Startups

Guardian reporter Holly Welham writes that MIT researchers “found that male entrepreneurs were 60% more likely than women to succeed and that physical attractiveness produced a 36% increase in pitch success.”

Wired looks at the energy company Altaeros Energies, an MIT startup, and their new high-altitude wind turbine technology. The company, “is to carry out the first commercial demonstration of a high altitude wind turbine, thanks to a partnership with the Alaska Energy Authority,” writes reporter Olivia Solon.

In a Wired opinion piece, Alex "Sandy" Pentland of the MIT Human Dynamics Lab and the MIT Media Lab outlines the qualities start-ups should look for in hiring and nurturing their employees.