NEW SPRING 2013 COURSE LAUNCHED IN H2:
15.S70/10.S95 Ideas to Impact: Foundations for Commercializing Technological Advance
Instructors: Edward Roberts, Rory O’Shea, Luis Perez-Breva, Violetta Gerasymenko
Schedule: MW 10:30 AM-12:00 PM (Begins April 1st)
Room: E62-221
Credit: 3-0-3 G(A)
Pilot subject of MIT-Skolkovo Joint Program in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Principles of movement of technological ideas into impact, in the forms of new and/or improved products and processes, or possibly as new companies. Mixed teams of Skolkovo engineering students with MIT students drawn from across the Institute will address technical challenges, and move them beyond technical solutions into proposals that include such commercially-oriented considerations as intellectual property, market suitability, competitive strengths, financial requirements, etc.
Class will not exceed 30 students, and will include several special students from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Russia, as well as selected graduate students from across MIT. A few Undergraduate Seniors will also be considered for admission to the class.
Permission of instructor required. If you would like to apply, send application email immediately to eroberts@mit.edu, including a one page CV and one paragraph explaining why you want to be in the class. (Members of MIT Sloan E&I Track will not be admitted due to overlap.)