Erin Scott and Scott Stern from the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship share their thoughts on mentoring in the realm of entrepreneurship. Their insights reflect in-depth research as well as practical experience in guiding and analyzing how mentors can make—or break—a fledgling venture.

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan surveyed African entrepreneurs leading early-stage startups and found there was a huge gap between their articulation of the market need (i.e. “the problem”) and what their ventures would achieve in five years.

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...