Tech Tuesdays MIT “Making the most of your time at MIT” 2 July 2002 Joost Bonsen Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Overview of Tech Tuesdays “15.MIT” General Goal: Making Most of Your MIT Today: MIT Last Week: MIT Upcoming: –Education, MIT 2020 –Strategic & Emerging Technologies –Live Cases on Technology Business –Labs & Tours Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Beyond the Classroom MIT Community Connections & Extracurricular Opportunities –The Larger Community –Worthy Extracurricular Activities Personal Engagement –Strategizing Involvement –Connection-Making Tactics Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT’s Triad of Activities Curricular –Core –Electives Extracurricular –Student Clubs & Activities SEBC, $50K, Project, TechLink Quasicurricular / Research –Special projects –Thesis N-for-one’s – try to have these compound; seek Leverage! Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Weblinks MIT Events –  pay attentionhttp://events.mit.edu MIT Sloan Clubs –  students  clubshttp://mitsloan.mit.edu MIT Graduate Student and other activities – – MIT Alum connections –Sloan: –MIT: Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT Community Demographics Get to know as many people while here as possible, beyond Sloan too –Potential collaborators –Potential employees –Serendipitous possibilities Who are they? Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Undergraduate Students Total Undergraduate Enrollment4,300 First-year Undeclared Second-year Special Undergraduate Student 1, Architecture and Planning68 Engineering2,011 Humanities and Social Science142 Management220 Science785 Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Graduate Students Total Graduate Enrollment5,672 MasterDoctoralSpecial Architecture and Planning Engineering1,4081,09650 Humanities and Social Science Management Science Whitaker College CAES--64 Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT Alum Connections MOT / SF / LFM / SDM angle Sloan angle MIT angle Underappreciated resources! Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT-Related Companies MIT: The Impact of Innovation Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Alum Co-Founders Stata & Analog –Dormmates d’Arbeloff & De Teradyne –ROTCmates Edgerton, Germeshausen, & EG&G –Professor & Students Olsen & DEC Lincoln Lewin, Seelig, & Akamai –Students, Friends, & Professor Chery, et Virtual Ink Ashdown & Undergrad Classmates Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Alum Links Connections to home or desired place of residence Power of alum groups –E.g. Arab Alum Association Conference erence.htmhttp://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/arab/mitaaa/conf erence.htm –E.g. MIT Club of Northern California Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT Alumni Geo Distribution United States and Possessions76,137 New England21,251 Mid-Atlantic20,894 West12,861 Great Lakes5,715 Southwest and South Central5,970 Southeast5,259 Northwest and Great Plains3,662 Alaska and Hawaii333 Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands,U.S. territories192 Asia3,872 Europe3,746 North America (other than U.S.)1,636 South America1,060 Pacific Ocean Islands and Australia428 Africa355 Central America79 Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT-wide Student Activities Graduate Student Council & Sloan Senate Big Regional / Ethnic clubs: Euroclub, Club Latino, Sangam, African Students Association, Chinese Students Association Sports, Cultural, etc …and literally hundreds more Professional –TechLink: Connection grad students campus- wide –MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition –SEBC: Science Engineering Business Club Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

5 Strategic MIT Technology Thrusts 1.Information Technologies = Ever more sophisticated computation & communication, leveraging mind & media. 2.Biomedical Technologies = Medical engineering, perfecting the health & life sciences. 3.Tiny Technologies = Investigating and fabricating ever smaller systems, at scales from micro thru nano 4.Complex Systems = Large scale, socio-political & econo-technological systems. 5.Developmental Innovations = Appropriate and leapfrog technologies for tackling challenges in developing & emerging regions Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT Matrix Online merging-tech-mit.htmlhttp://web.media.mit.edu/~davet/notes/e merging-tech-mit.html Joost Bonsen & David Tames Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT Formal Technology Oriented Events MicroPhotonics, LIDS, MTL, etc, etc – series.shtmlhttp://web.mit.edu/mphotonics/www/sem- series.shtml Multiple “Distinguished Lecture” series Keep eye out for special events –Key technologists –Entrepreneurs Best stuff is often quite informal… Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT Tech Biz Extracurriculars InfoBioTinyCompl’xDevelop- mental MIT Research LCS/AI, Media, 6 HST, BEH, 7 MTL, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16 SDM, Aero, 6, 15, 14, 13 Digital Nations, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, Sloan Research eBiz, Mkting POPI, ??System Dynamics, Tech Strat Econ, Global Entrepreneur ship 2. Sloan Courses ITBT, eBiz Bio- venture ?SysDyn, Strat, OR, Global E-lab, DE 3. Sloan Extracur Media- Tech Health- Tech Tiny Tech OR, SDK12, etc SEID MIT Alum Startups Akamai, DirectHit Amgen, Biogen Gen’tec Surface, eink, Angstr’m HP, Raytheon, Teradyne AfricaOnline, Evergreen Solar Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Key Extracurriculars (IMHO) TechLink Science Engineering Business Club MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition Venture Capital & Principal Investing Club Tech Innovation clubs: MediaTech, HealthTech, BioStrategy, TinyTech, etc. Student Entrepreneurs for International Development Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

TechLink –Campus-Wide Graduate & Alum Connections MBA EE MatSciChemE Bolstering Informal Cross-Disciplinary Links Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Pioneering Joint Sloan-MIT Lectures Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

