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MIT Innovation Club Where ideas come from.
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Innovation _________ BankBoston reports that MIT has… 1. Spun-out 4,000 Firms 2. Which employ over 1,000,000 people 3. And generate $232,000,000,000 / year POP QUIZ The Impact ofAnswer: Question: What did BankBoston call this report?
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Innovation _________ MIT 16,200 hits MIT’s website beats all other schools for usage of what word?
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_________ Innovation Innovation Fill in the Blanks 1. MIT is the School of 2. Let’s create an MITClub!
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We Will Answer Your Questions What is The Innovation Club? How does the club work? Who leads it? How can I get involved?
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What is the Innovation Club? It’s an MIT-wide graduate student club. Its members explore the who, what, where, when, how, and why of innovation. They also use this knowledge to figure out how to overcome the world’s challenges with cutting-edge technology.
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We further MIT’s Mission MIT is scholarly. MIT is practical. Innovation Club seeks to understand Innovation. Innovation Club helps students generate ideas.
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MIT Innovation Club is different from existing clubs MembershipAcademic HomeCentral activity Technology Focus Innovation Club ∞Management of Technological Innovation Tech Testbeds∞ Marketing Club MBAMarketingSpeakers∞ MediaTech Club MBAN/ATech Trek, Speakers Media MIT $50K competition ∞Entrepreneurship Center B-plan competition ∞ Sloan Entrepreneurs MBAEntrepreneurship Center Networking∞ TechLink∞N/ASocializing∞
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Diversity helps us be creative
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How does the club work? Practical Side 1.Tech Testbeds 2.Brainstorms 3.Problems Website 4.Labtours 5.TLO Open House 6.Innovation Channel 7.New courses Theoretical Side 1.Brainstorm research 2.Academic speakers 3.Consulting speakers 4.Live case examples 5.Historical analysis 6.Innovation in services
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Who leads the Innovation Club? Joost Bonsen (Sloan MOT Candidate, EE SB ’90) Alex Coisman (Sloan MBA ’04) Michael J. Osofsky (Sloan MBA ’04)
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How can I get involved? Assist with experimental coordination Volunteer for social science experiments Initiate technology test beds Invite innovation researchers to speak Take electives in innovation & technology Survey emerging technologies Author Innovation Club’s weblog
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How can I get involved? Fundraise Organize social events Organize lab tours Invite live case study companies to speak Invite service sector innovators to speak Invite innovation and creativity consultants to speak
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How can I get involved? Drive proposals for innovating on MIT Write a thesis on innovation Build the Innovation Channel
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