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Discovering new market segments for startup's ESG datasets

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Floodlight, a geospatial data intelligence company that provides ESG governance insights, asked a team of E-Lab students to identify potential new market segments and design potential customer discovery interviews. According to CEO and co-founder Nate Wyne, the project resulted in a "full redirectio...

Jan 10, 2024
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Action Learning Entrepreneurship

Bringing MIT entrepreneurship and innovation to Tunisia's ecosystem

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BRAIN (Bridging Research and Innovation)— co-developed by Open Startup and entities throughout MIT and the Tunisian Innovation Ecosystem — is establishing scalable deep-tech ventures in Africa through a bootcamp for 28 PhD entrepreneur-scientists focused on advanced AI, biotech, the Internet of Thin...

Sep 18, 2023
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Smart undergarments for women, by women

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Most wearables lack female-specific features. That's why IDEA Lab students and entrepreneurs Christy Fernandez Cull and Belen Fraile Ortiz created DaVinci Wearables, a first-to-market smart undergarment that tracks menstrual cycles and hormonal fluctuations to optimize fitness health for female athl...

Dec 8, 2022
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Sourcing impact investors for product launch

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Israel-based social technology company Intuition Robotics has a big idea: Their ElliQ voice-activated “care companion” is like Alexa for elderly adults, offering fitness reminders, wellness support, video calls, entertainment, photos, and even jokes. But can they land funding? A team of Israel Lab s...

Dec 5, 2022
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Helping startup enter new energy market

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RenewCO2 is an emerging company that designs processes for converting carbon dioxide into useful industrial products. Recently, the company tapped two students from MIT Sloan's Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) to investigate the potential market for formic acid, a compound that could be useful in a vari...

Aug 1, 2022
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Action Learning Entrepreneurship

IDEA Lab alumna returns for fresh ideas

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Julie Lockner, EMBA ’17, came to MIT focused on gaining the skills she needed to launch a health tech company. As an alumna, she turned to IDEA Lab for a team of EMBAs to help her with a project.

Nov 3, 2021
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