The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship's mission is to inspire and train MIT students and alumni to become successful entrepreneurs creating innovative new ventures worldwide. It provides educational programs, mentorship, funding, and networking resources across various stages of venture development. Examples of past accelerator program teams include companies developing technologies in solar energy, medical devices, e-commerce, and more. The Center aims to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem at MIT.

1. MARTIN TRUST CENTER
for MIT Entrepreneurship

2. BUILDING THE FUTURE

3. OUR MISSION
The Martin Trust
Center’s mission is to
build capability and
inspire MIT’s men and
women to become the
next generation of
entrepreneurs who
create successful,
innovation-based, new
ventures worldwide.

4. HISTORY

5. MIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM
Stage&1&
Inspira(on*
Inven(on**
Idea*Genera(on*
Stage&2&
Technology*Devel.**
Idea*Refinement**
to*Prac(ce*
Stage&3&
Commercializa(on*
Planning*
Stage&4&
Development*of*
Business*Plan*
Stage&5&
Real*Company*
Forma(on*
(e.g.*first*
customer,*team,*
network)*
Stage&6&
Early*Stage*
Growth*
Stage&7&
HighJGrowth*
Lemelson
Educa(on*
Other*
Ac(vi(es*
By Venture Stage

6. MIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM
By Primary Clients
Students
Faculty
Staff
Alumni
Non-MIT
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7. MIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM
By Functional Focus
Idea Creation
IP Licensing
Linkage to Market
Academic Learning
Action Learning
On the Job Training
Mentoring
Networking
Funding
Celebrating
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8. RESOURCES

9. ENTREPRENEURS IN
RESIDENCE
Marcus Wilson
Paul Schaut
Jennifer Lum
Dave Balter
Elaine Chen
Brian Halligan
Matt Lauzon
Jeff Behrens
Zen Chu
Jean Hammond
Vijay Manwani
Albert Brunett
Jim Dougherty
Frederic Kerrest
Suzanne Oakley

10. EDUCATE
25 Courses and 6 IAP
15.360
Introduction to Technological Entrepreneurship
Instructor(s): E. Roberts
Room: E62-276
Units: 3
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): Permission of
instructor, Restricted to E&I Students
Description:
-
15.366
Energy Ventures
Instructor(s):
Room: (Th) 36-101/32-124
(F) E40-160
Units: 12
Prereq(s): 15.910 or 15.911; 15.390
or 15.371J; 10.391 or 19.579;
or Permission of instructor
Coreq: 15.933 recommended
Description:
-
-
-
mended.
15.369 H2
Corporate Entrepreneurship: Strategies for
Technology-Based New Business Development
Instructor(s):
Room: E62-223
Units: 6
Prereq(s): 15.311
Description:
-
-
15.371J/10.807J
Innovation Teams
Instructor(s):
Room:
F E40-160
Units: 12
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): 15.911
Description:
-
15.383 H2
Entrepreneurship and Sustainable
Economic Development:
The Case of Puerto Rico
(meets H2 into IAP)
Instructor(s):
Room: E51-372
Units: 9
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): none
Description:
-
-
-
15.385
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Instructor(s):
Room: E51-376
Units: 9
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): 15.911
Description:
-
-
15.386 H2
Managing in Adversity
Instructor(s):
Room: E51-345
Units: 6
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): none
Description:
-
-
15.387
Technology Sales and Sales Management
Instructor(s):
Room: E62-276
Units: 12
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): none
Description:
15.390 A/B
New Enterprises
Instructor(s):
Room: (A) E62-276 (B) 32-141
Units: 9
Prereq(s): none Coreq(s): 5.911
15.391 H2
Early Stage Capital
Instructor(s):
Room: E62-250
Units: 6
Prereq(s)/Restr(s):
Permission of instructor
Description:
F
15.399
Entrepreneurship Lab
Instructor(s):
Room: E51-376
Units: 12
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): 15.910 or 15.911
or Permission of instructor
Description:
15.615
Basic Business Law for the
Entrepreneur and Manager
Instructor(s):
Room: E51-149
Units: 9
Prereq(s)/Restr(s): none
Description:
W
4:00
7:00

11. •150 applicant teams for 10 slots
•$1k/month per MIT student
•A temporary board of advisors meets with the teams and
sets milestones for the summer
•An additional $20k/team for reaching all milestones
•Educational programming throughout
•Ends with a Demo Day on September 8th

12. •Beejli is developing technology to enable remote monitoring and control of solar panels that are distributed
in the field.
•LiquiGlide is a revolutionary super-slippery coating platform.
•Mediuum does for art what iTunes and the Kindle Store do for music and literature
•Optimix uses newly developed algorithms to help businesses with a relatively fixed capacity, such as
airlines, train operators or sports clubs, maximize their occupancy and revenues.
•Peddl makes selling as easy as snapping a photo. With the push of a button, people can set up an instant
online storefront through which they can accept credit card payments.
•Sasa is an e-commerce platform that connects craftspeople from developing regions to the global
marketplace, using a simple mobile phone.
•Schmooze Butler aggregates data from all social networks and across the web, merges the data, and
analyzes it to construct the "Social Ge- nome".
•Smart Scheduling takes the guesswork out of scheduling for medical practices by using algorithms to
minimize the no-show problem.
•Wecyclers uses an SMS platform to incentivize low-income households to recycle in exchange for
redeemable points.
•WiCare develops innovative medical devices that are clinically effective and affordable worldwide. We find
cutting-edge solutions to complex problems through smart design.
Space, Structure, fellowShip, Status

13. The Teams:
•AudioCommon
•Delightfully
•Eone Timepieces
•ePowerhouse
•Essmart
•Family Story Vault
•GeckoCap
•GeriJoy
Technologies Inc.
•Glassy Media
•Gradeable
•Home Team
Therapy
•Indivly
•Infinite Analytics
•JanusData
•Kaymbu
•Klaviyo
•Linked Sports Data
•Loyalitics
•Mediuum
•Modalyst
•Oak Robotics
•Optimix
•Phoodeez
•Podimetrics
•Q Project
Development
•Rallyt
•Sistine Solar
•Smart Scheduling
•Solid Energy
•Thunder Wake
•Tinker Stories
•Truonex
•WiCare

14. NURTURE & CELEBRATE

15. Thank you for visiting!
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