Ideas Made to Matter Innovation

Location matters as firms get their innovation mojo back

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Traditional hotspots like Silicon Valley and New York may give way to smaller, more inclusive innovation ecosystems, researchers say.

Sep 14, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Entrepreneurship

17 MIT startups to watch

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A startup showcase featured a prosthetic hand, crowd-sourced sizing for women’s clothes, and a way to use extra space on cargo planes.

Sep 14, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter My Idea Made to Matter

This social change agent wants you to ‘fail better’

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Kara Penn, MBA ’07, applies insights from ‘smart mistakes’ to her organizational work at Mission Spark, Hustle Fund, and The Listening Challenge.

Aug 17, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Entrepreneurship

Osmoses wins the 2021 MIT $100K

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The clean-tech startup is developing new membrane technology for separating industrial gases and vapors.

May 24, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Fintech

8 financial technology startups to watch

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Here are the winners and finalists of the 2021 MIT FinTech Conference startup pitch competition.

Apr 12, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Public Policy

New narratives and policy for diverse entrepreneurship

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To close the opportunity gap in entrepreneurship, policymakers must be honest about who succeeds and why.

Feb 23, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Fintech

Fintech, explained

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Fintech — technology for financial services — encompasses lending, payments, investing, insurance, property management, risk assessment, and more.

Feb 4, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

4 steps to funding models for entrepreneurs of color

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To build new funding models, start by examining how exclusion was built into the current ones.

Jan 20, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Gender

4 ways to be an ally for female entrepreneurs

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Female entrepreneurs don’t need performative allies. They need mentors and money.

Jan 13, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

How banks and investors can back diverse entrepreneurs

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Expanding access to capital for women and entrepreneurs of color requires deliberate and concrete action, not optics.

Dec 14, 2020
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