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Tech Tuesdays

Extracurriculars@ MIT

“Making themost of your time at MIT”

2 July 2002

Joost [email protected]

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Overview of Tech Tuesdays “15.MIT”

• General Goal: Making Most of Your Time @ MIT

• Today: Extracurriculars @ MIT

• Last Week: Research @ MIT• Upcoming:

– Education, MIT 2020– Strategic & Emerging Technologies– Live Cases on Technology Business– Labs & Tours

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Beyond the Classroom

• MIT Community Connections & Extracurricular Opportunities – The Larger Community– Worthy Extracurricular Activities

• Personal Engagement– Strategizing Involvement– Connection-Making Tactics


MIT’s Triad of Activities

• Curricular– Core– Electives

• Extracurricular– Student Clubs & Activities

• SEBC, $50K, Project, TechLink

• Quasicurricular / Research– Special projects– Thesis

• N-for-one’s – try to have these compound; seek Leverage!


Weblinks

• MIT Events– http://events.mit.edu pay attention

• MIT Sloan Clubs– http://mitsloan.mit.edu students clubs

• MIT Graduate Student and other activities– http://web.mit.edu/campus-life.html – http://web.mit.edu/campus-life.html#interest

• MIT Alum connections– Sloan: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/alum/index.html – MIT: http://web.mit.edu/alum


http://events.mit.edu/

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/

http://web.mit.edu/campus-life.html

http://web.mit.edu/campus-life.html#interest

http://web.mit.edu/alum

MIT Community Demographics

• Get to know as many people while here as possible, beyond Sloan too– Potential collaborators– Potential employees– Serendipitous possibilities

• Who are they?


Undergraduate StudentsTotal Undergraduate Enrollment 4,300

First-yearUndeclared Second-yearSpecial Undergraduate Student

1,055118

Architecture and Planning 68

Engineering 2,011

Humanities and Social Science 142

Management 220

Science 785


Graduate Students

Total Graduate Enrollment 5,672

Master Doctoral Special

Architecture and Planning 358 184 11

Engineering 1,408 1,096 50

Humanities and Social Science 21 290 4

Management 788 119 14

Science 31 935 8

Whitaker College 5 276 10

CAES - - 64


MIT Alum Connections

• MOT / SF / LFM / SDM angle• Sloan angle• MIT angle

• Underappreciated resources!

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/alum/index.html http://web.mit.edu/alum


MIT-Related Companies

MIT: The Impact of Innovationhttp://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/founders/


Alum Co-Founders• Stata & Lorber @ Analog

– Dormmates

• d’Arbeloff & De Wolfe @ Teradyne– ROTCmates

• Edgerton, Germeshausen, & Grier @ EG&G– Professor & Students

• Olsen & Anderson @ DEC– Labmates @ Lincoln

• Lewin, Seelig, & Leighton @ Akamai– Students, Friends, & Professor

• Chery, et al @ Virtual Ink– Students @ Ashdown & Undergrad Classmates


Alum Links

• Connections to home or desired place of residence

• Power of alum groups– E.g. Arab Alum Association Conference

• http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/arab/mitaaa/conference.htm

– E.g. MIT Club of Northern California• http://www.mitcnc.org/


MIT Alumni Geo Distribution

United States and Possessions 76,137 New England 21,251 Mid-Atlantic 20,894 West 12,861 Great Lakes 5,715 Southwest and South Central 5,970 Southeast 5,259 Northwest and Great Plains 3,662 Alaska and Hawaii 333 Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands,U.S. territories 192Asia 3,872Europe 3,746North America (other than U.S.) 1,636South America 1,060Pacific Ocean Islands and Australia 428Africa 355Central America 79


MIT-wide Student Activities

• Graduate Student Council & Sloan Senate

• Big Regional / Ethnic clubs: Euroclub, Club Latino, Sangam, African Students Association, Chinese Students Association