SEBC Science & Engineering Business Club IAP Technology & Entrepreneurship Forum Speakers Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Professional Schmoozing SEBC, TechLink specialize in Campus- wide Gatherings Elegant but informal environment very conducive to cross-linking Venturefests, JazzLinks, InfiniteLink, Wine & Cheese Socials, Technology Dinner Talks Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition Born 1990 as $10K Joint-venture between Engineering and Business students Focus on High Potential Ventures 1996 to $50K 1,200 proposals by over 2,500 students ~80 companies Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Example $50K Companies Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Winners & Entrants in $50K Public Companies –Akamai, C-Bridge, NetGenesis Acquired –Lexicus / Motorola, Silicon Spice / Broadcom, Firefly / Microsoft, WebLine / Cisco, Direct Hit / AskJeeves, Applied Impulse / Philips Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

More $50K Examples Venture Capitalized –Virtual Ink, PatientKeeper/VIRTMED, Actuality, nanowave, SensAble, InterSense, MolecularWare, Crosskate… Dead –eDental and others Stillborn –CarSoft, SterWave, most actually… Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT $50K Structure & Process Fall warm-up & Spring main sequence Formal application mechanism Teambuilding & Educational Activities Feedback from Judges Excellent contacts & PR Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MIT Venture Capital Club VC & Principal Investments MIT VC Conference in December VC Database Speaker series Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

MediaTechnlogy Club Media, Computing, Communications 400 members Weekly events, speakers… Local & Global TechTreks Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

BioStrategy & HealthTech BioStrategy – –Biomedical, Life Sciences & Business –Co-founded last year by Andy Pakula et al –Thursday Night Seminar Series HealthTech – –Plant tours –Luncheon sessions Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Tiny Tech Club Brand new club forming this summer… Micro through Nano in size / length scale MEMS, NEMS, PEMS, Molectronics, Spintronics, Photonics, optoelectronics… Business & Technologist Speakers Tech Dinner Talks Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

SEID Student Entrepreneurs for International Development Developmental Entrepreneurship MicroFinance … Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

More International Development AID-India, Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International, … SANGAM, Paksmit, Sri Lankans, Club Latino, Bangladeshis, Africans, … Development by Design workshop Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

What High Leverage Informal Activities Suit You? Graduate Orientation Entrepreneurship Gatherings Special Interest Socials Clubs? … Or, organize your own! I and others will help. What could you do that’s most aligned with Thesis interests? E.g. Federica… Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

My Own Mission: Orchestrating Serendipity Teambuilding Dinners Technology Venture Dinners Formal Courses Informal Schmoozes Introduction Ethos E.g. MIT $50K, Muddy Mondays, TechLink, TinyTech, other activities, and endless events! Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Case Example: Mike Parduhn Sloan MBA, Interested in Wearable Computers, gets Job in MIT Media Lab group Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Case Example: Sloan as Premier Tech Testbed Project Mercury – Latest wireless technologies; Showcase for MIT Labs –Wireless devices –Integrated services –Location Specific –Woven throughout classes? Matt Rhoden, Paul Strasma  Vidya Kumar Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Aspirations While Here? Possibilities & Combinations are Endless –First world development –Developing nations –Personal Growth Choose areas of relative scarcity, not relative abundance –New technology sectors –Emerging regions –Undefined markets –New research zones –The big unknowns Transformative Student Experience & the “Technology Business” Vision of MIT Sloan Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Transformative Student Experience means… Content in classes & extras Culture & creative ethos Connections at MIT & Beyond Be a T individual Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

The MIT Ethos is about Strength Both in Depth & Breadth Depth Breadth Deep Shallow NarrowWide I –. T Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Personal Strategy Lattice Mission & Vision Strategic Tactical Operational Everyday Actions Enduring Over Long Term From Quarterly to Yearly From Weekly to Quarterly Connecting Moment- by-Moment to Weekly And Monthly Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Strategy Lattice Overall Vision Everyday Action Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Tactics: Self Presentation What’s your personal “Elevator Pitch”? Just the Summary Essentials Why are you interesting from their point of view? Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Personal Elevator Pitch I’m FirstName LastName Graduate student at MIT Sloan, the Business School In the MOT, Management of Technology Program (or SFs, LFMs, SDMs, etc) Most recently a LastRole at Previous Company Now very interested in ShortSummary Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Short Summary of Interests One paragraph or phrase with keywords For Example… “implications of wireless and mobile devices on medical services” “developmental technologies, that is, how to dramatically improve people’s lives in LDCs” “research lab strategy, or, how to keep a lab vital and to finance next-generation research” Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Covey’s Important vs Urgent Importance Urgency Hi Lo Hi Seductive Firefighting Trap Too Easy to Delay These Waste Of Time Why Did You Get To This State? Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Monsarrat’s Law Wealth & Leverage Age stress school Key Player, Founder … Employee, Cog in Machine Bonsen’s Modification Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Enjoy the 4 th of July! Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

More questions? Track me down;-) Joost Bonsen Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Fin Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Personal Advisors Like a personal “Board of Directors” Formal and/or Informal Pick people who offer at least 2 out of 3: –Wealth –Wisdom –Work Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Awareness of Bigger Context: Nature of Social Systems Complex Unpredictable Second Order Effects Important Must be understood to be best influenced Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Endless Opportunity for Disaster and Dysfunction Lame Goals Disagreement about Goals Disagreement about Means Distraction by Lesser Things Flaky Execution There’s a whole Taxonomy of Individual Irrationality and Social Dysfunctionality! Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *

Archetypal Deliverable; Aspire for More Engineer – Invent  Patent, Build Scientist – Discover  Journal Article Architect – Plan/Design  Build Humanist – Compose Art  Publish Manager – Plan  Start, Build Businesses Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! *