Wealth of words
Professor Deb Roy’s technology company, which recently sold to Twitter, analyzes social-media conversations about TV.
Cooking up innovation
An MIT alumnus brings solar-powered cookers to the people of the Himalayan plateau, helping end their dependency on biomass fuels.
Starting up — again and again
MBA student Danny Castonguay finds a thrill in starting new companies.
Helping the world accelerate support for entrepreneurship
Two-year MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program now accepting new applicants
3dim wins MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Annual business-plan contest awards $257,000 in total.
MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator announces 2013 student teams
Startup accelerator includes eight MIT student teams as well as teams from six international universities.
Funding clean-energy solutions
MIT’s Clean Energy Prize awards more than $300,000 to support green startups and technologies.
MSMS student taps MIT Sloan to power energy research
As a student in the Master of Science in Management Studies program, Vikalp Sabhlok examines ways to improve energy distribution systems in developing countries.
High probability of success
MIT alumnus and entrepreneur Ben Vigoda took his probability-processing technology to market with help from the Institute.
Power to the people
From afar, MIT grad student Chidube Ezeozue devotes energy to his fellow Nigerians.
The half-billion-dollar idea
While at MIT, alumnus Todd Zion developed an insulin product that ultimately drew the attention of a pharmaceutical giant.
MicroRNA detection on the cheap
MIT alumni’s startup provides rapid, cost-effective microRNA profiling, which is beneficial for diagnosing diseases.
From biotech to high-tech
Newer Kendall Square firms attribute their success to innovative ideas — and to location, location, location.
Birthplace of biotech
Successful tech and biotech companies founded by MIT entrepreneurs thrive in adjacent Kendall Square, where innovation and intellectual capital abound.