| Monday, 1/8 | Tuesday, 1/9 | Wednesday, 1/10 | Thursday, 1/11 | Friday, 1/12 | |
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| Room | 34-101 | 34-101 | 34-101 | 34-101 | 34-101 |
| 9:00 A.M. | Breakfast and Networking | Breakfast and Networking | Breakfast and Networking | Breakfast and Networking | Breakfast and Networking |
| 9:30 A.M. | Welcome: Anantha Chandrakasan | Welcome: Martin Schmidt | Welcome: Fiona Murray | Welcome: Joi Ito | Welcome: Tim Swager |
| 9:35 A.M. | Different Types of Entrepreneurs: Bill Aulet | Design Thinking: Maria Yang | Industry Perspectives: What's Hot and What's Not?: Nicole Stata | Clearly Defining the Right Problem/Opportunity to Address: David Cancel | Building a Product Spec and First Definition of Value Proposition: Bill Aulet |
| 10:20 A.M. | Science- or Technology-Based Entrepreneurship: Angela Belcher and Bob Langer | Jobs to Be Done: Bob Moesta | Criteria to Judge the Attractiveness of an Idea: Katie Rae | Market Segmentation and Beachhead Market Selection: Josh Forman | When to Make It and When to Fake It: John McEleney |
| 11:05 A.M. | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:15 A.M. | Good, Bad, and Ugly of Entrepreneurship: Gabe Blanchet, Donna Levin, Dip Patel, and Arun Saigal | Going From a Pure Tech to Market: Karen Gleason and Kripa Varanasi | Building a Great Team: Peter Levine | Persona Development plus Legitimate and Illegitimate Customer Validation: Brian Halligan Moderator: Carly Chase | Making and Entrepreneurship: Marty Culpepper |
| 12:20 P.M. | Lunch (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) |
| 1:15 P.M. | Assessment of Entrepreneurial Skills Set: Kit Hickey and Erin Scott | Building More Positivity and Creativity Into Your Personal Interactions: Improv Training: Dave Morris (room 34-401) | Speed Dating Ideas: Trish Cotter and Donna Levin (room 34-401) | Market Segmentation to BHM Workshop: Christina Chase | Build a High Level Brochure for Product: Nick Meyer |
| 2:15 P.M. | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 2:30 P.M. | Fair of Entrepreneurial Prototypes: Natalya Bailey, David Cohen-Tanugi, Devin Cook, Will Dickson, Rob Lemos, Rena Pacheco-Theard, Will Sanchez, and Nathan Stebbins | Brainstorming to Start to Build an Idea Journal: Blade Kotelly | Speed Dating Ideas: Trish Cotter and Donna Levin (room 34-401) | Primary Market Research and Persona Development: Trish Cotter (room 34-401) | Plan to Develop a Prototype or Equivalent Relevant Milestone: Nick Meyer |
| 3:45 P.M. | Day Concludes | Day Concludes | Day Concludes | Day Concludes | Day Concludes |
| Monday 1/15 | Tuesday 1/16 | Wednesday 1/17 | Thursday 1/18 | Friday 1/19 | |
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| Room | 34-101 | 34-101 | 34-101 | ||
| 9:00 A.M. | NO CLASS: Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Trip to New York City | Breakfast and Networking | Breakfast and Networking | Breakfast and Networking |
| 9:30 A.M. | Welcome: David Schmittlein | Welcome: Vladimir Bulovic | Welcome: Cynthia Barnhart | ||
| 9:35 A.M. | Creating a Strong Company Identity and Team: Tom Leighton | The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return: Mihir Desai | Getting the First Sales: Michael Troiano | ||
| 10:20 A.M. | Everyone Should Have a Plan But Then Stuff Happens: Andy Ory | Business Ethics: Leigh Hafrey | Building a Scalable Sales Capability in Your New Venture: Kirk Arnold |
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| 11:05 A.M. | Break | Break | Break | ||
| 11:15 A.M. | Story of a Company or Product Pivot: Erika Angle | Determining Financing Needs and Potential Sources: Oren Michels | How to Attract and Utilize Mentors and Other Advisors for Your New Venture: Jennifer Lum | ||
| 12:20 P.M. | Lunch (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) | ||
| 1:15 P.M. | How to Build a Human Resources Plan: Steve Fredette | Financial Literacy: Jamie Goldstein | Building a List of First 10 Potential Customers: Jim Schuchart | ||
| 2:15 P.M. | Break | Break | Break | ||
| 2:30 P.M. | Designing and Developing a Plan to Identify Key Hypotheses and Run A/B Testing: Reed Sturtevant | Ask Me Anything: Anantha Chandrakasan and David Schmittlein | Sales Training - Closing an Order: Kent Summers OR Sales for Scientists: Alok Tayi |
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| 3:45 P.M. | Day Concludes | Day Concludes | |||
| 5:00 P.M. | StartMIT Innovation Night Hosts: Anantha Chandrakasan and David Schmittlein 5:00 P.M.: Startup Showcase 6:30 P.M.: Fireside Chat with Sue Siegel Moderator: Donna Levin Location: Samberg Center By invitation only |
| Monday 1/22 | Tuesday 1/23 | Wednesday 1/24 | |
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| Room | 34-101 | 34-101 | 34-101 |
| 9:00 A.M. | Breakfast and Networking | Breakfast and Networking | |
| 9:30 A.M. | Welcome: Lesley Millar-Nicholson | Students to meet with mentors (room 34-401) | |
| 9:35 A.M. | Entrepreneurship Is Not a Straight Line or What You Think It Is: Caroline Brown and Rama Ramakrishnan Moderator: Kit Hickey | Fireside Chat: Brad Feld Moderator: Bill Aulet |
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| 10:20 A.M. | Entrepreneurship Beyond the US: Alicia Rodriguez, David Wang, and Danielle Renee Zurovcik Moderator: Reinaldo Normand | Break | |
| 11:05 A.M. | Break | Student presentations | |
| 11:15 A.M. | Overview of Resources at MIT and Beyond | ||
| 12:20 P.M. | Lunch (room 34-401) | ||
| 1:15 P.M. | Fair of Resources at MIT and Beyond (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) | Lunch (room 34-401) |
| 2:15 P.M. | Day Concludes | Students to meet with mentors (room 34-401) | Student presentations |
| 3:00 P.M. | Fireside Chat: Niraj Shah Moderator: Jinane Abounadi |
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| 3:45 PM. | Day Concludes | ||
| 4:00 PM. | Day Concludes |