Showing posts with label IAP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IAP. Show all posts

15 January 2020

MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures ~ IAP Jan 2020

Nuts Logo
On Tuesday night, 21 January 2020, Joe Hadzima and I kick off the latest incarnation -- the 31st year (!!) -- of our MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures course over the MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP 2020). Joe starts with the essence of business planning as a process of iterative imagination and special guest speaker Bob Jones shares how to present venture essentials. My primary topic is Team & Organizational issues, our special guest speakers (mostly MIT alums, all entrepreneurs) cover the essentials everyone ought to know about new venturing, including how to identify customers, pitch a concept, raise money, model financials, deal with legalities, negotiate with people, and holistically integrate this all together.

Sessions are evenings over the next two weeks Tue, Wed, and Thurs nights 1/21-1/30 from 6-9p in 10-250 -- i.e. in our prime MIT lecture hall under the iconic Great Dome. Folks can choose whether to attend all sessions, plus doing the (useful) written homework assignment, and registering For Credit (3 Units, Pass/Fail for 15.393 online via Websis) or to come for any (or all) nights and simply participate as a Listener. All MIT affiliates and colleagues -- including students, faculty, staff, post-docs, alums, spouses, relatives, and friends -- are welcome on a space-available basis with priority for registered full-time undergrad and grad students. We also continue to welcome students from our sister schools in Boston-metro (e.g. Wellesley, Harvard, BU, Tufts, etc) as well as Members of the MIT Enterprise Forum network. Those interested, please simply join us at 6pm in our MIT 10-250 classroom.

01 February 2018

MIT New Ventures ~ A Nuts & Bolts NanoMBA...

We've been hosting our MIT January/IAP 2018 class on the Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures for the past two weeks! Tonight's session with one of my favorite people, Yonald Chery, holistically integrates learnings via our live case study, MIMIO (f.k.a. Virtual Ink). Highly recommended! http://nutsandbolts.mit.edu

24 January 2017

MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures ~ IAP 2017

On Tuesday night, 24 January 2017, Joe Hadzima and I kick off the latest incarnation -- the 28th year (!!) -- of our MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures course over the MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP 2017). Joe starts with the essence of business planning as a process of iterative imagination and special guest speaker Bob Jones shares how to present venture essentials. My primary topic is Team & Organizational issues, our special guest speakers (mostly MIT alums, all entrepreneurs) cover the essentials everyone ought to know about new venturing, including how to identify customers, pitch a concept, raise money, model financials, deal with legalities, negotiate with people, and holistically integrate this all together.

Sessions are evenings over the next two weeks Tue, Wed, and Thurs nights 1/24-2/2 from 6-9p in 10-250 -- i.e. in our prime MIT lecture hall under the iconic Great Dome. Folks can choose whether to attend all sessions, plus doing the (useful) written homework assignment, and registering For Credit (3 Units, Pass/Fail for 15.S21 online via Websis) or to come for any (or all) nights and simply participate as a Listener. All MIT affiliates and colleagues -- including students, faculty, staff, post-docs, alums, spouses, relatives, and friends -- are welcome on a space-available basis with priority for registered full-time undergrad and grad students. We also continue to welcome students from our sister schools in Boston-metro (e.g. Wellesley, Harvard, BU, Tufts, etc) as well as Members of the MIT Enterprise Forum network. Those interested, please simply join us at 6pm in our MIT 10-250 classroom.

21 January 2014

MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures ~ IAP 2014

On Tuesday, 21 January 2014, Joe Hadzima and I kicked off the latest incarnation -- the 25th year (!!) -- of our MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures course over the MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP 2014). Joe gave an overview of the essence of business planning as a process and special guest speaker Stephen Pearse shared how to present venture essentials. My primary topic is Team & Organizational issues, other special guests spotlight Financing, and Operations, and more!

04 January 2013

Urban Prototyping ~ Future City LEGO Modeling!

Cool MIT IAP 2013 seminar on playful Urban Prototyping with LEGOs and Grasshopper parametric modeling tools hosted by Media Lab City Science colleagues!

17 January 2012

MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures ~ IAP 2012

Earlier today Tuesday, 17 January 2012, Joe Hadzima kicked off the latest incarnation of our MIT Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures (a.k.a. Nuts & Bolts of Business Plans) course over the MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP 2012). Joe gave an overview of the essence of business planning as a process and special guest speaker Stephen Pearse spoke on how to present venture essentials. Stay tuned the rest of this week in MIT 34-101 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Tue, Wed, Thurs and again next week Tue, Wed, and Thursday.

10 January 2012

Artisan's Asylum ~ Community DIY Craft Studio...

I just went to the first session of Nadeem Mazen and Dan Paluska's IAP class on Tech, Art, and Entrepreneurship: How To Make Money And Do What You Love, All The Time, Without Winning The Lottery. Many tasty topics to come over next couple weeks including visit to Artisan's Asylum, a Somerville, MA-based 25K ft2 DIY hackerspace full of fab tools and equipment...

17 January 2011

MIT Nuts & Bolts of Business Plans ~ IAP 2011

This week Tuesday, 18 January 2011, Joe Hadzima runs the latest incarnation of our MIT Nuts & Bolts of Business Plans course over the MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP). Joe will give an overview of the essence of a business plan and special guest speaker Bob Jones will share his lessons-learned in marketing and sales. Stay tuned this week in MIT Stata Center room 32-123 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Tue, Wed, Thurs (plus a special session on Friday) and again next week Tue, Wed, and Thursday. I host the entrepreneurs panel on Tuesday, 25 January 2011, featuring Owen Johnson, Conor Walsh, Satayan Mahajan, and Michael Cima!