• Sports, Cultural, etc• …and literally hundreds more

• Professional– TechLink: Connection grad students campus-wide– MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition– SEBC: Science Engineering Business Club


5 Strategic MIT Technology Thrusts

1. Information Technologies = Ever more sophisticated computation & communication, leveraging mind & media.

2. Biomedical Technologies = Medical engineering, perfecting the health & life sciences.

3. Tiny Technologies = Investigating and fabricating ever smaller systems, at scales from micro thru nano

4. Complex Systems = Large scale, socio-political & econo-technological systems.

5. Developmental Innovations = Appropriate and leapfrog technologies for tackling challenges in developing & emerging regions


MIT Matrix Online

• http://web.media.mit.edu/~davet/notes/emerging-tech-mit.html

Joost Bonsen & David Tames

Richly Interwoven MIT Themes

2. BioTech 3. TinyTech

1. InfoTech

4. Complex Systems

5. Developmental Innovations


http://web.media.mit.edu/~davet/notes/emerging-tech-mit.html

http://web.media.mit.edu/~davet/notes/emerging-tech-mit.html

MIT Formal Technology Oriented Events

• MicroPhotonics, LIDS, MTL, etc, etc– http://web.mit.edu/mphotonics/www/se

m-series.shtml

• Multiple “Distinguished Lecture” series

• Keep eye out for special events– Key technologists– Entrepreneurs

• Best stuff is often quite informal…Copyright © 2002 Joost Bonsen * All Rights Reserved * Please Don’t Show or Redistribute without Permission! * [email protected]

http://web.mit.edu/mphotonics/www/sem-series.shtml

http://web.mit.edu/mphotonics/www/sem-series.shtml

MIT Tech Biz ExtracurricularsInfo Bio Tiny Compl’

xDevelop-mental

MIT Research

LCS/AI, Media, 6

HST, BEH, 7

MTL, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16

SDM, Aero, 6, 15, 14, 13

Digital Nations, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11

1. Sloan Research

eBiz, Mkting

POPI, ? ? System Dynamics, Tech Strat

Econ, Global Entrepreneurship

2. SloanCourses

ITBT, eBiz

Bio-venture

? SysDyn, Strat, OR,

Global E-lab, DE

3. SloanExtracur

Media-Tech

Health-Tech

Tiny Tech

OR, SDK12, etc

SEID

MIT Alum Startups

Akamai, DirectHit

Amgen,BiogenGen’tec

Surface, eink, Angstr’m

HP, Raytheon, Teradyne

AfricaOnline, Evergreen Solar


Key Extracurriculars (IMHO)

• TechLink• Science Engineering Business Club• MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition• Venture Capital & Principal Investing Club• Tech Innovation clubs: MediaTech,

HealthTech, BioStrategy, TinyTech, etc.• Student Entrepreneurs for International

Development


TechLink– Campus-Wide Graduate

& Alum Connections

MBAEE

MatSci ChemE

• Bolstering Informal Cross-Disciplinary Links• http://web.mit.edu/techlink/


http://web.mit.edu/techlink/

PioneeringJoint

Sloan-MITLectures


SEBC

• Science & Engineering Business Club

• http://web.mit.edu/sebc/ • IAP Technology & Entrepreneurship

Forum• Speakers


http://web.mit.edu/sebc/

Professional Schmoozing

• SEBC, TechLink specialize in Campus-wide Gatherings

• Elegant but informal environment very conducive to cross-linking

• Venturefests, JazzLinks, InfiniteLink, Wine & Cheese Socials, Technology Dinner Talks


