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Inspiring Future Generations to Innovate
So much for trade secrets. Limor Fried has based a business around the idea that everyone can do it themselves.
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Utah's New Tech Powerhouse
Jack Brittain, the University of Utah’s tech venture development chief, talks about how his school launched more tech start-ups than MIT in 2009.
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How to Win a Business-Plan Competition
Smart strategies can lead you to the top of your class, earn you credibility, and even reel in investments.
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Are You Selling the Wrong Product?
How one entrepreneur came to learn he was wasting a lot of time and effort when it came to his business.
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Entrepreneurship Education for All
Why it's time to take entrepreneurship training out of business schools.
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MIT Calls On Energy Entrepreneurs
A new competition will award $200,000 for the best clean energy idea. Read more
A Smarter Segway?
Some students at MIT have developed a fold-up scooter for use primarily in cities in Asia, where car traffic is reaching staggering levels. According to a... Read more
Supply Chain to the Stars
A fun news item today: researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a software tool that they say is the first step to establis... Read more
Study: Discounts Aren't the Only Way to Boost Retail Sales
Dec. 16, 2005 --Small retailers looking to increase customer during and after the holiday season should think twice about simply slashing ... Read more
It's Official: MBAs Are a Bunch of Clowns
B-schools send in the clowns. Read more
New Research to Track Productivity
A MIT research team is trying to figure out how CEOs can better manage information workers. Read more
Entree to Riches: Winning at MIT
MIT's $50K Entrepreneurship Competition is the hub of a vast network of venture capitalists, angel investors, consultants, and alumni seeking the savviest yo... Read more
The Activist Ingredient
To avoid employee burnout while maintaining growth, Paul Osterman of the Sloan School of Management at MIT suggests you take a lesson from grassroots politic... Read more
Customers Can Also Fund You
Customers financed development of new technology in exchange for short-term exclusive use of the product. Read more
Upstarts: University Tournaments
University business-plan tournaments are spawning a variety of sophisticated start-up companies. Here's what students learn from these contests and why inves... Read more
MIT Springboard Sends Internet Company Aloft
University's business-plan contest catapults two students into entrepreneurship. For the CEO they hired, it's deja vu The old saw... Read more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Saying All the Right Things
The idea for Lingt Language came to MIT seniors Scot Frank and Chris Varenhorst while they were sitting in Chinese class. The students, who were preparing... Read more
The Problem With Wikis
Is the same problem you will have with any other data storage. You lack a librarian. My company is 12 years old. We have a fileserver whe... Read more
Inc. 500 CEO to Speak at Tech Confab
Nov 14, 2006 -- Michael Duffy, president and CEO of OpenPages, will join financial industry leaders as a featured speaker at the Massachu... Read more
Five Universities You Can Do Business With
Smart schools resist the temptation to treat every new idea like it's the next Google. Read more
Maybe Second-Guessing Yourself Isn't Such a Bad Idea
James Surowiecki's 2004 book, The Wisdom of Crowds , suggested that the more minds you have working on a problem, the better the solution they pro... Read more
How to Best Harness Inbound Marketing Leads
Once your company gets a sales lead from your site, you'll need to make the right steps to convert them into a paying customer. Here's what you should know. Read more
Local Hero or Tax Cheat?
Gus Rancatore's ice cream shop, Toscanini's, is a fixture in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When it was seized for nonpayment of taxes, the community responded. Read more
Training Ideas
To get the most out of employees, offer more than raises and promotions -- give them the opportunity to learn. Here are basic training tips and creative alte... Read more
How to Build an Insanely Great Founding Team
Six leadership traits to look for in co-founders when you start a business Read more
The Young Entrepreneur's Survival Kit
As Emily Barker notes in Inc. magazine's October 20... Read more
Statistics Can't Tell You Where To Do Business
All companies have different needs. That's why studies of the so-called business climate don't mean much. Read more
State of the Unions (and Why You Should Care)
Why unions are necessary for economic reasons and to preserve democracy. Read more
What's Next: Tomorrow Land
Five new technologies that will change the way you do business. Read more
Live Fast, Die Young
Statistics show that successful entrepreneurship requires tenacity and patience. Read more
Private Lives;
Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great $5 disposable suit. Read more
Future Computing
The ultimate business software is here, but you'll have to wait about 10 years to run it. Read more
10 Tips for Licensing Intellectual Property
How can you make sure you're getting your innovations into new places while still getting a good deal for all your hard work? Follow tips from the pros. Read more
Celebrating America's Coolest College Start-ups
More than 100 young entrepreneurs and members of the MIT community gathered for a cocktail reception in April, to honor MIT's own Lingt Language and the othe... View slideshow
How Has Technology Changed the Way You Do Your Job?
Various businesspeople comment on their use of technology. Read more
David Birch: Practice What You Teach
When David Birch says that "start-up is a terrible phase," he sounds more like a fledgling entrepreneur than a respected Massachusetts Institute of Techno... Read more
Entrepreneur Profile: InfoCharms
What will be the hot fashion accessories of the next millennium? Something inspired by Gucci? Created by Calvin? InfoCharms, a Southern California-based... Read more
Entrepreneur Profile: InfoCharms
What will be the hot fashion accessories of the next millennium? Something inspired by Gucci? Created by Calvin? InfoCharms, a Southern California-based... Read more
Angel Investor Report a Mixed Bag
Angel investors do more deals with less dollars. The University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research has released its annual
A World Without Bestsellers
Creating a "long tail" product mix. Read more
What Makes Frank Run
In his quest to bring a revolutionary treatment to market, Boston entrepreneur Frank Reynolds aims to get the better of traumatic spinal cord injury. Again. Read more
Five Ideas to Watch
Online dating without the date, mobile TV, GPS for golfers, an all new pooper scooper, and more. Read more
Five Ideas to Watch
Online dating without the date, mobile TV, GPS for golfers, an all new pooper scooper, and more. Read more
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