miter info session

MIT SLOAN FALL 2010 INFORMATION SESSION

Agenda

What is MITER?

Who is MITER?

Why MITER?

How do I get involved with MITER?

Q&A

What is MITER?

• The MIT Entrepreneurship Review is a digital publication written for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs

• We analyze 21st century technologies, trends, and entrepreneurial stories & make them available to the world

• We approach entrepreneurship from a multi-disciplinary perspective and bridge the gap between scholars and entrepreneurs

Who is MITER?

• MITER is composed mostly of MIT graduate and undergraduate students interested in entrepreneurship

• We are graduate and doctoral students in business, science, and engineering

We are “Where Einstein Meets Edison”

• Here’s some of us:

Some scientist/engineer MITER-ites

Christopher Pirie

MITDoctoral Program Biological Engineering

Kevin McCarthy

MITDoctoral ProgramPhysics

Sergio Benitez

MITUndergraduateEECS

Yuqiong Claire Li

MITDoctoral Program Chemical Engineering

Some Sloan MITER-ites

Jen Novak

MIT SloanMBA ‘11Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Erdin Beshimov

MIT SloanMBA ‘11Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Nathan Trujillo

MITPhDChemical EngineeringMIT SloanMBA

Mark Chew

MIT Sloan MBA/LGO ’10MITMasters ProgramChemical Engineering

NOW FOR OUR BIG SURPRISE!!

OUR STORY

Scavenger hunt begins!

Dinner by 20 for 20

Practicing snazzy article headlines

The night before launch

We’re on the MIT homepage!!!

Party!!

Seminar with Sandy Pentland

Seminar with Jason Pontin

Why MITER?

• ACCESS: To the world’s leading experts and practitioners of entrepreneurship

• Get plugged into entrepreneurial ecosystems within and outside of Boston

• Mens et Manus: We believe entrepreneurship is an active undertaking; but we also believe that entrepreneurship is a thoughtful exercise

• We provide a window into the entrepreneurial drive and technical breakthroughs of MIT

How do I get involved in MITER?

• Make Videos• Write Articles• Produce Thoughts of the Day• Create a Interactive Polls• Line up an Expert• Plan an Event for

Entrepreneurs

We want to work with people who are COMMITTED to our mission.

Time is a secondary concern to us

• Copy Edit• Create Cool Connections for

MITER• Tweet MITER• Advertise MITER• Raise Money for MITER• Run and grow MITER

A few roles...

• Writer / Content Creator

• Videographer

• MITER Ambassadors

• Social Media Manager(s)

• Events Director

• Reviewing Editor

• Publisher

A few roles...

Let’s hear from an Editor…

Let’s hear from an Ops…

Bottom line

We are a platform for getting stuff done – MITER brings the credibility

We need people who want to get stuff done

WE NEED YOU TO MAKE MITER GREAT

What we're about

• Excellence

• Commitment

• Initiative

• Excitement

Now what?

• Contest

• Description and rules

• Marketing and publicity

– Our plan

Ready… Break!