MIT $50K Entrepreneurship

Competition• Born 1990 as $10K• Joint-venture between Engineering and

Business students• Focus on High Potential Ventures • 1996 to $50K• 1,200 proposals by over 2,500 students• ~80 companies

http://50k.mit.edu


http://50k.mit.edu/

Example $50K Companies


http://www.centrata.com/

http://www.vectrasense.com/

http://www.molecularware.com/

http://www.akamai.com/

http://www.directhit.com/

http://www.frictionless.com/

http://www.sensable.com/

http://www.nanowave.com/

http://www.silicon-spice.com/

Winners & Entrants in $50K

• Public Companies– Akamai, C-Bridge, NetGenesis

• Acquired– Lexicus / Motorola, Silicon Spice /

Broadcom, Firefly / Microsoft, WebLine / Cisco, Direct Hit / AskJeeves, Applied Impulse / Philips


More $50K Examples

• Venture Capitalized– Virtual Ink, PatientKeeper/VIRTMED,

Actuality, nanowave, SensAble, InterSense, MolecularWare, Crosskate…

• Dead– eDental and others

• Stillborn– CarSoft, SterWave, most actually…


MIT $50K Structure & Process

• Fall warm-up & Spring main sequence

• Formal application mechanism• Teambuilding & Educational

Activities• Feedback from Judges• Excellent contacts & PR


MIT Venture Capital Club

• http://www.mitvcpi.org/ • VC & Principal Investments• MIT VC Conference in December• VC Database• Speaker series


http://www.mitvcpi.org/

MediaTechnlogy Club

• http://www.sloanmediatech.org/ • Media, Computing,

Communications• 400 members• Weekly events, speakers…• Local & Global TechTreks


http://www.sloanmediatech.org/

http://www.sloanmediatech.org/index.html

BioStrategy & HealthTech• BioStrategy

– http://web.mit.edu/biostrategy – Biomedical, Life Sciences & Business– Co-founded last year by Andy Pakula et al– Thursday Night Seminar Series

• HealthTech– http://web.mit.edu/healthtech/index.html – Plant tours– Luncheon sessions


http://web.mit.edu/biostrategy

http://web.mit.edu/healthtech/index.html

Tiny Tech Club• Brand new club forming this summer…• Micro through Nano in size / length

scale• MEMS, NEMS, PEMS, Molectronics,

Spintronics, Photonics, optoelectronics…• Business & Technologist Speakers• Tech Dinner Talks

http://cjmems.seas.ucla.edu/









SEID• http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/s/seid/ • Student Entrepreneurs for

International Development• Developmental Entrepreneurship• MicroFinance

…

http://www.selco-intl.com/

http://www.grameenphone.com

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http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/s/seid/

http://www.selco-intl.com/

http://www.grameenphone.com/



http://www.approtec.org/

http://www.approtec.org/index.shtml

More International Development

• AID-India, Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International, …

• SANGAM, Paksmit, Sri Lankans, Club Latino, Bangladeshis, Africans, …

• Development by Design workshop


http://real.media.mit.edu:8080/ramgen/dyd01/dyd01b.rm?start=00:43:08.7

http://real.media.mit.edu:8080/ramgen/dyd01/dyd01.rm?start=00:26:27

http://real.media.mit.edu:8080/ramgen/dyd01/dyd01a.rm?start=00:59:12

What High Leverage Informal Activities Suit

You?• Graduate Orientation• Entrepreneurship Gatherings• Special Interest Socials• Clubs?

…

Or, organize your own! I and others will help.

What could you do that’s most aligned with Thesis interests? E.g. Federica…


My Own Mission:Orchestrating Serendipity

• Teambuilding Dinners• Technology Venture Dinners• Formal Courses• Informal Schmoozes• Introduction Ethos

• E.g. MIT $50K, Muddy Mondays, TechLink, TinyTech, other activities, and endless events!


http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/

Case Example: Mike Parduhn

Sloan MBA, Interested in Wearable Computers, getsJob in MIT Media Lab group


http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/Images/People/wearfolk-sam-big.jpg

http://137.204.91.215/images/organizers/Michael_Parduhn.gif

Case Example: Sloan as Premier Tech Testbed

• Project Mercury – Latest wireless technologies; Showcase for MIT Labs– Wireless devices– Integrated services– Location Specific– Woven throughout classes?

