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Bernd Schoner is the author of “The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide (McGraw-Hill, May 2014), a comprehensive look at the challenges and rewards of starting a tech company. In this interview he discusses his book and specifically the challenge of how startups can partner with larger companies first through strategic alliances and ultimately through acquisition — […] The post Bernd Schoner, author, “The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide” appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge.

An Institute Professor at MIT, Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in November 2014 for her outstanding scientific research, principally in carbon science and carbon nanostructures. But she is also widely known for promoting the advancement of women in science and engineering — the subject of this interview. (Originally released 12/13/14) The post Tech’s Gender Gap with Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge.

Following his remarks at a recent MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Innovation Series panel on climate change, Professor John Sterman, a leading expert on the subject who teaches system dynamics and engineering systems at MIT, sat down for an interview to take a deeper dive into his views. Here is part of what he said […] The post Climate Change Is No Longer About Science appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge.

At this year’s Connected Things Conference, one of the topics you can expect to come up is the respective role of network edge devices versus the cloud in the Internet of Things — specifically with respect to smart factories. That is, in fact, one of the topics covered in this pre-event podcast with one of […] The post Where Will Factories Get their Smarts? appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge.

When the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge presents its upcoming event focused on CRISPR technology, this controversial genetic research will be discussed from all sides — as a huge technology breakthrough, as a complex ethical and regulatory issue, and in terms of what this research means to ordinary human beings facing the unimaginable crisis of […] The post Genetic Cures Have a Human Face appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge.

One reason Dropbox is so successful is that the company attracts and holds great people. While no company ever “wins” the war for talent — the war never actually ends — successful young companies do in fact know how to win the key battles. Learn how Dropbox does it — in this interview with Dropbox […] The post Dropbox Founder Drew Houston on The War for Talent appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge.