Today, I wanted to share that I just bought the excellent book, Girl Decoded. I first met the author, Rana el Kaliouby, when I ran MIT Startup Exchange. As a female, Muslim CEO and cofounder […]
Seeking to understand the depth of human depravity and the heights of human wisdom towards 2075.
Category: Academia
STEX25 strengthens collaboration between startups and industry
MIT Startup Exchange accelerator puts focus on establishing profitable business connections.
A Magna Carta for Corporate-Startup Collaborations
In this book excerpt, Trond Undheim, entrepreneur and former head of the MIT Startup Exchange, shares four elements of effective corporate-startup interactions, and some of the factors that can lead to failure or frustration. from […]
MIT’s Digital Healthcare Startups
MIT’s Digital Healthcare Startups
Academia To Innovation: How research translates to entrepreneurship
PhDs and postdocs can be excellent founders of companies and a co-founder with complimentary skills can fill necessary gaps. Learning from other projects, access to the right ecosystem, and close association with experts is critical to avoid startup failure at an early stage.
Ebola: The dark side of globalization
You would think we would have learned to deal with globalization by now. Goods, services, people, and money, and occasionally, diseases, flow across borders at a staggering pace. Little can stop these flows. Not walls. Not presidents. Not health authorities. People, however, remain quite rooted in their local communities.
Why Banks are Afraid of Bitcoin
Bitcoin heralds a new age more disruptive than that of today’s Internet. Disruption can be a good thing, especially when it affects banking, a failing set of business models which, for all the tweaks, have […]
– NTNU kan bli blant verdens beste universiteter
Oslo: – NTNU har vokst til en størrelse hvor de har muligheten til å ta steget opp i en høyere liga og inn blant verdens 50 beste universiteter, mener Trond Arne Undheim. Undheim, som selv […]
STEX event showcases innovations in fitness technology and science
Entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry experts build connections at Health Tech workshop.
Cybersecurity Innovation
Cybersecurity innovation is a recognized goal across industry, and in society, due to the increasing threat of cyber espionage and crime as well as the importance of maintaining simple user interfaces. MIT Startup Exchange (STEX) […]