M.B.A.s’ Latest Pitch to Investors: Skip the Startup, Invest in Me

Featured: Arielle Lawrence (MBA ’22)

By Lindsay Ellis | The Wall Street Journal | March 20, 2022

Plenty of M.B.A.s finish business school with a hot startup pitch for investors. The latest breed of student-entrepreneur is skipping the startup part and pitching …

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Black technology provider lands major deal with giant real estate investment firm

Featured: Perrin Quarshie (MBA ’16)

By Jeffrey McKinney | Black Enterprise | March 10, 2022

In a major deal, Black-owned technology provider RealBlocks has been chosen by LaSalle Investment Management to distribute and trade the real estate investment giant’s funds to potential …

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MIT entrepreneurs think globally, act locally

A new solution to beach-fouling seaweed, developed by MBA 2023 candidate Andrés Bisonó León and Luke Gray ’18, SM ’20, is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
By Michaela Jarvis | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering | February 25, 2022

Born and …

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How Sadia Sharmin, Founder Of Childrenswear Brand Cotonly, Does It All

Featured: Sadia Sharmin (MBA ’11)
By Sharon Feiereisen | Momtastic

I love the Cotonly tagline, which is “clothes designed for life.” It strikes me especially as I’m mid trying for another child and always loved the idea of clothes being passed …

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Meet The AFROTECH™ Future 50

Featured: Khalid David (MBA ’19)
By AfroTech | February 21, 2022

AFROTECH is honoring individuals across the tech industry — including the disrupters, innovators, wealth-makers, and overall game-changers in the industry in honor of Black History Month.

The inaugural AFROTECH™ Future 50 …

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Z Corp. founder’s second act: Preparing female execs for board roles

By Meredith Somers | MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter | February 14, 2022

A 2021 women’s leadership study from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. found that American women held 41% of corporate management positions, and women continue to fight underrepresentation when …

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Policy Student Aims to Use Tech for Good

By Katherine J. Igoe | MIT Spectrum

Nagela Nukuna MBA ’22 has always felt the pull of two different disciplines—tech and policy. In her view, they merge more practically than one might think. “Implementation is so important in policy. Technology expands …

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Kristina Kennedy (EMBA ’14) Of Kickstand Communications On 5 Ways That Businesses Can Help Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees

By David Liu | Authority Magazine | January 13, 2022

As a part of my series about the “5 Ways That Businesses Can Help Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees” I had the pleasure of interviewing Kristina Kennedy.

As COO of …

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This exec sees interest in ESG tipping scales for women in tech

By Meredith Somers | MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter | January 12, 2022

A 2021 women’s leadership study from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. found that American women held 41% of corporate management positions, and women continue to fight underrepresentation when …

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Reducing food waste to increase access to affordable foods

MIT alumni-founded Spoiler Alert matches major food brands with discount grocers to sell perishable products.

By Zach Winn | MIT News Office | January 5, 2022

About a third of the world’s food supply never gets eaten. That means the water, labor, …

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