MIT graduate Christine Marcus and Senior Lecturer Bill Aulet speak with Ian Wylie of the Financial Times about entrepreneurship education. Marcus explains that while taking courses at MIT Sloan, she realized that “entrepreneurship is a part of my soul and a very exciting way to impact the world.”
Dan Morrell of The Boston Globe writes about Humanyze, a company founded by visiting scientist Ben Waber, that helps companies gather data about their employees and workspaces to improve efficiency. “Humanyze was founded on the idea that smart management decisions require hundreds of (data-points), if not millions,” Morrell explains.
Vijee Venkatraman writes for BetaBoston about Cake, a startup founded by MIT alumnus Suelin Chen that aims to simplify end-of-life planning. “We wanted to focus on the fact that the only reason to plan for end of life is to make living better,” says Chen.
In an article for New Scientist, Lisa Grossman writes that Prof. Paulo Lozano is developing a miniature propulsion system for steering CubeSats, a type of tiny satellite, around in space. “We want to offer space access to people who don’t currently have space access,” explains Lozano.
Wired reporter Margaret Rhodes writes about Transatomic Power, an energy company founded by MIT alumnae Mark Massie and Leslie Dewan. Rhodes explains that, “The two MIT nuclear science graduates have sweeping ambitions—to bring back a nuclear reactor design first prototyped in the 1960s, and in doing so, change the landscape of clean energy in the 21st century.”
Senior Lecturer Phil Budden writes for Fortune about how the Greek financial crisis also presents an opportunity. Budden recommends that Greece, “shift its focus away from its macroeconomic problems and toward the task of creating an innovation ecosystem.”
Nihdi Subbaraman reports for BetaBoston on the legal clinics MIT and BU have started providing to student entrepreneurs. “The Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic is intended to serve as a place where startup founders can seek basic advice about how to register their company or how to distribute ownership to multiple founders,” writes Subbaraman.
MIT and BU have joined forces to offer students entrepreneurs legal advice, the Associated Press reports. "It's almost like a godsend," says MIT sophomore Isaiah Udotong, who is starting his own company. "We were looking for legal advice and wondering how we were going to make sure everything is legitimate."
Nidhi Subbaraman writes for BetaBoston about Innovation Teams (“iTeams”), an MIT program that helps students commercialize products out of lab technologies. “When it comes to emerging tech — the brand-new stuff that’s published in journals… sometimes the path to market isn’t what the researchers envisioned when they built it. iTeams wants to give the hard stuff a chance,” explains Subbaraman.
During a visit to MIT, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker stressed the need for government investment in research, reports Jeff Engels for Xconomy. “Our investment in R&D in this country is flat since, I think, 1980. It’s actually quite concerning at a time when the rest of the world, as you said, is not standing still,” said Pritzker.
BostInno reporter Dylan Martin writes about how MIT and BU have formed a new partnership to provide students with a source of legal advice on technology and business issues. “BU law students will provide free legal advice and representation to MIT and BU students who either want to start their own business or are already involved with a startup.”
In a Financial Times article about the need for investment in sanitation services, Sarah Murray highlights Sanergy, an MIT spinoff that franchises toilets to local micro entrepreneurs. Murray writes that, “Sanergy’s model provides work and improves sanitation.”
MIT and BU are teaming up on a new effort to provide legal clinics for students needing assistance with startups or technology projects, reports Karen Sloan for The National Law Journal. While entrepreneurship clinics are a growing trend at law schools, writes Sloan, “the cross-university component of MIT and Boston Law’s new clinic is unusual."
MIT and Boston University are joining forces to provide law clinics for student entrepreneurs looking for legal advice, reports Katherine Nazemi for The Tech. “There’s opportunity for students to drop in and say ‘I don’t know if I need help or not, but this is what I’m doing, what do you think?’” explains Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart.
Daily Free Press reporters Keela Sweeney and Christy Osler write that MIT and BU are collaborating on a new program to assist students with legal issues related to business and innovation. “This is an important step forward in our efforts to support all MIT students as they imagine, innovate and create,” says MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart.