From the Basement to the Dome
Title | From the Basement to the Dome PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Jacques Degroof |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Total Pages | 331 |
Release | 2021-09-07 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0262046156 |
How a bottom-up problem-solving ethos, multidisciplinary approach, and experimental mindset has nurtured entrepreneurship at MIT. MIT is world-famous as a launching pad for entrepreneurs. MIT alumni have founded at least 30,000 active companies, employing an estimated 4.6 million people, with revenues of approximately $1.9 trillion. In the 2010s, twenty to thirty ventures were spun off each year to commercialize technologies developed in MIT labs (with intellectual property licensed by MIT to these companies); in the same decade, MIT graduates started an estimated 100 firms per year. How has MIT become such a hotbed of entrepreneurship? In From the Basement to the Dome, Jean-Jacques Degroof describes how MIT's problem-solving ethos, multidisciplinary approach, and experimental mindset nurture entrepreneurship. Degroof explains that, at first, the culture of entrepreneurship sprang from such extracurricular activities as forums, clubs, and competitions. Eventually, the Institute formally supported these activities, offering courses in entrepreneurship. Degroof describes why entrepreneurship is so uniquely aligned with MIT's culture: a history of bottom-up decision-making, a tradition of academic excellence, a keen interest in problem-solving, a belief in experimentation, and a tolerance for failure on the way to success. Entrepreneurship is the logical outcome of MIT's motto, Mens et Manus (mind and hand) ), translating theories and scientific discoveries into products and businesses--many of which have the goal of solving some of the world's most pressing problems. Degroof maps MIT's current entrepreneurial ecosystem of students, faculty, and researchers; considers the effectiveness of teaching entrepreneurship; and outlines ways that the MIT story could inspire conversations in other institutions about promoting entrepreneurship.
From the Basement to the Dome
Title | From the Basement to the Dome PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Jacques Degroof |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Corporate culture |
ISBN | 9780262367004 |
"A history of entrepreneurship at MIT, and how it evolved from ad-hoc efforts by students and alumni to a formally recognized piece of MIT's official program"--
Report of the Committee Appointed by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly to Investigate the Acts and Accounts of the Commissioners, and All Matters Relating to the Building of the New State House at Springfield, Illinois
Title | Report of the Committee Appointed by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly to Investigate the Acts and Accounts of the Commissioners, and All Matters Relating to the Building of the New State House at Springfield, Illinois PDF eBook |
Author | Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives. New State House Investigating Committee |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 230 |
Release | 1875 |
Genre | Capitols |
ISBN |
The Early Earth
Title | The Early Earth PDF eBook |
Author | C. M. R. Fowler |
Publisher | Geological Society of London |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781862391093 |
Diverse Excursions in the Southeast: Paleozoic to Present
Title | Diverse Excursions in the Southeast: Paleozoic to Present PDF eBook |
Author | Ann E. Holmes |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | 276 |
Release | 2015-03-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0813700396 |
"This volume contains field guides to the 2015 GSA Southeastern Section Meeting's field trips. The guides explore geologic history and visit four regional geologic provinces--the Nashville dome, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, and Cumberland Plateau"--
The Northeastern Reporter
Title | The Northeastern Reporter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1152 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio.
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Title | U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 430 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Geology |
ISBN |