Download - 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!