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Tech Tuesdays
Extracurriculars@ MIT
“Making themost of your time at MIT”
2 July 2002
Joost Bonsenjpbonsen@alum.mit.edu
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Overview of Tech Tuesdays “15.MIT”
• General Goal: Making Most of Your Time @ MIT
• Today: Extracurriculars @ MIT
• Last Week: Research @ MIT• Upcoming:
– Education, MIT 2020– Strategic & Emerging Technologies– Live Cases on Technology Business– Labs & Tours
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Beyond the Classroom
• MIT Community Connections & Extracurricular Opportunities – The Larger Community– Worthy Extracurricular Activities
• Personal Engagement– Strategizing Involvement– Connection-Making Tactics
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MIT’s Triad of Activities
• Curricular– Core– Electives
• Extracurricular– Student Clubs & Activities
• SEBC, $50K, Project, TechLink
• Quasicurricular / Research– Special projects– Thesis
• N-for-one’s – try to have these compound; seek Leverage!
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Weblinks
• MIT Events– http://events.mit.edu pay attention
• MIT Sloan Clubs– http://mitsloan.mit.edu students clubs
• MIT Graduate Student and other activities– http://web.mit.edu/campus-life.html – http://web.mit.edu/campus-life.html#interest
• MIT Alum connections– Sloan: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/alum/index.html – MIT: http://web.mit.edu/alum
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MIT Community Demographics
• Get to know as many people while here as possible, beyond Sloan too– Potential collaborators– Potential employees– Serendipitous possibilities
• Who are they?
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Undergraduate StudentsTotal Undergraduate Enrollment 4,300
First-yearUndeclared Second-yearSpecial Undergraduate Student
1,055118
Architecture and Planning 68
Engineering 2,011
Humanities and Social Science 142
Management 220
Science 785
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Graduate Students
Total Graduate Enrollment 5,672
Master Doctoral Special
Architecture and Planning 358 184 11
Engineering 1,408 1,096 50
Humanities and Social Science 21 290 4
Management 788 119 14
Science 31 935 8
Whitaker College 5 276 10
CAES - - 64
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MIT Alum Connections
• MOT / SF / LFM / SDM angle• Sloan angle• MIT angle
• Underappreciated resources!
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/alum/index.html http://web.mit.edu/alum
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MIT-Related Companies
MIT: The Impact of Innovationhttp://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/founders/
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Alum Co-Founders• Stata & Lorber @ Analog
– Dormmates
• d’Arbeloff & De Wolfe @ Teradyne– ROTCmates
• Edgerton, Germeshausen, & Grier @ EG&G– Professor & Students
• Olsen & Anderson @ DEC– Labmates @ Lincoln
• Lewin, Seelig, & Leighton @ Akamai– Students, Friends, & Professor
• Chery, et al @ Virtual Ink– Students @ Ashdown & Undergrad Classmates
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Alum Links
• Connections to home or desired place of residence
• Power of alum groups– E.g. Arab Alum Association Conference
• http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/arab/mitaaa/conference.htm
– E.g. MIT Club of Northern California• http://www.mitcnc.org/
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MIT Alumni Geo Distribution
United States and Possessions 76,137 New England 21,251 Mid-Atlantic 20,894 West 12,861 Great Lakes 5,715 Southwest and South Central 5,970 Southeast 5,259 Northwest and Great Plains 3,662 Alaska and Hawaii 333 Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands,U.S. territories 192Asia 3,872Europe 3,746North America (other than U.S.) 1,636South America 1,060Pacific Ocean Islands and Australia 428Africa 355Central America 79
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MIT-wide Student Activities
• Graduate Student Council & Sloan Senate
• Big Regional / Ethnic clubs: Euroclub, Club Latino, Sangam, African Students Association, Chinese Students Association
• Sports, Cultural, etc• …and literally hundreds more
• Professional– TechLink: Connection grad students campus-wide– MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition– SEBC: Science Engineering Business Club
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5 Strategic MIT Technology Thrusts
