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Four MIT students were selected to participate in the Queensland University of Technology International Collaboration Sprint, where they worked together in international, cross-discipline, multi-university teams to address a pressing challenge. Click the link below to hear their stories and learn mo...

For too long, startup funding in emerging markets has been fragmented and insufficient, leaving entrepreneurs without the right financial instruments to grow. In her latest blog, Salma Baghdadi challenges this status quo and issues a call to action for ecosystem builders, investors, and policymakers...

A globally focused leader from Port au Prince, Haiti, Clifford Reginald Nau, SFMBA '22, managed the tech incubator Alpha Haiti and was a professor of public policy at the Centre de Techniques de Planification et d’Economie Appliquee before joining the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA. He has an extensive backg...

Fostering a startup ecosystem.

If the pace, abruptness, and unpredictability of change during the global pandemic has you hoping for a chance to catch your breath, MIT Sloan Professor of the Practice Bill Aulet has a word of caution. “The world never will be slower than it is today,” he says. “That’s a fundamental state of affair...

The 2025 MIT Sloan Reunion included two sessions that featured alumni with valuable insights on impactful leadership.

Responsibly Financing Africa’s Missing Middle Africa’s SMEs are crucial drivers of economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction, especially in underserved rural areas. Yet, a $331 billion financing gap leaves them in the “missing middle”—too large for microfinance but too small for traditio...

The success stories of Swvl, Andela, BRCK, Sanergy, and countless others underscore the profound impact of effective communication. They remind us that a strong brand can propel a startup from obscurity to iconic status. They show us that storytelling forges connections that transcend borders and to...

Barbara Granek, MBA ’12, founder and CEO of Fishtag, believes students who participate in Action Learning at MIT Sloan presume they will gain valuable, relevant business experience. They often do. But the lab courses also afford them a unique opportunity for advancement.

This past June, a new crop of 20 teams entered MIT delta v, the educational startup accelerator run by the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. Each had a different problem in its sights, from the difficulties amputees face in controlling prosthetics to wasted space in airplane cargo holds....