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2.00 Credits
Provides an overview of entrepreneurial theory and practice for founding, developing and growing new enterprises, primarily but not exclusively focused on companies with a technological base. Weekly lectures and dinner discussion sessions by academic and practitioner faculty engaged in the MIT Entrepreneurship Program, supplemented by leaders of related activities, e.g., Technology Licensing Office, Deshpande Center, and Venture Mentoring Service, as well as successful entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Includes student open mic presentations and discussion of new business ideas. Enrollment in 15.362 for the following spring term required. Restricted to students in MIT Sloan MBA Entrepreneurship and Innovation track.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: Permission of instructor
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1.00 Credits
Intensive one week group tour of Silicon Valley, focusing on understanding an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Visits to prominent venture capitalists and large numbers of primarily early-stage high-technology new ventures. Restricted to students in MIT Sloan MBA Entrepreneurship and Innovation track.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 15.360, 15.900, Coreq: 15.390, 15.911
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3.00 Credits
Surveys key strategic decisions faced by managers, investors and scientists at each stage in the value chain of the life science industry. Aims to develop students' ability to understand and effectively assess these strategic challenges. Focuses on the biotech sector, with additional examples from the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. Includes case studies, analytical models, and detailed quantitative analysis. Intended for students interested in building a life science company or working in the sector as a manager, consultant, analyst, or investor. Provides analytical background to the industry for biological and biomedical scientists, engineers and physicians with an interest in understanding the commercial dynamics of the life sciences or the commercial potential of their research.
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Prereq: None
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the management of product and process innovation and on economic, management, and technological influences on innovation. Both sustaining and disruptive innovations in products and manufacturing processes covered in lectures and cases presented by the leaders of change in different industries. Emphasis on emerging and disruptive technologies as seen from the points of view of entering firms (predators) and incumbent firms (prey) are covered in a class exercise, and project (preferably done in small groups).
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Prereq: None
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3.00 Credits
Project-based approach to innovation and venture creation in the energy sector. Explores how innovation and entrepreneurial concepts apply (or do not apply) to the significant opportunities in the industry. Working in teams, students create new ventures specifically for the energy sector. Lectures guide teams through key elements of their projects. Concurrent enrollment in 15.933 recommended.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 15.910; 15.390 or 15.371; 10.391 or 10.579
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3.00 Credits
Examines strategic and organizational issues for existing firms in developing new technologies and new business areas, from the perspectives of both large corporations and emerging technology-based enterprises. Studies linkages between internal and external sources of technology in major new business development. Examines internal entrepreneurial ventures, alliances (especially between large and new companies), joint ventures, acquisitions, corporate venture capital investments, and licensing as alternative business development approaches. Covers aspects of corporate business development other than mergers and acquisitions. Outside speakers supplement faculty lectures. Student teams prepare term reports on a competitive analysis of some aspect of corporate business development.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 15.311
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4.00 Credits
Students work in teams to develop commercialization strategies for innovative research projects generated in MIT laboratories. Projects cover critical aspects of commercialization, from selecting the target application and market for the technology to developing an intellectual property strategy and performing a competitive analysis. Instruction provided in communication and teamwork skills, as well as analysis of the challenges and benefits of technology transfer. Includes lectures, guest speakers, and extensive team coaching. Designed primarily for students in engineering, science, and management. Applications, resumes, and a brief statement of interest are required prior to registration.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 15.911 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Seminar on founding, financing, and building entrepreneurial ventures in developing nations. Challenges students to craft enduring and economically viable solutions to the problems faced by these countries. Cases illustrate examples of both successful and failed businesses, and the difficulties in deploying and diffusing products and services through entrepreneurial action. Explores a range of established and emerging business models, as well as new business opportunities enabled by emerging technologies in MIT labs and beyond. Students develop a business plan executive summary suitable for submission in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition $1K Warm-Up. Limited to 25.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Seminar surveys internal and external entrepreneurship, based on Media Lab technologies, to increase understanding of how digital innovations grow into societal change. Cases illustrate examples of both successful and failed businesses, as well as difficulties in deploying and diffusing products. Explores a range of business models and opportunities enabled by emerging Media Lab innovations. Students craft a business analysis for one of the featured technology innovations. Past analyses have become the basis for research, publications, and new ventures. Particular focus on personal health care, mobile transactions, and new media.
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Prereq: None
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3.00 Credits
Provides practical experience in the use and development of semantic web technologies. Focuses on gaining practical insight from executives and practitioners who use these technologies in their companies. Working in multidisciplinary teams, students complete a term project to develop a sustainable prototype. Concludes with a professional presentation, judged by a panel of experts, and a technical presentation to faculty.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 6.005, 6.033, or permission of instructor
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