Mentoring model developed at MIT spreads to new campuses
The Venture Mentoring Service partners with universities around the U.S. and abroad to support local entrepreneurs.
Alexander Dingee, co-founder of MIT Venture Mentoring Service, dies at 88
Successful entrepreneur launched VMS with David Staelin to provide young innovators with advice from others who understand the challenges of building a business.
With new Proto Ventures Program, MIT Innovation Initiative turns ideas into impact
MITii will hire experts to pursue new business opportunities by matching MIT expertise and innovation with real-world problems.
Optimizing solar farms with smart drones
MIT spinoff Raptor Maps uses machine-learning software to improve the maintenance of solar panels.
Make it your business
StartMIT, a boot camp on entrepreneurship, gives students an intimate look into what it takes to build a company.
Startup launches theft-proof, weatherproof bikes
Slava Menn aims to make cycling safer and easier in cities worldwide.
A model for mentoring
MIT VMS has become the basis for more than 50 entrepreneur-mentoring programs worldwide.
Space: The here-and-now frontier
MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics launches a new generation of innovators.
Detecting consumer decisions within messy data
Software analyzes online chatter to predict health care consumers’ behavior.
Wireless sensors could make diesel engines greener
Startup’s sensors measure soot and ash buildup in filters to help engines burn more efficiently.
Bringing synthetic biology education to life
Nonprofit provides hands-on experiments to students and teachers worldwide.
“A day a week” for postdocs helps bring MIT research inventions to market
Translational Fellows Program deadline for applications is Sept. 30.
Saving rural India’s “liquid cash”
MIT spinout’s milk-chillers reduce spoilage and boost yields in villages.
Computing at full capacity
MIT spinout Jisto helps companies optimize utilization with real-time deployment, monitoring, and analytics.
Alumnus’s throwable tactical camera gets commercial release
Softball-sized camera can be tossed into unseen areas, sends panoramic images back to a smartphone.