Harvard Innovation Labs: Startups & Entrepreneurship

Harvard i-lab | What: What is Cultural Entrepreneurship? What does the Challenge Entail?

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000

Mukti Khaire, Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Marvin Bower Fellow, led a workshop discussing how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool for expanding the role of the arts in society and supporting arts and artists in a sustainable manner. Her talk answered the question: 'what exactly is a cultural entrepreneur' and also gave an overview of how the Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge seeks to support entrepreneurial ventures that also serve a cultural purpose. Professor Khaire covered how your proposal will be judged and discussed what elements to address in framing your ideas and hypotheses. She also addressed team composition, implementation, financial and regulatory viability, as well as guidance on how to measure the impact of these projects. Following the workshop, attendees had the opportunity to mingle, network, and form teams based on common interests.

Uploaded 10-02-13

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Harvard i-lab | Customer Acquisition with Andy Payne

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000

You might have the greatest product or service in the world, but if you can't get customers, it doesn't matter. How can you be as good at customer acquisition as you are at product? This workshop focuses on on-line customer acquisition techniques: banner ads, paid search, SEO, inbound marketing, "ghetto testing", social media marketing, analytics, etc. Andrew Payne is a Boston-area entrepreneur, executive, inventor, and investor. He's co-founded Open Market, Revenio, and FanSnap, and has been involved with many other technology startups. He is on Hubspot's Board of Directors.

Uploaded 23-03-13

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Harvard i-lab | Dave Cappillo: 8 Mistakes Founders Make

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:49:00 -0000

8 Mistakes Founders Make with Dave Cappillo

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Join Dave Cappillo of Goodwin Procter LLP as he leads a discussion focused on avoiding eight missteps that entrepreneurs commonly make in the early stages of a company's life cycle. Avoiding these eight "great" mistakes will save an entrepreneur time, money and angst when raising money or seeking liquidity.

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Harvard President Alan Garber Remarks | 2026 President's Innovation Challenge

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

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Why Do We Accept Shoes That Don’t Fit? | Maeve Wang, IAMBIC

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Why do we still accept shoes that don’t fit—when everything else is personalized?
That question led Maeve Wang (Harvard College ’11) to build IAMBIC.

Uploaded 07-05-26

As co-founder and CEO, Maeve is rethinking one of the most universal products we use every day: shoes. Today, two out of three people wear shoes that don’t fit. By combining AI and advanced manufacturing, IAMBIC creates shoes made for your body—not a standardized size.

A finalist in the 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, Maeve is part of a community of founders turning bold questions into real-world ventures.

“What moves me is this belief that products we use every day should actually understand us.”

Film by Kieran Kesner

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Harvard Life Lab - A New Home for Harvard Life Sciences Ventures

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000

The Harvard Innovation Labs is proud to announce a shared wet laboratory space for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups founded by Harvard faculty, alumni, students, and postdoctoral scholars opening in the Fall of 2016.

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Once construction is completed, the 15,000-square foot fully-equipped and permitted laboratory space, called the Harvard Life Lab will support a curated community of early-stage life sciences and biotech companies on Harvard's Allston campus, adjacent to the Harvard i-lab and Launch Lab. The Life Lab will be operated by LabCentral, the leader in shared co-working lab space.

Ventures selected to join the Life Lab will have access to dedicated lab space, as well as permits, waste handling, and all common lab equipment needed for life sciences research. All members will also have full access to venture-focused programming such as workshops and advisors at the Harvard i-lab.

To learn more, and to apply to join the Harvard Life Lab, visit http://harvardlifelab.com; for questions, send us an email at LifeLab@harvard.edu.

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President's Innovation Challenge Takeaways

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000

The Harvard Innovation Labs invites student founders from all 13 Harvard schools to apply for the President's Innovation Challenge (PIC) by December 5 for a chance to win a share of $515,000 in funding for their ventures, thanks to the ‪@BertarelliFoundation.

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This year’s theme, Redefining What’s Possible, celebrates the bold, ambitious work happening across campus as student founders tackle complex problems, build impactful solutions, and create better futures.

Learn from previous PIC winners as they share their tips and tricks in this video.

Applications close 12/5: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/pic

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Harvard i-lab | Leveling the Playing Field: Software Changing the Role of Coaches

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000

We are in the midst of a revolution in how athletes train, perform, and heal. Advances in mobile technology, AI, Big Data, sensors, GPS, and more have allowed humans to stretch the limits of their athletic capabilities and have merged the worlds of statistics and sports in manners unimaginable just a decade ago.

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With unprecedented teamwork from those who have achieved success in the athletic arena to those whose achievements occur behind the closed doors of research labs, hospitals, and beyond, we are able to use data collected from the human body to monitor, measure, and predict athlete training and performance like never before.

During this event, the Harvard Innovation Labs, together with the Sports Innovation Lab and the OneTeam Collective, will explore the future of this dynamic, cross-industry, and fast-growing sector of sports technology.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab.

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The “Spermpocalypse,” A Problem No One Was Solving | Khaled Kteily, Legacy

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Male fertility is declining—but no one was talking about it.
Khaled Kteily (Harvard Kennedy School ’16) decided to change that.

Uploaded 07-05-26

After experiencing the stigma and discomfort of fertility testing firsthand, Khaled saw a problem hiding in plain sight. As founder and CEO of Legacy, he’s helping men better understand their fertility and health—serving tens of thousands of patients.

A finalist in the 2019 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, Legacy is reshaping how we think about reproductive health.

“We helped take the burden off just the female partner—and gave couples more control.”

Film by Kieran Kesner

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- Zen Way Inc.

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | i-lab residents describe their Big Idea

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000

The Harvard Innovation Lab asked some of our student residents about their Big Idea, how it came about, and how the i-lab helped to support their venture. We think the video helps to showcase the activities of students taking advantage of the i-lab's resources. What's your Big Idea?

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Harvard i-lab |One size does not fit all - Financing in the Health and Sciences Market

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:49:00 -0000

Raising capital in this financing environment is a challenge. It is important that you understand your business, your market and the financing ecosystem so you can make the right choices to see your business reach its full potential.

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You will learn:
- key issues for start-up companies in the life sciences industry when raising capital
- the different sources of capital and which fit with your venture
- how to prepare your company for the fundraising process
- the legal and regulatory implications of fundraising

Our speakers will help you understand how to raise capital from third parties, including selecting the right investors, to help you achieve your goals. Presenters include:
- Thomas Burke, Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
- Finny Kuruvilla, a Principal at Clarus Ventures, a global investment firm dedicated to life sciences
- Joshua Fox, a partner at the law firm of WilmerHale and member of the firm’s life sciences and emerging company practices

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | President's Challenge 2015 Kickoff

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Come join us to kick off the fourth President’s Challenge! Dean David Ellwood of the John F. Kennedy School of Government will be explaining the promise of social entrepreneurship. Join students from across the University to share ideas and find teams.

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The President’s Challenge is an initiative to help Harvard students develop entrepreneurial solutions to the world’s most important social problems. Sponsored by President Drew Faust, the challenge gives students access to expertise in the form of mentors and experience in the process of bringing great ideas to action.

Teams have been asked to present novel solutions to improve many of the world’s most pressing problems:
• education innovation
• affordable health
• energy and the environment
• economic development and sustainable employment
• connected cities

This event will be the first in a series hosted by the i-lab. At the kickoff even you will be able to ideate and meet other Harvard students interested in making impact in the world. Additional workshops will allow you to learn how to write proposals and develop your idea--more info on the programming will be shared by Gordon Jones, Managing Director of the i-lab.

The i-lab will play an active role as host to the teams as they develop and refine their ideas, assisting students by hosting workshops, providing guidance, and giving them access to our resources and facility throughout the Challenge.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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What It Takes: Vision, Mission and Culture

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Human capital separates great companies from good ones; ideas are worth very little without the right people to drive them forward. That’s why attracting the right people while unifying them behind an inspiring vision and mission is essential to any significant venture.

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In this workshop, originally presented in-person at the Harvard Innovation Labs, Michael Skok, founding partner at Underscore VC, will share how to develop your venture’s mission and vision – while ensuring you can execute on both.

About the Speaker:

Michael Skok is a founding partner at Underscore VC, a Boston-based firm investing in bold B2B software founders. Since starting his first software business as a teenager, Michael has spent 21 years as an entrepreneur and the past 18 years as a venture investor. During this time, he has founded, worked with, and invested in startups, and created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of value.

As an entrepreneur and an investor, Michael has focused on breakthrough technologies and disruptive business models including Open Source, Cloud, IoT, and emerging domains such as Blockchain, Virtual/Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. He has served on or is active on many private and public boards such as Acquia, Demandware (now a Salesforce company), Mautic (acquired by Acquia in 2019), Salsify, and Zaius. He has also held leadership roles in many industry groups such as the Software Publishers Association, where he served as chairman for many years.

In 2015, Michael co-founded Underscore VC to help founders create enduring companies through the power of community. He has a passion for helping the next generation of entrepreneurs succeed by not only backing them with capital but bringing the resources and commitment of an aligned community around them to propel their success. To help achieve this, he has mentored and taught for over 10 years at Harvard University, where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence, and created the Startup Secrets series.

Want to dive deeper into Startup Secrets? Explore the interactive Startup Secrets Sandbox for frameworks, insights, and tools to help you build and scale your startup: https://bit.ly/3Cwv0nK

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Innovation Insights from Megan Smith at Harvard i-lab

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000

Megan Smith is the CEO of shift7 and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer (2014-2017).

Uploaded 09-07-24

In this video, Mitch Weiss (Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at HBS) interviews Megan Smith about her journey of innovation and impact.

The fireside chat was part of a series of events at Harvard Innovation Labs centered around the story of General Magic (www.generalmagicthemovie.com), the secretive Silicon Valley startup that created the world’s first smartphone, told through an engaging workshop program and award-winning documentary. Although their initial product failed, the technologies developed by General Magic have changed the lives of billions.

In the conversation, Smith shares her perspective on the role of innovation and technology in government and society, the need for collaboration and inclusivity to drive meaningful change, and the importance of collective intelligence.

#generalmagic #megansmith

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You can learn more about the story of General Magic at https://www.generalmagicthemovie.com/

Read the "Five Key Takeaways" from this fireside chat: https://bit.ly/45VQbK8

Learn more about Harvard Innovation Labs: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/harvard-innovation-labs/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harvardinnovationlabs/?hl=en

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Harvard i-lab | Food Truck Day and Tour of the i-lab

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:00:00 -0000

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President's Challenge Presentation School Yourself

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Where are the Boundaries?: AR/VR Ethics and Policy

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | "A Debate: Business is Essential to Effectively Deliver Public Services to the Poor"

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 22:00:00 -0000

HKS Professor Lant Prichett and HBS Professor Michael Chu debated the most effective mechanisms to alleviate poverty in a debate moderated by The Fletcher School's Nicholas P. Sullivan. The emerging social finance space and other market-based solutions were challenged by more traditional philanthropic approaches to solve poverty. This debate offered a great cross-campus initiative that enhanced a broader understanding of the current "hot topics" around how the Business and the International Development players can work together in addressing services delivery barriers to the poor.

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- Sightline Productions

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Scott Friend and Brett Garrett: Disruption in Retail: Big Data

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:49:00 -0000

Disruption in Retail: Big Data with Scott Friend and Brett Garrett

Uploaded 12-11-12

Scott Friend and Brett Garrett will discuss his experience founding and investing in companies that use data and analytics to disrupt retail and ecommerce.

As an entrepreneur, Scott founded ProfitLogic which helped retailers make more accurate sales forecasts and pricing decisions by analyzing customer demand patterns. ProfitLogic was acquired by Oracle in 2005. As an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, Scott has been involved in analogous businesses that are using data and analytics to disrupt different parts of the retail ecosystem including CQuotient, HookLogic, and Tellapart.

Brett joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2007. In that time, Brett has been involved in a wide range of investments across multiple sectors and stages. Currently, Brett splits his time between Boston and New York City where he evaluates venture and growth opportunities in digital media and e-commerce and assists companies throughout the Bain Capital Ventures portfolio. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Brett worked at L.E.K. Consulting in San Francisco, where he assisted both private equity and industry clients in the media and healthcare industries.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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President's Challenge Presentation Balanced

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Funding Strategies to Go the Distance

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0000

At a time when there are so many ways to fund your startup, from angels to accelerators, it's more important than ever to develop a funding strategy that fits your particular needs. Maybe you shouldn't even raise money! In this session we'll explore the options and help you think through not just your initial funding but a trajectory to stay funded until you've reached your goal, be that an independent public company or a self-sustaining social venture. We'll also try to remove the mystique of VC and as usual bring some case examples to bear to bring it all to life.

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Harvard i-lab | Why You're Over-Thinking Your UI/UX with Rohan Puri and Cristoforo Magliozzi

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -0000

In this workshop we take you through the steps in thinking about (and preempting) user interaction and user experience design. Then we outline ways in which we can evaluate, test, and analyze interactions to pivot designs leanly. This session is highly interactive and uses examples from real startups.

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Harvard i-lab | Deans' Food System Challenge Kickoff

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -0000

Join HLS Dean Martha Minow and keynote speaker Ayr Muir, founder and CEO of Clover Food Lab, in officially kicking off the 2015 Deans' Food System Challenge. The Challenge invites creative and entrepreneurial students to develop innovative ideas to improve the health, social, and environmental outcomes of the food system in the United States and around the world.

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Students will have the opportunity at the Kickoff to network with other like-minded folks at Harvard and begin exploring ideas and partnerships to apply to this challenge in one of four categories:
Producing Sustainable, Nutritious Food
Innovating in Food Distribution and Markets
Improving Our Diet
Reducing Food Waste
The Challenge is co-sponsored by Dean Martha Minow of Harvard Law School and Dean Julio Frenk of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

A variety of workshops and networking events will offer participants numerous opportunities to strengthen their idea, team, and ventures throughout the Challenge timeline. More information on the Challenge and programming can be found here.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Go to Market Strategies

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:00:00 -0000

Find out why it can be twice as important to get your Go-to-Market right, even if you've engineered a great product. Get to understand the strategic and tactical frameworks needed to enter a market and occupy a dominant position. Learn how to develop your "brand essence" and integrate other key marketing assets so that you can pursue an impactful sales and marketing approach.

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Harvard i-lab | Dean's Challenge for Cultural Entrepreneurship with Silk Road Ensemble Yo Yo Ma

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0000

The Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge calls upon visionary and entrepreneurial students to develop solutions for expanding the role of the arts in society and supporting arts and artists in a sustainable manner. Cultural Entrepreneurship unites artistic and entrepreneurial visions to create and maintain ventures with the financial, social, and organizational infrastructure necessary for arts and artists to survive and thrive.

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The Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge will draw on the combined expertise of the Harvard Business School, the Division of Arts and Humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Silk Road Project, a nonprofit arts organization affiliated with Harvard University and led by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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Harvard i-lab | Grand Opening

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000

The Harvard Innovation Lab was opened on November 18, 2011. During our celebration, Joseph B. Lassiter III, Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, and Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Lab, Dean Nitin Nohria, Harvard Business School, President Drew Faust, Harvard University, and Mayor Thomas M. Menino, City of Boston, spoke and welcomed the i-lab as a new and innovative initiative that fosters team-based and entrepreneurial activities and deepens interactions among Harvard students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and members of the Allston and Greater Boston community.

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Harvard i-lab | Art of the Scientist with Ash Maurya

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000

If you're following Lean Startup, then you know a critical piece is running experiments to validate your assumptions. But how do you craft the right experiments? Listen in to Ash Maurya, author of Running Lean and creator of LeanCanvas, to hear his latest ideas around crafting effective experiments that lead to breakthrough insights.

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It's no accident that some of the biggest breakthrough business ideas have evolved from seemingly small and often unintended discoveries. Iterative innovation through experimentation isn't just limited to the "starting-up" stage but can be continuously applied to any organization bringing new products to market. Companies like Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Intuit all employ a culture of continuous experimentation in everything they do. But even though we have learned a lot about the mechanics of running innovation experiments through methodologies like the Lean Startup, crafting effective experiments that lead to breakthrough insights is still considered more art than science.

Ash Maurya is the author of "Running Lean: How to Iterate from Plan A to a plan that works" and the founder of Spark59 whose mission is helping entrepreneurs succeed. Driven by the search for better and faster ways for building successful products, Ash has been rigorously testing Lean Startup techniques for the past 3.5 years. He serves as a mentor to several accelerators including TechStars, MaRS, Capital Factory, and has worked with companies from one-person startups to large enterprises like Intel, Dell, and Amazon. He continues to share his ongoing learning on his blog and by way of workshops and bootcamps that he teaches around the world.

(Ash's mic wasn't on for the first 2 minutes of the presentation - the audio improves significantly around the 2 minute mark).

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Vision, Mission, Culture Workshop featuring 3 case studies

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:49:00 -0000

Vision, mission and culture are vital to your company - even at this early stage - do you know how to set yourself up for success? Michael Skok, a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, will share best practice and case experiences for this foundational area of your venture. Viewers will learn:

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What it takes to form and build an enduring company.

Understanding the crucial aspects of establishing a vision and mission.

Establishing and operationalizing your culture to ensuring your team have the tools to win.

Special guests include, Paul English, (@englishpaulm) most recently founder of Blade (@bladebos) and before that Kayak, Mike Duffy Founder of Cylent and formerly with Open Pages, and Adam Melonas, CEO and Founder Chew-Labs.

Want to dive deeper into Startup Secrets? Explore the interactive Startup Secrets Sandbox for frameworks, insights, and tools to help you build and scale your startup: https://bit.ly/3Cwv0nK

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President's Challenge Presentation SPOUTS of Water

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

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Harvard Venture Stories - Abridge News

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Laura Carpenter's company, Abridge News, makes it easier for people to explore a range of opinions on a current news topic. The idea behind the multiple opinions, Carpenter says, is engaging with what she calls the “empathy problem” in contemporary discourse.

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Harvard i-lab | Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge Kickoff

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Join us for the kickoff of the 2015 Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge! The Challenge calls upon students with an entrepreneurial spirit to develop venture-based solutions that provide the organizational infrastructure necessary for artists and the arts to thrive. Randy Weiner, esteemed American playwright and theatre producer, will give a keynote address sharing insights into the challenges and opportunities associated with starting and growing cultural enterprises.

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Students will have the chance to meet like-minded individuals from across the University and within the community to explore ideas, partnerships, and opportunities focused on issues that include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Funding and Audiences
• Broad Cultural Impact and Access
• Artists' Services and Support
• Expanding Horizons

The Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge is Co-sponsored by Dean Nitin Nohria of Harvard Business School, Dean Diana Sorensen of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Silkroad, a nonprofit arts organization affiliated with Harvard University and led by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

A variety of workshops and networking events will offer participants numerous opportunities to strengthen their idea, team and ventures throughout the Challenge timeline. More information on programming can be found on the i-lab’s website: www.i-lab.harvard.edu.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Perspectives Informed by Experience: Athletes and Other Stakeholders on Technology

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Smaller, Lighter and Ubiquitous: The Next Generation of Fitness Trackers

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | "Green Card Strategies and New Opportunities for Foreign Entrepreneurs"

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Jeff Goldman an Immigration Lawyer from Boston taught a workshop entitled "Green Card Strategies and New Opportunities for Foreign Entrepreneurs," in April 2012 at the Harvard innovation lab.

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In his presentation, Goldman discussed how the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that the H-1B nonimmigrant and National Interest Waiver immigrant visa categories will now be more friendly to foreign national entrepreneurs who are creating jobs in the US. This interactive workshop helped to clarify the viability of this new initiative; offered foreign national entrepreneurs a road-map which may make all the difference when filing immigration petitions; and helped start-up companies understand where they are heading when they have key personnel who have immigration considerations. Goldman shared strategies for documenting "significant impact in the field" required for National Interest Waivers; how an entrepreneur with his/her own start-up can prove a legitimate "employer—employee" relationship that is required for H-1B; and the best timing for filing immigration petitions.

You can learn more about Jeff on his website http://jeffgoldmanimmigration.com/jeff-goldman-esq/ and contact him here http://jeffgoldmanimmigration.com/contact-us/

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Almost Married Off at 12. Now She’s Changing Thousands of Lives. | Aria Mustary, Mai Soli Foundation

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0000

At 12, Aria Mustary was nearly forced into marriage.
Now she’s helping thousands of girls rewrite their futures.

Uploaded 07-05-26

Aria Mustary (Harvard Graduate School of Education ’24), Co-Founder and President of the Mai Soli Foundation, turned her lived experience into a mission.

Mai Soli equips girls with financial literacy, leadership skills, and confidence—already helping prevent over 500 child marriages and scaling that impact globally.

A finalist in the 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, Aria is building a future where every girl has agency.

“If we save one girl, her entire lineage is changed.”

Film by Kieran Kesner

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President's Challenge Presentation Zoom

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | President's Challenge 2013 Kickoff Event

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 04:49:00 -0000

The President's Challenge is an initiative to develop entrepreneurial solutions to the world's most important social problems. Sponsored by President Drew Faust, the challenge gives students access to expertise in the form of mentors and experience in the process of bringing great ideas to action.

Uploaded 14-11-12

Teams have been asked to present novel solutions that attack the issues in learning, energy and environment, health, disaster prevention and relief, and the arts. This event was the first in a series hosted by the i-lab, where Harvard students interested in making an impact in the world met each other, learnt how to write proposals and developed their ideas.

The i-lab will play an active role as host to the teams as they develop and refine their ideas, assisting students by hosting workshops, providing guidance, and giving them access to our resources and facility throughout the Challenge.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Entrepreneurship 101 with Gordon Jones

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Did you know about the multi-million dollar facility for students interested in entrepreneurship and innovation? Want to learn about the Harvard innovation lab? Interested in entrepreneurship and want to know about programs and resources available to you? Hear Gordon Jones, the Managing Director of the Harvard Innovation lab, and Jodi Goldstein, the Director of the Harvard Innovation Lab, describe all the ways the i-lab can help students take their ideas as far as they can go.

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Harvard i-lab | Next Generation Surgery and Rehab: AR/VR in Health and Medicine

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- Kartis

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Creating Your Minimum Viable Product with Abby Fichtner

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:00:00 -0000

Do you have an idea for a startup but aren't quite sure where or how to start on your product? You can't just ask people what they want -- that's a great way to send yourself spinning in 50 different directions. And you can't just go off and start building the product you envision -- 9 out of 10 new products fail and If You Build It, They Will Come is not the path to success.

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Creating Minimum Viable Products allows you to quickly test out the assumptions you're making about your business, validate that customers are indeed interested in -- and willing to pay for -- your solution, and help you to prioritize your product's features. Hear case studies on what other, well-known startups have done and learn a number of MVP tools you can use to get your startup on the path to viability.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 5: Wrap Up | Michael Skok and Geoffrey Moore

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0000

Presenting to a full house, renowned author, Geoffrey Moore, and Michael Skok took a closer look into gaining an unfair competitive advantage as an entrepreneur. The event commenced with a recap of observations and learning from the previous five workshops, followed by insights from Geoffrey Moore into the secrets of entrepreneurship and business building, including a preview of Moore's latest book, Escape Velocity. The lecture concluded with a book-signing, lunch and networking with fellow entrepreneurs.

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You can read more about Michael Skok, and his Startup Secrets on his website: http://mjskok.com/ and follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/mjskok

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Value Props: Create a Product People Will Actually Buy

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:00:00 -0000

One of the top reasons many startups fails is surprisingly simple: Their value proposition isn’t compelling enough to prompt a customer to buy. Maybe they have too many other competing priorities. Or the existing solutions, while imperfect, are “good enough.” Whatever the reason, the product doesn’t provide enough value to spark customer action and sustain a business. Nailing your value prop – the benefit you provide to whom and how you do it uniquely well – can make or break your startup.

Uploaded 01-04-23

In this workshop, originally presented in-person at the Harvard Innovation Labs, Michael Skok, founding partner of Underscore VC, will guide you through a series of frameworks to articulate and validate your value prop to ensure that it’s highly compelling to customers.

About the Speaker:

Michael Skok is a founding partner at Underscore VC, a Boston-based firm investing in bold B2B software founders. Since starting his first software business as a teenager, Michael has spent 21 years as an entrepreneur and the past 18 years as a venture investor. During this time, he has founded, worked with, and invested in startups, and created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of value.

As an entrepreneur and an investor, Michael has focused on breakthrough technologies and disruptive business models including Open Source, Cloud, IoT, and emerging domains such as Blockchain, Virtual/Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. He has served on or is active on many private and public boards such as Acquia, Demandware (now a Salesforce company), Mautic (acquired by Acquia in 2019), Salsify, and Zaius. He has also held leadership roles in many industry groups such as the Software Publishers Association, where he served as chairman for many years.

In 2015, Michael co-founded Underscore VC to help founders create enduring companies through the power of community. He has a passion for helping the next generation of entrepreneurs succeed by not only backing them with capital but bringing the resources and commitment of an aligned community around them to propel their success. To help achieve this, he has mentored and taught for over 10 years at Harvard University, where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence, and created the Startup Secrets series.

Want to dive deeper into Startup Secrets? Explore the interactive Startup Secrets Sandbox for frameworks, insights, and tools to help you build and scale your startup: https://bit.ly/3Cwv0nK

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Harvard University President's Innovation Awards Ceremony - May 2, 2018

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:00:00 -0000

The seventh annual President's Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony was a memorable evening. We celebrated innovation and entrepreneurship. We said farewell to President Drew Faust and thanked her for creating the Challenge and the One Harvard spirit of cross-disciplinary collaboration that inspired the creation of Harvard Innovation Labs. We heard pitches from 15 remarkable venture teams. And, of course, we handed out some big checks.

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Harvard i-lab | Harvard Launch Lab Promotional Video

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:00:00 -0000

The Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) is excited to continue to grow the resources around entrepreneurship for Harvard students, and Alumni. Following three years of growth, and more than 500 unique ventures, the i-lab is opening a “OneHarvard” inspired prototype co-working space adjacent to the i-lab for high potential Harvard Alumni startup ventures, called the Harvard Innovation Launch Lab.

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Learn more about the Launch Lab from Jodi Goldstein, Director, and hear from the inaugural class of startups in residence at the Launch Lab!

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Harvard i-lab | Deans' Innovation in Sports Challenge Kickoff

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:49:00 -0000

Join keynote speakers Robert and Jonathan Kraft, Founder, Chairman and CEO, and President, respectively, of The Kraft Group, owner of the New England Patriots, in kicking off the 2015 Deans' Innovation in Sports Challenge. The Challenge invites students from across the university to develop ideas to improve the sports industry, the careers of those who work in it, and the lives of those who enjoy sports as practitioners and spectators, both on an amateur and professional level, and both in the United States and around the world.

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Students will have the opportunity at the Kickoff to network with other like-minded folks at Harvard and begin exploring ideas and partnerships to apply to this Challenge in one of five categories:
-Athlete and Athletic Performance
-Career and Health during and after Sports
-Improving the Fan Experience
-Re-thinking the Sports Industry
-Sport and Social Impact

The Challenge is co-chaired by Dean Nitin Nohria of Harvard Business School and Bob Scalise, Director of Athletics at Harvard University.

A variety of workshops and networking events will offer participants numerous opportunities to strengthen their ideas, teams, and ventures throughout the Challenge timeline. More information on the Challenge and programming can be found here.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Harvard Life Lab Virtual Reality Tour

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:00:00 -0000

Take a virtual tour of the new Harvard Life Lab, courtesy of our architect, Shepley Bulfinch.

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The Harvard Life Lab is a 15,000-square-foot fully-equipped and permitted laboratory and office space for early-stage companies on Harvard’s Allston campus, adjacent to the Harvard i-lab and Launch Lab.

Being a member of the Life Lab provides access to dedicated lab space for bench members as well as permits, waste handling, and all common lab equipment needed for life sciences research. The Life Lab is equipped with all the latest instruments, both fixed and benchtop equipment, industry-specific programming developed for life-sciences startups, and full access to and immersion in the resources of the adjacent Harvard i-lab including its 24 conference rooms, makerspace and prototyping room, and venture-focused programming such as workshops and advisors

To learn more, and to apply to join the Harvard Life Lab, visit http://harvardlifelab.com; for questions, send us an email at LifeLab@harvard.edu

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President's Challenge Presentation Revolving Fund Pharmacy

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0000

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Turning Ideas into Impact: Chaku Foods

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -0000

Get inspired by the impact @ChakuFoodsis having on farmers in Africa since winning the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge in 2021.

Uploaded 02-05-24

Videography:
Aaron James Sanchez
Patrick Fogarty
Samuel Mironko
Misper Apawu (Ghana)
Dennis Nipah (Ghana)

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 3: Business Model - Michael Skok

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -0000

In Part 3 of Michael Skok's Harvard i-lab lecture series, "Startup Secrets: An insiders guide to unfair competitive advantage," Skok helped students to think thorugh the three aspects of business model creation—identifying your C.O.R.E. value, finding Multipliers for growth and Levers for cost economies. This allows you to have much better odds of building a company that returns value disproportionally to all of its stakeholders.

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You can read more about Michael Skok, and his Startup Secrets on his website: http://mjskok.com/ and follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/mjskok

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | The Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge 2016: Songshark

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:00 -0000

Check out the 10-minute final pitch by the 2016 Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge Runner-Up, Songshark.

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Harvard i-lab | Artist as Entrepreneur: A Conversation with Wynton Marsalis

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0000

"Artist as Entrepreneur" A Conversation with Wynton Marsalis

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The i-lab hosted a conversation entitled "Artist as Entrepreneur" with Wynton Marsalis, and HBS professors Nancy Koehn, Rohit Deshpande, and Mukti Khaire, moderated by Mihir Desai on February 7, 2012.

This conversation was open to the Harvard community and members of the public.

Wynton Marsalis, internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture.

Nancy Koehn, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

Rohit Deshpande, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing
Harvard Business School

Mukti Khaire, Associate Professor of Business Administration
Marvin Bower Fellow
Harvard Business School

Mihir A. Desai
Senior Associate Dean for Planning and University Affairs
Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance
Harvard Business School

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Harvard i-lab | Keynote: Why Should Society Care About the Quantified Athlete?

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | A Deep Bench: Elite Athletes and the Expanding Marketplace for Sports Technologies

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | UX Design: An Introduction with Scout Stevenson

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:49:00 -0000

User Experience is more than creating a slick web page. It's about understanding your users and aligning their behaviors, goals and motivations with your business strategy. This presentation will outline best practices surrounding the process and deliverables that are vital components for creating a positive user experiences.

Uploaded 26-11-12

Scout Stevenson is the creative director at ExtensionEngine where he and his team take a strategic approach in developing creative marketing solutions that engage users visually while driving business results. Prior, he was Co-founder and Creative Director of Jetpak Media which was recently acquired by ExtensionEngine. Throughout his 17 year career, he has built and led creative teams at numerous top Boston agencies. Scout is an adjunct professor at Boston University's College of Fine Arts where he lectures on web and experience design. He has won numerous industry awards for both B2C and B2B creative campaigns and is a MITX judge.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge -- Urban Mobile Sensors

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge -- Healthy Motives

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

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How to Come up With a Startup Idea

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Coming up with a startup idea isn’t about waiting for lightning to strike — it’s about tuning into the world, and your own reactions to it, with greater clarity. Rebekah Emanuel, Senior Advisor for Social Impact and Climate at the Harvard Innovation Labs, shares practical strategies you can use to spark meaningful, viable ventures and turn ideas into impact.

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000

The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab is a state-of-the-art wet laboratory and co-working space for high-potential biotech and life science ventures at Harvard.

Uploaded 15-09-25

Learn more here: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/labs/pagliuca-harvard-life-lab

Videography by Owen Mack
www.cobrandit.com

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Harvard i-lab | The New Storytellers: AR/VR in Entertainment

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Identifying the Market for Social Ventures with Miguel Granier and Siddhartha Goyal

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000

This is a discussion on the difference between identifying a market need and understanding actual demand when developing a social venture. Facilitated by Miguel Granier, Founder and Managing Director of Invested Development, social entrepreneurs and impact investors discuss how social entrepreneurs can truly understand social need and the demands of the impact economy, as well as how to skillfully and resiliently adapt their models as their understanding of these needs changes.

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Miguel Granier is Founder and Managing Director of Invested Development, an impact investor that invests in seed stage, for-profit social enterprises with innovative solutions to poverty in mobile technology and alternative energy in underserved and emerging markets, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and Latin America.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Turning Ideas Into Impact: ArtLifting

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0000

Get inspired by ArtLifting's innovation journey since their time at the Harvard Innovation Labs. Founded by Liz Powers '10, ArtLifting is a social enterprise that champions artists impacted by disabilities and housing insecurity. Learn more at artlifting.com.

Uploaded 02-05-24

Videography:
Aaron James Sanchez
Patrick Fogarty
Samuel Mironko

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge -- SQ

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Deans' Innovation in Sports Challenge Kickoff Full

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 04:49:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge Kickoff

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Join us to kick off the 2015 Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge Kickoff with Katrine Bosley, CEO of Editas Medicine. She will share her thoughts on the key factors of leading successful companies and advice on how to build effective teams and execute strategies to commercialize technologies that will ultimately impacting patients and their care.

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Also joining us will be Aldatu Biosciences to share exciting updates on their progress since winning the Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge last year and provide advice on how to best take advantage of the i-lab and its resources to take your idea as far as it can go.

Students and fellows will also have the opportunity to network with other like-minded folks at Harvard to begin exploring ideas and partnerships to apply to this challenge in one of four categories:

Diagnostics and Population Health Management
Devices and Materials
Health IT and Wearables
Prevention and Safety

The Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge is co-chaired by Dean Jeffrey Flier (HMS) and Dean Nitin Nohria (HBS). This initiative provides Harvard students and fellows the opportunity to develop solutions that address unmet needs in health and life sciences.

A variety of workshops and networking events will offer participants numerous opportunities to strengthen their idea, team and plan prior to the February application deadline. Finalists are announced in March and awarded $5000. Winners of the Bertarelli Foundation Prizes, totaling up to $60,000, will be presented at Demo Day in May 2015.

Katrine Bosley is the CEO of Editas Medicine and has been in the biotechnology industry for over 20 years. She was recently the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Broad Institute and a review committee member for the Translation Fund at the Wellcome Trust. Prior to that, Katrine led Avila Therapeutics as its CEO (acquired by Celgene) and was VP, Business Development at Adnexus Therapeutics (acquired by BMS). Earlier, she held several positions at Biogen Idec in business development, commercial operations and portfolio strategy in the U.S. and Europe.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard Innovation Labs | Imagine

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Experience the Harvard Innovation Labs - a unique ecosystem where community and resources lead to serendipitous, transformative ideas.

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Muhammad Yunus: Social Business

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000

On April 19, 2012, sponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard innovation lab, HBS Healthcare Initiative, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus came to Harvard Business School campus to speak. This is an exerpt.

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Social Business—New Models for Providing Sustainable Services to the Poor
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Professor Muhammad Yunus is widely known for his work in establishing the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983. Join us for a discussion regarding his recent efforts that focus on building social businesses and healthcare initiatives in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus is the author of Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, Creating a World without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, and Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs.

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Harvard i-lab | Beyond the Textbook: AR/VR in Education

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 01:00:00 -0000

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Muhammad Yunus: Microfinance vs. Conventional Banking

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0000

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Harvard Venture Stories - Nix Biosensors

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:00:00 -0000

A venture funder turned entrepreneur, Meridith Unger has used her experience on both sides of the pitch table to become an expert on selling her company to investors and competition judges alike. Unger's Harvard Launch Lab-based venture, Nix Biosensors, is developing wearable hydration sensors for the consumer and military markets.

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Harvard i-lab | The Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge 2016: magic

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:00:00 -0000

Please check out the 10-minute final pitch by magic, the 2016 Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge Grand Prize Winner. You can find more information on magic below:

Uploaded 11-05-16

Website: www.magicmakehers.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MAGIC-MakeHERs-948951311851929/
Twitter: @Magic_MakeHERs
Instagram: @magicmakehers
Youtube: Magic MakeHERs

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Muhammad Yunus: How to Approach Social Business

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 21:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Company Formation with Michael Skok 3 of 7

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:49:00 -0000

Learn what it takes to form and build an enduring company and culture right from the start. Understand the crucial skills involved in hiring the right people to pursue your vision and equipping them with the tools to win.

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Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- Empowerment Through Integration

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought Freestyle at Other Side Speaker Series

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0000

Tonight we welcomed Tariq Trotter, lead MC for the Roots to the Harvard i-lab as part of our Other Side Speaker series. Although most of his time is spent on tour or leading The Roots as Jimmy Fallon’s house band on The Tonight Show, Trotter is also a fashion entrepreneur, a supporter of various charitable organizations, and much more.

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In this clip, we were treated to a freestyle from Trotter that blew the doors off the place.

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2023 Harvard President's Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -0000

We’re incredibly proud of all our ventures who are chasing dreams and blueprinting a better tomorrow. The participants in the Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge are a prime example of the perseverance and agility required to do this work. Our awards ceremony was attended in-person and virtually by over 2,000 innovators from across the globe. With the generous support of the Bertarelli Foundation, winning teams took home a share of $515,000 in prize funding to propel their ventures even further, faster. Watch it all unfold here.

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WINNERS
- RockFix, Penguin.ai, InConfidence, PatientFirst.ai, and InGel Therapeutics, Inc. took home $75,000 each.
- MelaninDoc, Stochastic, BonePixel, Thermaband, and Aperture Bio took home $25,000 each.
- Pacto Medical, Webquity, Halo Braid, and S.A.L.Tech took home $2,700 in Ingenuity Awards for early-stage ventures.

https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 2: Company Formation - Michael Skok

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -0000

In Part 2 of Michael Skok's Harvard i-lab lecture series, "Startup Secrets: An insiders guide to unfair competitive advantage," Skok argues that ideas aren't worth much without great people to back them up. It's human capital that makes the difference between good and great companies, which is why attracting and retaining the right people and getting them dialed into the right vision is utterly essential for the burgeoning venture.

Uploaded 07-05-12

You can read more about Michael Skok, and his Startup Secrets on his website: http://mjskok.com/ and follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/mjskok

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Designing a Customer-Centric Business Model

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:00:00 -0000

Simply defined, a business model is how you deliver value to customers and how you make money in return. The most successful business models capture value in concert with the customer. In this session, originally presented in-person at the Harvard Innovation Labs, you’ll learn how to do just that. Michael Skok, founding partner at Underscore VC, will share how to identify your core business value and align your business model to your customer’s success.

Uploaded 25-03-23

About the Speaker:

Michael Skok is a founding partner at Underscore VC, a Boston-based firm investing in bold B2B software founders. Since starting his first software business as a teenager, Michael has spent 21 years as an entrepreneur and the past 18 years as a venture investor. During this time, he has founded, worked with, and invested in startups, and created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of value.

As an entrepreneur and an investor, Michael has focused on breakthrough technologies and disruptive business models including Open Source, Cloud, IoT, and emerging domains such as Blockchain, Virtual/Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. He has served on or is active on many private and public boards such as Acquia, Demandware (now a Salesforce company), Mautic (acquired by Acquia in 2019), Salsify, and Zaius. He has also held leadership roles in many industry groups such as the Software Publishers Association, where he served as chairman for many years.

In 2015, Michael co-founded Underscore VC to help founders create enduring companies through the power of community. He has a passion for helping the next generation of entrepreneurs succeed by not only backing them with capital but bringing the resources and commitment of an aligned community around them to propel their success. To help achieve this, he has mentored and taught for over 10 years at Harvard University, where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence, and created the Startup Secrets series.

Want to dive deeper into Startup Secrets? Explore the interactive Startup Secrets Sandbox for frameworks, insights, and tools to help you build and scale your startup: https://bit.ly/3Cwv0nK

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Harvard i-lab | Entrepreneurial Ventures in Silicon Valley

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0000

The Harvard Innovation Lab led a student trip to Silicon Valley in January 2012. This field-based program provided an opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the entrepreneurial environment of Silicon Valley, with a focus on the consumer internet sector. 36 students from across Harvard participated, with faculty from HBS and SEAS leading the trip.

Uploaded 15-02-12

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Harvard i-lab | Low-Fidelity Data Mining for Customer Insights

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000

How can we mine survey, sales and customer data to uncover new insights into the lives and needs of our users, without a strong background in statistical analysis or code development?

Uploaded 04-12-14

In this session, Almighty CSO Ian Fitzpatrick will walk through approaches to finding anomalies, commonalities and outliers in data sets — with a focus on using these to drive better qualitative research that shapes a great brand, product or service experience. Particular emphasis will be placed on combining private and public data sets to uncover hidden patterns and opportunities.

The workshop itself is designed to be highly-participatory and hands-on. Participants are encouraged to bring both a laptop or tablet computer and an eagerness to collaborate with others.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Developing a Social Enterprise Business Plan with Allen Grossman

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Excited about launching a social venture but not quite sure how to tackle writing a social impact business plan? This workshop, led by HBS Professor Allen Grossman, provides an introduction of key elements of a social enterprise business plan, and approaches on how to build your venture.

Uploaded 23-04-13

Before joining the Business School faculty in July 1998, Grossman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Outward Bound USA for 6 years before stepping to work on the challenges of creating high performing nonprofit organizations. His current research focuses on leading and governing high performing nonprofit organizations and leadership and management of public school districts. His current research focuses on leading and governing high performing nonprofit organizations and leadership and management of public school districts.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | The Startup Founders’ Guide to Incorporating, Funding, and Governance

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:49:00 -0000

For startup founders, legal documents can be the cart that drives the horse, inundating them with esoteric language and expensive services that obscure critical corporate milestones. This workshop shows how to master the salient issues and delegate the boiler plate.

Uploaded 15-12-14

In this workshop, join Endeca Co-Founders Steve Papa and Pete Bell as they simulate the founding and early growth of a company, walking through key terms and legal due diligence.

You'll learn how to:
-Manage the legal process for key founding milestones around incorporation, funding, and governance
-Allocate shares to founders, investors, and employees
-Set terms around control, vesting, discounts, and participation

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | What Makes Boston's Start-Up Scene Special? with Jeff Bussgang

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

HBS Senior Lecturer and Flybridge General Partner Jeff Bussgang joined us to deliver a "What Makes Boston's Start-Up Scene Special?"

Uploaded 11-02-13

Jeff is a former entrepreneur (cofounder/president of Upromise and VP at Open Market), author (Mastering the VC Game - www.jeffbussgang.com), blogger (www.SeeingBothSides.com) and teaches the popular EC class, 'Launching Technology Ventures.' He was Harvard'91 computer science and HBS '95.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Turning Ideas into Impact: Myspeech

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Videography:
Aaron James Sanchez
Patrick Fogarty
Samuel Mironko

Uploaded 02-05-24

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Harvard i-lab | Building your Startup Team: Novel Approaches for an Agile World

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Building your startup team is different from team building in a large organization. Hint, it's not about titles, roles and experience. Jeffrey Beir will share some tips from awesome entrepreneurs, and some difficult lessons learned as well.

Uploaded 03-12-14

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Turning Products into Companies

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000

You've figured out your value prop, you've got a great product under development. Now what? How can you develop a roadmap to build a company? VCs often qualify deals as being a "feature" a "product" or a "company." Which do you have and how will you get where you want to go? During this session we'll discuss how to think about designing your product as a foundational element of your business. Think beyond UX and Architecture to Whole Product, Ecosystems, and Strategic partners. Formulate how to design your go to market strategy and business model into your product with a modular architecture, distinctive packaging and a frictionless approach.

Uploaded 11-06-13

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Harvard i-lab | Building and Growing an AR/VR startup

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- PlenOptika

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | How to Get the Most Out of Your Mentor with Richard Dale

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0000

There are more an more opportunities for young startups to be introduced to great mentors (and some not-so-great ones). Whether in a framework like the Harvard i-lab, or Techstars or Y-Combinator, mentorship is now more available than ever before. This presentation looks at how to get the best from those mentoring relationships, some of the pitfalls to avoid, and some opportunities to embrace.

Uploaded 28-08-13

Richard Dale is Managing Director ofBig Data Boston Ventures, a new VC fund that invests in early stage big data companies. Richard's proven leadership abilities combined with deep technical and operational expertise provide a platform to advise entrepreneurs in building solid technology companies. Richard is a well-regarded mentor to founders of early stage startups in the Big Data Boston and Sigma portfolios, as well as other startups including many from TechStars Boston, MassChallenge, and HealthBox Boston.

Previously Richard was a Principal at Sigma Partners and before that was a co-founder at Phase Forward, a provider of software services for pharmaceutical clinical trials which went public and later was sold to Oracle. Prior to that Richard worked in a series of management and technical roles at leading technology startups in the Boston area.

Richard blogs at http://venturecyclist.blogspot.com

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Harvard i-lab | Dividing The Founder Pie with Jeffrey Beir of seed2A

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000

It's not an easy conversation to have, but you need to have it. Jeffrey presented an approach for having the discussion with your co-founders and suggests a methodology for dividing up the pie. He also spent some time on capitalization and dilution, and what to expect to happen to your ownership as you raise capital.

Uploaded 11-02-13

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Harvard i-lab | Starting a Life Sciences Company with Carmichael Roberts

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:49:00 -0000

In an effort to promote translational research and commercialization of cutting edge scientific discoveries within Harvard and the broader life sciences community in the Boston area, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) are collaborating to put forward a series of workshops during the 2012-2013 academic year. The workshops focus on key issues current and future entrepreneurs face and aim to provide broad perspectives as well as practical guidance. The HSCI/i-lab Series will also offer attendees an opportunity to learn about the translational and business building resources at HSCI and at the i-lab, as well as an opportunity to network with peers and industry veterans.

Uploaded 30-12-12

In this workshop, Carmichael will talk about the art of starting and building a life science company. We will cover a broad set of topics including being a founder, the power of intellectual property, securing early financing, importance of corporate partnerships and finding an exit strategy.

Carmichael Roberts started his career as a technologist. He moved into business "developing applications for his research interests" and subsequently to entrepreneurship and venture capitalism, exploring ways to finance those businesses. Carmichael invests predominantly in companies that make products using chemistry, materials science and/or materials engineering, with a primary focus on early stage ventures. "As an entrepreneur, you pick areas where there's a clear unmet need and therefore a large opportunity," he says. "And, by definition, if you dare to step into that area, there will be a significant risk and competition" but for the most part there are few incumbents with a clever, practical solution.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | President's Challenge: INSPIRINGi

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Check out the 10-minute final pitch by the 2016 President's Challenge finalist, INSPIRINGi.

Uploaded 10-05-16

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Harvard Alumni Launch Lab X

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0000

The Alumni Launch Lab supports alumni innovators from all 13 Harvard schools, fostering a global ecosystem of entrepreneurs who are truly changing the world.

Uploaded 18-07-25

Learn more here: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/labs/alumni-launch-lab

Videography by Owen Mack
www.cobrandit.com

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 4: Going To Market - Michael Skok

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000

In Part 4 of Michael Skok's Harvard i-lab lecture series, "Startup Secrets: An insiders guide to unfair competitive advantage," Skok describes the fundamentals of building a go-to-market strategy for your business.

Uploaded 07-05-12

You can read more about Michael Skok, and his Startup Secrets on his website: http://mjskok.com/ and follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/mjskok

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Harvard i-lab | Data Privacy and Security Strategies for Life Science and Tech Startups

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:00:00 -0000

Note: There will NOT be a Longwood to ilab shuttle.

Uploaded 02-12-14

Information is a valuable asset to any life sciences or technology venture. This substantive session will help to frame data-related limitations, systems and practices that new companies are likely to encounter. The collection, analysis, storage and disclosure of information is often critical for developing and commercializing products, establishing strategic collaborations, securing regulatory approvals, and completing corporate acquisitions and other transactions.

When information includes personally identifiable information, it is necessary to address special regulatory and contractual considerations in a company’s earliest stages. By pursuing data privacy and security “by design,” startup companies can be prepared for the privacy and security landscape and, hopefully, avoid burdensome “retrofitting” efforts that can disrupt future growth.

You will learn:
- how to navigate the increasingly complex regulatory framework governing personally identifiable information, including the regulation of health-related data
- which key contractual issues affect your venture companies that handle such data through their license agreements, collaborations and sales contracts

This presentation will be led by partners of the WilmerHale law firm to provide an overview of key regulatory and contractual considerations most likely to affect life sciences and technology startup companies.

- Barry Hurewitz, Regulatory and Government Affairs practice
- Jeff Johnson, Technology Transaction and Licensing practice

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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i-lab Spotlight | Naya Studios

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0000

“Our world is more isolated and lonely than ever before. We need more remote work opportunities and a greater sense of connectedness and meaning. Naya strives to be a digital studio and ecosystem that can facilitate a sense of community, collaboration, and connection across the world at a time when we need it most.” - Saad Rajan and Vivek HV, of @naya__studio

Uploaded 22-04-20

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To learn more about i-lab venture Naya Studio, check out their profile on our Facebook page or visit www.naya.studio

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Harvard i-lab | The Other Side Speaker Series w/ Stéphane Bancel

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0000

The Other Side speaker series engages innovation luminaries from across the globe to share “the other side” of their journeys: their successes – and their failures – and their perspective on what it takes to excel in today’s complex world.

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We were ecstatic to have Stéphane Bancel, President and CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, join us as our speaker in the Other Side series. Under Bancel’s leadership, Moderna has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the biotech industry, raising more than $1.2 billion since 2011 to develop messenger RNA therapeutics. Much of Moderna’s unprecedented rate of growth while Bancel has been at the helm can be attributed to how the company has leveraged its novel platform technology, as well as its spinout ventures and partnerships with AstraZeneca, Merck and Alexion. Prior to Moderna, Bancel was the CEO of bioMérieux, a world leader in the diagnostics industry, where he was named #1 CEO in the Biotechnology sector according to the 2011 Thomson Reuters Pan European EXTEL Study.

As we dove into the other side of Bancel’s journey, we learned about the various roles he’s played since graduating from Harvard business: From managing manufacturing at Eli Lilly to serving as Senior Partner at Flagship Ventures. More importantly, we discovered the underlying motivations that have contributed to his ambitious belief and vision for making Moderna one of the most successful and impactful biotech companies in the world.

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Harvard i-lab | Founding a Tech Startup in Silicon Valley -- The Good, Bad, and Ugly with Raj Kapoor

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0000

This is a must-see talk and discussion with successful entrepreneur/VC Raj Kapoor (HBS 96). Raj is the Managing Director of the Mayfield Fund, the cofounder/CEO of Snapfish, and now founder of "cofounder.co." He discusses his new model, cofounder.co, which is designed to help new entrepreneurs cofound companies in the Bay Area, giving them the benefit of experience and his broad network.

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cofounder.co

cofounder.co is a new innovative entity to help startups and entrepreneurs reach their full potential in the Bay Area. We are a group of experienced partners with founder/CEO and investor experience. Raj Kapoor is the first founding partner (others will be added later) and will work very closely with a few tech startups that either reside in the Bay Area or want to relocate there. With cofounder.co, a partner joins the company as a cofounder at the earliest stages and spends the equivalent of one day a week helping in all areas of the company including financing, recruiting, strategy, product development, and mentoring the CEO. It's a much deeper and focused involvement than most angels, advisors, and accelerators and for a longer period of time. As a minority cofounder shareholder in the company, we bring commitment and more importantly, the valuable experience that high potential entrepreneurs may be missing. See Raj's blog www.vcinme.typepad.comfor for more information and check out his Linkedin profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajil

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- Flume

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | How Are You Going to Make Money?

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:49:00 -0000

In the race to get a startup idea off the ground, founders focus on getting a MVP completed, finding talent to expand the team and then, the much-dreaded exercise of raising money. In the frenzy of it all, they at times overlook the fundamental question of how will I (or I and my investors) make money? They have a general, very high level idea about the possible paths, but most of the time they have not homed in on the monetization path or actual business model. And, that is a mistake.

Uploaded 15-12-14

In this highly interactive session, Rudina Seseri of Fairhaven Capital, helps founders:
- determine the right monetization paths for both B2B and B2C businesses, and
- understand the ramifications of each business model.

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Roadmap to Success

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000

Michael Skok will share his roadmap of what is needed to build a startup, milestones along the way, and how to pull that pitch together to get the venture attention and funding your idea deserves. After the workshop you should have a better understanding of:

Uploaded 01-12-14

The holistic checklist to think through your venture in a business like plan.

What matters to a VC/Investor.

How to think about your roadmap from startup to public company

Joining the workshop is Paula Long, CEO of Data Gravity, to share her insights.

Want to dive deeper into Startup Secrets? Explore the interactive Startup Secrets Sandbox for frameworks, insights, and tools to help you build and scale your startup: https://bit.ly/3Cwv0nK

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Harvard i-lab | Navigating the Funding Landscape for Social Ventures

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | "Evaluating Your Startup Career Opportunity" with Eric Paley and Russ Wilcox

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

The Harvard Innovation Lab welcomed Eric Paley, Managing Partner at Founder Collective, and Russ Wilcox, founder E Ink Corporation for a candid discussion about startups as an alternate career, as well as how to evaluate an opportunity at a startup relative to a more traditional job offer.

Uploaded 07-05-12

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Harvard Venture Stories: OZÉ and the asset-based mindset

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0000

Meghan McCormick's first venture in Africa tried to build businesses from scratch. But then by taking an asset-based approach, she realized that if Africa's huge base of existing small businesses could each grow just a little - enough to hire just one employee a year — that would make a big dent in the continent's worrisome unemployment problem. OZÉ is now the top business app in Ghana on the Google Play Store.

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Harvard i-lab | "Mastering the VC Game: How to Raise Your First Round of Capital" with Jeff Bussgang

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

Jeff Bussgang presented a Skillshare class entitled "Mastering the VC Game: How to Raise Your First Round of Capital" at the Harvard innovation lab on April 3, 2012. Jeff is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at HBS and a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners.

Uploaded 26-04-12

Students learned about the startup financing landscape, how to find investors, how to pitch them, how to understand term sheets, and other tips for raising a first round of financing.

The seminar was intended to address questions like:

You've been working on a big idea and need financing to get it going: but how do you go about raising your first round of funding? What's the difference between angel, seed, and VC investors? How do you go about valuing your company and deciding on equity?

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Harvard i-lab | Cultural Entrepreneurship in NYC trip video

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0000

The Harvard i-lab sponsored a faculty-led Winter Break trip to New York City for 37 students from across Harvard University. The trip focused on cultural entrepreneurship in NYC: new ventures in fashion, food, fine arts, performing arts, music, video entertainment, literary fiction, etc. Harvard students explored how new ventures in the creative arts are launched, and how proximity to NYC's rich ecosystem of established companies, investors, and supporting organizations (e.g., universities, foundations, trade press, industry associations) influences the ventures' evolution.

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Harvard i-lab | Increasing Impact through Measurement and Continuous Improvement

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0000

Why do nonprofits, social enterprises and values-driven companies need a measurement and evaluation system? How do you go about measuring the impact your venture has? Chris Addy, a partner at the Bridgespan Group, will help you understand the critical aspects of measurement and evaluation for mission-aligned ventures. The workshop will discuss the reasons for measuring and how it relates to improving your outcomes over time, securing new funds/customers, and being compliant with existing funders/customers. Chris will also help you understand each stage of the performance measurement life-cycle and provide a framework for how to apply these learnings to your own venture:o Defining your outcomes and measurement strategyo Measuring your progresso Learning from what you measureo Acting on those lessons to get better results for society

Uploaded 20-11-14

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Harvard i-lab | President's Challenge 2013 Demo Day and Winners

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0000

At Demo Day, ten finalist teams showcased their projects to the Harvard and local community demonstrating how their ideas addressed some of the world's most pressing problems. President Faust announced the winners on May 22, where winners took home their share in the $100,000 prize.

Uploaded 12-06-13

To learn more about the challenge, and the winners, see the Harvard Gazette article: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/presidents-challenge-winners-2013/
To learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Alternative Funding Sources for Life Sciences Startups

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:49:00 -0000

In an effort to promote translational research and commercialization of cutting edge scientific discoveries within Harvard and the broader life sciences community in the Boston area, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) are collaborating to put forward a series of workshops during the 2012-2013 academic year. The workshops focus on key issues current and future entrepreneurs face and aim to provide broad perspectives as well as practical guidance. The HSCI/i-lab Series will also offer attendees an opportunity to learn about the translational and business building resources at HSCI and at the i-lab, as well as an opportunity to network with peers and industry veterans.

Uploaded 30-12-12

As the venture funding landscape shifts in the life sciences industry, entrepreneurs discover the increasing needs to look at alternative funding sources to start and sustain their ventures. In this workshop, panelists will discuss and answer questions on various government translational and small business programs, academic and medical center funds, angel funding, venture philanthropy, philanthropic donations, disease foundations, venture debt, and alliances with established companies.

Panelists

Roger Kitterman, Managing Partner, Partners Innovation
Bill Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean of External Relations, Harvard Business School
Michael Weingarten, Director, NCI SBIR and STTR Programs

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How to Build a Strong Startup Team: Co-founders, Equity, Culture + First Hires

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

Building the right team is one of the hardest and most important parts of starting a venture. Rym Baouendi, director of alumni engagement, and Peter Gladstone, senior advisor for B2C startups, share practical advice on what founders should keep in mind when it comes to co-founders, teammates, and equity.

Uploaded 09-09-25

Read more here: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/how-to/how-to-build-a-strong-startup-team

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Harvard i-lab | Mobile Workshop: Social Sharing and Proximity

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Technology Track: Mobile Sharing and Proximity with Brett Martin, CEO and Co-founder of Sonar.

Uploaded 20-02-13

Social sharing has exploded in recent years and is now rapidly shifting to mobile devices and, in many instances, becoming increasingly implicit. Location is tagged to much of what we share and more and more we've connected networks and set up mechanisms to make sharing frictionless and implicit. How will all of this new data that's being generated create value and personalized experiences for users, who have come to expect certain benefits from sharing. Temporal proximity networks are popping up to connect people and things as they share physical spaces, and dissipating as quickly as they appear. Brett talks about some of the interactions and opportunities presented by proximity, and the two subsets of the social graph that Sonar is focusing on enabling: the proximity graph and the reality graph.

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Harvard i-lab | President's Challenge: SurgiBox

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Please check out the 10-minute final pitch by SurgiBox, the 2016 President's Challenge Grand Prize Winner.

Uploaded 10-05-16

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Harvard i-lab | Beyond Pokeman GO: Using AR in Novel Ways

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Eric Ries - Startup Lessons Learned

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000

The Rock Center and Harvard i-lab present: Eric Ries speaking about his new book, "The Lean Startup." Rock Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Eric Riesis the creator of the Lean Startup methodology and the author of the popular entrepreneurship blog Startup Lessons Learned.

Uploaded 13-03-12

After Ries' talk, Tom Eisenmann, the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, and Ries had a conversation about the Lean Startup methodology.

Following the talk with Eric Ries, the i-lab sponsored a reception - the inaugural event - at the Harvard i-lab. The speaking events was co-sponsored by the Rock Center and the Harvard innovation lab.

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Disability is Diversity: Stories of Art and Innovation

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we had the opportunity to learn stories of inclusive innovation from artists, entrepreneurs, and operators. Featuring @ArtLifting, @Google, @HarvardHBS, and @Harvardilab.

Uploaded 06-12-22

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Mastering the Gift of Mutual Mentorship

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0000

Are you seeking a mentor but not sure of how best to leverage that relationship? Have you ever been in a mentor relationship and wondered how best to serve the mentee? In this workshop Michael Skok, a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, shows you how to develop best practices and get the most out of mentorship.

Uploaded 07-11-14

Want to dive deeper into Startup Secrets? Explore the interactive Startup Secrets Sandbox for frameworks, insights, and tools to help you build and scale your startup: https://bit.ly/3Cwv0nK

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Harvard i-lab | Jeff Bussgang's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Boston Startup Scene

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0000

This is an invaluable orientation on the local startup scene from venture capitalist Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital. Jeff also serves as a senior lecturer at HBS and teaches the popular EC class Launching Technology Ventures. The session lays out the local ecosystem, walks through the popular micro-clusters and helps you navigate possible internships, field studies and jobs.

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Harvard i-lab | Positioning Your Social Venture in the New Funding Landscape

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:49:00 -0000

Over the last 15 years, a new class of "venture philanthropy" organizations has brought the tools and approaches of venture capital to the social sector, with a goal of catalyzing transformative ideas by providing growth capital for the social entrepreneurs behind them. In this session, Kelly Cutler and Leah Staub-DeLong, who lead the Investment Selection team at the pioneering venture philanthropy fund New Profit, will discuss their organization's evolution, sophisticated approach to due diligence, and decision-making process behind choosing which grantees will become part of the New Profit portfolio. Cutler and Staub-DeLong will also discuss the broader landscape of venture philanthropy organizations and give insight into the diverse funding approaches and portfolios of others in the field.

Uploaded 15-12-14

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Harvard i-lab | Harvard Startup Career Fair

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

This educational and career-focused event allowed students to network with representatives from entrepreneurial and start-up organizations, learn about jobs and internships, and discover exciting opportunities available in the start-up field. Over 100 participating organizations took part in the fair, and over 1000 students from across all the Harvard schools attended the event.

Uploaded 20-02-13

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Harvard i-lab | The Power of Wearable Technology in Sports

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:00:00 -0000

We welcome Isaiah Kacyvenski, former 8-year NFL veteran and Head of the Consumer Business and Chairman of the Sports Advisory Board at MC10, to the i-lab to discuss the opportunities new and emerging technology provide to the Innovate in Sports. Isaiah will be giving his perspective about how electronics and their interactions with the human body can change the way athletes prepare to perform as well as how fans consume sports content. In other words - how can we use technology to take the guesswork out of preparation and performance and create even more engaging, truly unique content?

Uploaded 11-03-16

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Harvard i-lab | Increasing Your Creative Capacity

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 02:00:00 -0000

Creativity is one of the most essential and vital attributes for being a successful entrepreneur. But how exactly does one increase their ability to think and act creatively?

Uploaded 05-11-14

In this session, award winning educator and artist Art Sherwyn will walk through the creative process and illustrate methods for training the intellect how to gain passage into the world of creative thought; within this world will lie the tools for creative problem solving and invention with focus on using these techniques to drive innovation within your own venture.

Art will also share the unique alignment the arts have with the human side of entrepreneurship and connection to the stability and longevity of your venture and quality of life. This workshop will provide very practical information which is easily adaptable. It is designed to be highly participatory and hands-on.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

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Harvard i-lab | Perspectives of Social Entrepreneurs, and New Venture Competition Finalists

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:00:00 -0000

In this panel discussion we hear from DJ Dionna, founder of Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL), and Lissy Hu, founder of Careport Health, on their experiences transitioning from students to successful social entrepreneurs. Both were applicants in the 2012 HBS New Venture Competition and although only Careport Health won the competition, both ventures are still operating and growing by the day. Each shares his/her perspective on the process of developing, and amending, a social enterprise business plan, as well as what it takes to manage the bumps in the road as one's venture gets off the ground.

Uploaded 01-05-13

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How to Build a Product that Scales into a Company

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0000

“Build it, and they will come” is a dangerous mindset in the startup world. Even if you create a great product, building a successful company around it can be nuanced and challenging. In addition to product development, you need to find and prove product-market fit—then repeat and scale through sales and marketing.

Uploaded 05-04-23

About the Speaker:

Chris Gardner is a partner at Underscore VC, a Boston-based firm investing in bold B2B software founders.

Chris is a resident builder, happiest when he’s hands-on with a project. At Underscore VC, that means identifying and investing in uniquely qualified founders, and then helping to build their company in any way needed: networker, salesperson, mentor, coach, psychotherapist, even drinking buddy.

His tinkering and building extend to his personal life, where you’ll find him getting hands-on in any manner of project. Car maintenance? He has a lift in his garage. Music? He’s recording an album in his barn studio. Cooking? His BBQ ribs are the stuff of legend. In short, if he can get his hands on it, he can master it (except golf; don’t ever ask Chris to play golf).

Though he’s known as a FinTech entrepreneur, Chris is a self-professed nerd and technology omnivore who, prior to Underscore VC, spent nearly three decades at companies focused on speech recognition, video streaming, mobile marketing, mobile messaging, e-billing, and document management. His last five roles all resulted in exits that created good outcomes for employees and investors.

Most recently, Chris was an executive at PayPal and led their P2P, PayPal Here, and In-Store payments products after Paydiant, the company he co-founded and built, was acquired by PayPal in 2015. Prior to that, Chris was CMO and head of products at ExtendMedia, a video content delivery and commerce platform software company that was acquired by Cisco in 2010; SVP of Products and Marketing at m-Qube, North America’s leading premium SMS mobile payments provider that was acquired by Verisign in 2006; and VP of Products and Marketing at edocs, Inc., an e-billing, payments, and customer self-service company that was acquired by Siebel Systems in 2004.

Chris earned a BA in Communications from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst a really long time ago.

