Hundreds of alumnae will convene in Boston on March 28 for the 2025 MIT Women’s Conference.
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...
This paper employs the MIT framework for innovation-driven entrepreneurship to assess the development of Deep Tech and innovation ecosystems in Central Asia, focusing on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is proud to announce the launch of its Business Circle, a community of business leaders and investors from across global growth markets, who will also serve as the Center’s Advisory Board.
This blog by Dr. Nadia Shalaby explores the critical link between fertilizer production and food self-sufficiency in global growth markets. Tracing the history of the Haber-Bosch process and its outsized impact on modern agriculture, Dr. Shalaby examines why Africa—despite rapid population growth—re...
Measuring Financial Subsidies to SOEs: An Asset Return Based Framework with an Application to TVA (working paper)
Raafet Azzouz, SFMBA ’24, explores his remarkable journey from a small town in Tunisia to global finance and entrepreneurship.
In October 2024, the Legatum Center for Development Entrepreneurship at MIT conducted a two-day workshop titled "Hedging Currency Risk: Innovative Lending Strategies for SMEs in Africa." The workshop brought together a diverse group of entrepreneurs, investors, economists, and thought leaders to tac...
The January 2025 edition of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter is now available online. The theme is "Building an Economy That Works for Everyone."
MIT’s singular passion for entrepreneurship is inspiring, energizing, a little bit exhausting, and a whole lot of fun. This passion is also an essential element of our strategy to organize for positive impact and transform our world.Sally Kornbluth
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
We’re not here for knowledge for knowledge’s sake; we’re here to apply that knowledge to the world’s greatest challenges.Bill Aulet
Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
The MBA E&I Certificate gave me the skills to be an entrepreneur. Without it, I wouldn't be starting my climate-tech venture.Stwart Peña Feliz, MBA '23
Co-founder & CEO of MacroCycle
We tell entrepreneurs not to be afraid that they may have to pivot, but also to understand that if they pivot around core strategic choices, it will take time and effort. In most cases, a startup only gets so many chances to do that.Scott Stern
David Sarnoff Professor of Management at MIT Sloan
Our mission at the Trust Center is to advance the field of innovation-driven entrepreneurship everywhere ... We have to practice entrepreneurship in a rigorous, systematic way that increases the odds of success.Paul Cheek
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan and Senior Advisor, Entrepreneurship & AI
The opportunities at MIT, like Delta V and and Sandbox, truly allowed me to progress further and faster than even more experienced entrepreneurs.Wesley Block, SB '22
Filmmaker and Founder, Kino AI
