Bill Porter in Conversation with Howard Anderson
Bill Porter in Conversation with Howard Anderson
04/28/2010 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumWilliam A. Porter, SF '67, Co"Founder & Chairman Emeritus, E"Trade Financial Corporation; Howard Anderson, William Porter Distinguished Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship, MIT SloanDescription: Some of the lessons Bill Porter picked ...
The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy
The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy
11/16/2009 6:00 PM KresgeBo Fishback, VP, Entrepreneurship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Eugene Fitzgerald, '85, Merton C. Flemings"SMA Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Helen Greiner, '89, CEO, The Droid Works; Daphne Zohar, Founder ...
Leadership and Entrepreneurship
Leadership and Entrepreneurship
10/20/2009 4:00 PM e51"335David Fialkow, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners; Ben Fischman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Retail Convergence, Inc.; Alex Laats, 89, President, BBN Technologies' Delta DivisionDescription: While their ventures couldn't be more dissimilar -- ...
The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air ...
The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air Transportation
06/11/2009 1:00 PM KresgeThe Honorable John P. Holdren, '65, SM '66, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; Dr. Ian A. Waitz, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ...
From Information Theory Courses at MIT to Providing Chips ...
From Information Theory Courses at MIT to Providing Chips and Technology ...
02/19/2009 4:30 PM 10"250Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, SM '57 PhD '59, Chairman, Qualcomm, Inc.Description: Cellphone and mobile communication aficionados (not to mention the rest of us) appreciate that our favorite tech gadgets increasingly resemble props from Star Trek. A ...
Leadership Development
Leadership Development
12/05/2008 12:00 PM Faculty ClubEric Amundsen, '94, SM '99, Associate, Wolf Greenfield; Karina Funk, CE '97, Equity Research, Winslow Management Company; Ajit Kambil, '85, SM '89, PhD '93, Global Research Director, Deloitte; Dava Newman, Sm '89, PhD '92, Professor of Aeronautics and ...
Innovation to Commercialization: Using Government Funding ...
Innovation to Commercialization: Using Government Funding to Kick Start ...
06/04/2008 7:00 PM KresgeBruce Gellerman, Public Radio International ; Thomas Allnutt, Program Director, National Science Foundation; Milton Chen, vsee; Christopher Loose , PhD '07 , Founder and Chief Technology Officer, SteriCoat Corp; Bill Townsend , SM '84, PhD '88 ...
A Conversation with Jack Welch and Alex D'Arbeloff
A Conversation with Jack Welch and Alex D'Arbeloff
04/12/2007 12:00 PM Jack Welch, Founder Jack Welch Management Institute ; Alex d'Arbeloff, '49, Professor of Practice, MIT Sloan School of Management; Honorary Description: You won't catch Jack Welch changing his tune on the basics of business success, at least not in ...
Why Large Companies Should Out-Innovate Small Ones
Why Large Companies Should Out-Innovate Small Ones
11/02/2006 12:00 PM E51-115 WongDan Hesse, SM '89, Chairman and CEO EmbarqDescription: Given the choice, Dan Hesse would opt for working in a big company rather than a small one, especially when it comes to innovating. He backs up this preference with years of ...
Talk to an Angel: Crucial Connections to Early Stage Capital
Talk to an Angel: Crucial Connections to Early Stage Capital
06/07/2006 7:00 PM KresgeJames Geshwiler, MBA '00, Managing Partner, Common Angels; Cynthia Fisher, Co-Founder and President ViaCell, Inc; David Friend, CEO and President Carbonite; Bob Greene, SM '88, Managing Partner Contour Venture Partners; John May, Managing ...
Angel Groups in Action: Funding Early Stage Innovation
Angel Groups in Action: Funding Early Stage Innovation
06/01/2005 7:00 PM KresgeDaniel Roach, Manager, Brown & Brown, LLP; Jeffrey Sohl, Director, Center for Venture Research ; Professor of Entrepreneurship and Decision Sciences, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire ; James Gerhwiler, ...
Placing Your Bets: Where Will the Smart Money Land?
Placing Your Bets: Where Will the Smart Money Land?
06/02/2004 7:00 PM Robert Metcalfe, '68, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners; Founder, 3Com Corporation; Ann Winblad, Co-founding Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners; Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director and Chairman of Garage Technology VenturesDescription: In ...