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Muhammad Yunus: The Shortcomings of Economic Theories and Systems

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Marketing Bootcamp with Kate Castle and Jodi-Tatiana Charles

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0000

An introductory marketing bootcamp for start-up companies where you'll learn everything you need to build and promote your product and / or brand in the earliest stages. From marketing strategy to content creation, to PR, social media—and beyond— this interactive (and fun!) workshop provides you with a framework for helping you plan and execute a successful launch. Some of the topics we talk about include:

Uploaded 13-08-13

Developing a launch and / or marketing strategy, budget and plan
To launch or not to launch? When is the right time?
Working with the press: why they are not your friends
Social media strategies
Content creation strategies
Building community support
How to choose the right marketing partners to work with
Building your personal brand
Strategic marketing that builds customer loyalty
Getting to know the right interns and know how to best leverage their knowledge

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Turning Ideas Into Impact: SurgiBox

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000

Get inspired by SurgiBox's journey from winning the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge in 2016 to being named a TIME Best Invention in 2023.

Uploaded 02-05-24

Videography:
Aaron James Sanchez
Patrick Fogarty
Samuel Mironko

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Harvard i-lab | Winning Concepts That Attract Life Sciences Investments

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:49:00 -0000

In an effort to promote translational research and commercialization of cutting edge scientific discoveries within Harvard and the broader life sciences community in the Boston area, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) are collaborating to put forward a series of workshops during the 2012-2013 academic year. The workshops focus on key issues current and future entrepreneurs face and aim to provide broad perspectives as well as practical guidance. The HSCI/i-lab Series will also offer attendees an opportunity to learn about the translational and business building resources at HSCI and at the i-lab, as well as an opportunity to network with peers and industry veterans.

Uploaded 30-12-12

As the funding landscape shifts, so do the investible concepts for life sciences ventures. The panelists will discuss and answer questions on winning concepts and business models in the current environment and in the near future. Practical advice on how to develop and pressure test startup ideas will be provided.

Panelists:

Doug Cole, General Partner, Flagship Ventures
Jens Eckstein, President, SR One, GSK
Terry McGuire, Co-Founder and General Partner, Polaris Venture

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President's Challenge Presentation Crimson.com

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000

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2021 President's Innovation Challenge Launch Event

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0000

The 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge is an annual competition hosted by the Harvard Innovation Labs (the i-lab). The goal of the Challenge is to harness creativity and ingenuity from across the University to generate solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Uploaded 17-12-20

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Inside Google’s X, The Moonshot Factory

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

Go behind the scenes of @XTheMoonshotFactory in this powerful conversation with Helen Riley (HBS ’01), COO and CFO, and Ivo Stivoric, VP and Lt. Trouble + Maker. Moderated by HBS Senior Lecturer Allison Mnookin, this fireside chat dives into the innovation philosophy that powers some of the world’s boldest ideas — from self-driving cars to sustainable housing to AI-powered disaster resilience.

Uploaded 19-11-25

What you’ll learn:
1. How X identifies massive global problems
2. How “sci-fi” ideas become real-world ventures
3. What it takes to balance bold vision with accountability
4. The moonshots transforming mobility, connectivity, climate, supply chain, and more

Whether you’re a founder, innovator, or future changemaker, this is a rare look inside a factory where the goal isn’t just to succeed — but to reshape what’s possible.

📍 Hosted by Harvard Innovation Labs
💬 Share your moonshot in the comments.

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Harvard i-lab | The Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge Demo Day 2013

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0000

At Demo Day, eight finalist teams (SQ, Healthy Motives, Urban Mobile Sensors, TraumaLink, MatriTarg Laboratories, Broadleaf HEA, Priming Pregnancy, and CareSolver,) showcased their ideas to the Harvard and local community on their solutions to some of the most pressing issues in the area of health and life sciences. One grand-prize winner and three runners-up were announced on the night, taking home a share in the $75,000 prize.

Uploaded 12-06-13

To learn more about the challenge, and the winners, check out the Harvard Gazette article: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/challenge-met/

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Harvard i-lab | The Other Side Speaker Series w/ Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

Here is our latest Other Side Speaker Series talk with Black Thought of The Roots. (There are a couple small audio problems with some of the questions from Dennis which we are trying to fix for a podcast version of the talk.)

Uploaded 06-05-16

The Other Side Speaker Series engages innovation luminaries and creative visionaries from across the globe to share “the other side” of their journeys, their successes – and failures – and their perspective on what it takes to excel in today’s complex world.

Tariq Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is the lead singer/MC and co-founder of legendary hip hop band The Roots. Although most of his time is spent on tour or leading The Roots as Jimmy Fallon’s house band on The Tonight Show, Trotter is also a fashion entrepreneur, a supporter of various charitable organizations, and much more.

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Harvard i-lab | A OneTeam Collective Challenge: To Shape The Evolution of the NFL

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0000

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President's Challenge Presentation Slum Sanitation Solutions

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 1: Value Proposition - Michael Skok

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0000

The sound on this video has been improved and a later version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pKW-ehL7dU

Uploaded 07-05-12

In Part 1 of Michael Skok's Harvard i-lab lecture series, "Startup Secrets: An insiders guide to unfair competitive advantage," Skok laid out one of the first stages of creating a company: defining the value proposition.

You can read more about Michael Skok, and his Startup Secrets on his website: http://mjskok.com/ and follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/mjskok

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Harvard i-lab | Building a For-Profit Company with a Foundation of Empathy and Humanity

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:49:00 -0000

How do you design organizing principles that endure as an organization scales? How do you seek out partners and employees that share your notions of purpose and can relate it to building a better product or service? How do you stay plugged in to the human needs of the end user in the face of pressures to expand your efforts?

Uploaded 08-12-14

In this fireside chat, PillPack CEO TJ Parker talks with Almighty CSO Ian Fitzpatrick about the ways in which his online pharmacy has evolved to build both a product and service experience rooted in an understanding of basic human needs, and the ways in which the PillPack organization has been challenged to maintain this design ethos as it scales.

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Startup Myths to Leave Behind in 2025 | Harvard Innovation Labs

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

In our recent Harvard Innovation Labs podcast, i-lab advisor, Phil Green, shares which startup myths are still holding founders back in 2025, and what to do instead.

Uploaded 11-08-25

Let us know what you think in the comments. Should we add anything to this list?

Read more here: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/how-to/startup-myths-to-leave-behind-in-2025

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Harvard i-lab | Experiencing the Future Before We Build It

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

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Startup Secrets: Seize Your Story

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Imagine you are pitching your startup to investors. You open with: "We're an AI-powered platform that leverages machine learning to optimize..."

Uploaded 19-12-25

Phones out. Eyes glazed. Gone.

Everything you've built. The breakthrough, the team, the vision. All of it hanging on a story you aren't telling.

After 45 years as a founder, investor, and educator, building many unicorns, Michael Skok has seen tens of thousands of pitches personally and hundreds of thousands have been shared at Harvard. His Startup Secrets sessions have surpassed 11 million YouTube views. His articles in WSJ, Forbes, and HBR have reached millions more. The pattern is unmistakable: The best founders often don't get the attention they deserve. Not because the opportunity isn't compelling. Because the story isn't.

But here's what those decades revealed: The same simple structure runs through Aristotle, Pixar, TED stages, and billion-dollar raises. Once you see it, you can use it for every key hire, and in every investor pitch, partner, and customer meeting.

You can learn it in minutes and reuse it for life.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introductions
01:43 - The Pitch Falls Flat
04:40 - The Real Problem
07:00 - STORY Framework - Deliver Forwards
12:23 - Meet the Audience - Why are you here?
15:58 - Investor’s Perspective - Getting to Yes
20:04 - STORY Arc
22:37 - ABC Framework - Designing Backwards
28:52 - Workshop Activity - Act: Know Your Ask
34:09 - Believe: Build a Bridge
38:01 - Care: Start with Feeling
41:32 - Workshop Activity - Fleshing out the ABC’s
48:40 - Interlocking Frameworks - How They Connect
54:58 - Reviewing STORY
01:00:36 - Workshop Activity - Tell Your STORY
01:11:00 - Final Summary - The Transformation

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📚 WHAT YOU'LL MASTER:

→ ABC Framework: Design backwards from the YES you want
→ STORY Arc: Deliver forwards through what they FEEL
→ The 5 mistakes that make investors and customers check out
→ Why logic loses to emotion (and what wins instead)
→ How to disappear from your own pitch (and why that works)

━━━━━

🚀 THIS IS FOR YOU IF:

→ Raising seed, Series A, or social capital
→ Recruiting co-founders or key hires
→ Selling to enterprise customers or partners
→ Pitching at demo days or investor meetings
→ Your product is great but the response isn't

━━━━━

🔗 RESOURCES:
📖 Download the Storytelling Framework:
https://coda.io/d/_dqDyOX97fb9/STORYtelling_suo8Lw1t
💼 Startup Secrets:
https://bit.ly/44FVBcS

━━━━━

💬 What's the hardest part of your pitch? Drop it in the comments. Michael reads each one.

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Harvard i-lab | "The Evolving Funding Landscape" with Michael Greeley

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Venture Partners and President of the National Venture Capital Association presented a broad overview of the evolving funding landscape in Boston and beyond.

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President's Challenge Presentation Satsuma

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000

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Harvard i-lab | The 2013 Deans' Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge Demo Day and Winners

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

During the Demo and Judging Day, the finalist student teams showcased their projects to the Harvard and local communities and presented their pitches to the final round judges. At the conclusion of the judging period, the judging committee picked the winner and runners-up.

Uploaded 11-05-13

To learn more about the contest, and the winners, check out the Harvard Gazette article:
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/innovation-in-the-arts/

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