. In 2013, the capital was a hotbed of entrepreneurship, rife with early-stage businesses—nearly 500,000 launching per year. It was ranked a top city for startups by Nesta’s European Digital City Index. Its visa connections, tax incentives, and multicultural demographics made it a prime place to launch ...

Growth Initiative Gives Promising Regions an Economic Boost2016-08-01T10:25:19+00:00
25 07, 2016

D-Lab Scale-Ups Awards Four Fellowships Totaling $80,000 to Social Entrepreneurs

2016-07-25T15:10:52+00:00

The MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups fellowship program — which offers one year of support to social entrepreneurs bringing poverty-alleviating products to market at scale — has announced its 2016 fellows. The new D-Lab Scale-Ups fellows are two MIT alumni, Heather Beem PhD ’15 and Wardah Inam PhD ’12, and two alumni ...

D-Lab Scale-Ups Awards Four Fellowships Totaling $80,000 to Social Entrepreneurs2016-07-25T15:10:52+00:00
30 06, 2016

A Makerspace, For Students, By Students

2016-06-30T13:50:18+00:00

If there is one word that embodies the spirit of MakerWorks, the all-access Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) makerspace, it would have to be “students.” Not “maker,” although of course making is the cornerstone of the space; not “fun” or “cool,” although according to members it’s both of those things; ...

A Makerspace, For Students, By Students2016-06-30T13:50:18+00:00
7 06, 2016

MIT to launch Hong Kong Innovation Node in June

2016-06-07T13:42:33+00:00

MIT will announce the official launch of its new Hong Kong Innovation Node this summer with a unique hardware accelerator program designed to educate students in key areas of innovation practice. “The launch of the Innovation Node marks the beginning of MIT’s commitment to building a long-term presence in Hong ...

MIT to launch Hong Kong Innovation Node in June2016-06-07T13:42:33+00:00
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