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/06/08/xircom_review.html

http://www.emperorlinux.com/acc_network.html

http://www.handspring.com/http://www.futurelooks.com/features/Lifestyle/Wearable_comps/page1_frame.htm

http://www-5.ibm.com/se/news/archive/images/computers/wearable-pc/wearable-pc-closseup-guy.jpg

Matt Rhoden, Paul Strasma Vidya Kumar





http://www.futurelooks.com/features/Lifestyle/Wearable_comps/page1_frame.htm




http://www.handspring.com/products/treo/index.jhtml;jsessionid=UYSLYJK01TB4TQFIAE1CFFWAVAATKIV0

Aspirations While Here?• Possibilities & Combinations are Endless

– First world development– Developing nations– Personal Growth

• Choose areas of relative scarcity, not relative abundance– New technology sectors– Emerging regions– Undefined markets– New research zones– The big unknowns

• Transformative Student Experience & the “Technology Business” Vision of MIT Sloan


Transformative Student Experience means…

• Content in classes & extras• Culture & creative ethos• Connections at MIT & Beyond

Be a T individual


The MIT Ethos is about Strength Both in Depth &

Breadth

Depth

Breadth

Deep

Shallow

Narrow Wide

I–.T


Personal Strategy LatticeMission &

Vision

Strategic

Tactical

Operational

Everyday Actions

Enduring Over Long Term

From Quarterly to Yearly

From Weekly to Quarterly

Connecting Moment-by-Moment to

Weekly And Monthly


Strategy Lattice

OverallVision

EverydayAction


Tactics: Self Presentation

• What’s your personal “Elevator Pitch”?

• Just the Summary Essentials

• Why are you interesting from their point of view?


Personal Elevator Pitch

• I’m FirstName LastName• Graduate student at MIT Sloan, the

Business School• In the MOT, Management of Technology

Program (or SFs, LFMs, SDMs, etc)• Most recently a LastRole at Previous

Company• Now very interested in ShortSummary


Short Summary of Interests

• One paragraph or phrase with keywordsFor Example…

• “implications of wireless and mobile devices on medical services”

• “developmental technologies, that is, how to dramatically improve people’s lives in LDCs”

• “research lab strategy, or, how to keep a lab vital and to finance next-generation research”


Covey’s Important vs Urgent

Importance

Urgency

Hi

Lo

Lo Hi

SeductiveFirefighting

Trap

Too Easy to Delay

These

WasteOf

Time

Why DidYou Get ToThis State?

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Monsarrat’s Law

Wealth &

Leverage

Age

stress

school

Key Player, Founder

20 25 3530 40 45…

Employee, Cog in Machine

Bonsen’s Modification


http://www.interactivepages.com/stuff.htmlhttp://graphics.boston.com/images/daily/05/fireworks_640x480.jpg

Enjoy the 4th of July!


http://www.interactivepages.com/stuff.html




More questions? Track me down;-)

Joost Bonsen

[email protected]


Fin


Personal Advisors

• Like a personal “Board of Directors”• Formal and/or Informal• Pick people who offer at least 2 out

of 3:– Wealth– Wisdom– Work


Awareness of Bigger Context: Nature of Social

Systems• Complex• Unpredictable• Second Order Effects Important• Must be understood to be best

influenced


Endless Opportunity for Disaster and Dysfunction

• Lame Goals• Disagreement about Goals• Disagreement about Means• Distraction by Lesser Things• Flaky Execution

There’s a whole Taxonomy of Individual Irrationality and Social Dysfunctionality!


Archetypal Deliverable;Aspire for More

• Engineer – Invent Patent, Build• Scientist – Discover Journal Article• Architect – Plan/Design Build• Humanist – Compose Art Publish• Manager – Plan Start, Build

Businesses


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