1. Information Technologies = Ever more sophisticated computation & communication, leveraging mind & media.
2. Biomedical Technologies = Medical engineering, perfecting the health & life sciences.
3. Tiny Technologies = Investigating and fabricating ever smaller systems, at scales from micro thru nano
4. Complex Systems = Large scale, socio-political & econo-technological systems.
5. Developmental Innovations = Appropriate and leapfrog technologies for tackling challenges in developing & emerging regions
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MIT Matrix Online
• http://web.media.mit.edu/~davet/notes/emerging-tech-mit.html
Joost Bonsen & David Tames
Richly Interwoven MIT Themes
2. BioTech 3. TinyTech
1. InfoTech
4. Complex Systems
5. Developmental Innovations
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MIT Formal Technology Oriented Events
• MicroPhotonics, LIDS, MTL, etc, etc– http://web.mit.edu/mphotonics/www/se
m-series.shtml
• Multiple “Distinguished Lecture” series
• Keep eye out for special events– Key technologists– Entrepreneurs
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MIT Tech Biz ExtracurricularsInfo Bio Tiny Compl’
xDevelop-mental
MIT Research
LCS/AI, Media, 6
HST, BEH, 7
MTL, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16
SDM, Aero, 6, 15, 14, 13
Digital Nations, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11
1. Sloan Research
eBiz, Mkting
POPI, ? ? System Dynamics, Tech Strat
Econ, Global Entrepreneurship
2. SloanCourses
ITBT, eBiz
Bio-venture
? SysDyn, Strat, OR,
Global E-lab, DE
3. SloanExtracur
Media-Tech
Health-Tech
Tiny Tech
OR, SDK12, etc
SEID
MIT Alum Startups
Akamai, DirectHit
Amgen,BiogenGen’tec
Surface, eink, Angstr’m
HP, Raytheon, Teradyne
AfricaOnline, Evergreen Solar
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Key Extracurriculars (IMHO)
• TechLink• Science Engineering Business Club• MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition• Venture Capital & Principal Investing Club• Tech Innovation clubs: MediaTech,
HealthTech, BioStrategy, TinyTech, etc.• Student Entrepreneurs for International
Development
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TechLink– Campus-Wide Graduate
& Alum Connections
MBAEE
MatSci ChemE
• Bolstering Informal Cross-Disciplinary Links• http://web.mit.edu/techlink/
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PioneeringJoint
Sloan-MITLectures
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SEBC
• Science & Engineering Business Club
• http://web.mit.edu/sebc/ • IAP Technology & Entrepreneurship
Forum• Speakers
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Professional Schmoozing
• SEBC, TechLink specialize in Campus-wide Gatherings
• Elegant but informal environment very conducive to cross-linking
• Venturefests, JazzLinks, InfiniteLink, Wine & Cheese Socials, Technology Dinner Talks
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MIT $50K Entrepreneurship
Competition• Born 1990 as $10K• Joint-venture between Engineering and
Business students• Focus on High Potential Ventures • 1996 to $50K• 1,200 proposals by over 2,500 students• ~80 companies
http://50k.mit.edu
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Example $50K Companies
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Winners & Entrants in $50K
• Public Companies– Akamai, C-Bridge, NetGenesis
• Acquired– Lexicus / Motorola, Silicon Spice /
Broadcom, Firefly / Microsoft, WebLine / Cisco, Direct Hit / AskJeeves, Applied Impulse / Philips
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More $50K Examples
• Venture Capitalized– Virtual Ink, PatientKeeper/VIRTMED,
Actuality, nanowave, SensAble, InterSense, MolecularWare, Crosskate…
• Dead– eDental and others
• Stillborn– CarSoft, SterWave, most actually…
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MIT $50K Structure & Process
• Fall warm-up & Spring main sequence
• Formal application mechanism• Teambuilding & Educational
Activities• Feedback from Judges• Excellent contacts & PR
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MIT Venture Capital Club
• http://www.mitvcpi.org/ • VC & Principal Investments• MIT VC Conference in December• VC Database• Speaker series
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MediaTechnlogy Club
• http://www.sloanmediatech.org/ • Media, Computing,
Communications• 400 members• Weekly events, speakers…• Local & Global TechTreks
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BioStrategy & HealthTech• BioStrategy
– http://web.mit.edu/biostrategy – Biomedical, Life Sciences & Business– Co-founded last year by Andy Pakula et al– Thursday Night Seminar Series
• HealthTech– http://web.mit.edu/healthtech/index.html – Plant tours– Luncheon sessions
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Tiny Tech Club• Brand new club forming this summer…• Micro through Nano in size / length
scale• MEMS, NEMS, PEMS, Molectronics,
Spintronics, Photonics, optoelectronics…• Business & Technologist Speakers• Tech Dinner Talks
http://cjmems.seas.ucla.edu/
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SEID• http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/s/seid/ • Student Entrepreneurs for
International Development• Developmental Entrepreneurship• MicroFinance
…
http://www.selco-intl.com/
http://www.grameenphone.com
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More International Development
• AID-India, Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International, …
• SANGAM, Paksmit, Sri Lankans, Club Latino, Bangladeshis, Africans, …
• Development by Design workshop
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What High Leverage Informal Activities Suit
You?• Graduate Orientation• Entrepreneurship Gatherings• Special Interest Socials• Clubs?
…
Or, organize your own! I and others will help.
What could you do that’s most aligned with Thesis interests? E.g. Federica…
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My Own Mission:Orchestrating Serendipity
• Teambuilding Dinners• Technology Venture Dinners• Formal Courses• Informal Schmoozes• Introduction Ethos
• E.g. MIT $50K, Muddy Mondays, TechLink, TinyTech, other activities, and endless events!
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http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/
Case Example: Mike Parduhn
Sloan MBA, Interested in Wearable Computers, getsJob in MIT Media Lab group
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Case Example: Sloan as Premier Tech Testbed
• Project Mercury – Latest wireless technologies; Showcase for MIT Labs– Wireless devices– Integrated services– Location Specific– Woven throughout classes?
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/06/08/xircom_review.html
http://www.emperorlinux.com/acc_network.html
http://www.handspring.com/http://www.futurelooks.com/features/Lifestyle/Wearable_comps/page1_frame.htm
http://www-5.ibm.com/se/news/archive/images/computers/wearable-pc/wearable-pc-closseup-guy.jpg
Matt Rhoden, Paul Strasma Vidya Kumar
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Aspirations While Here?• Possibilities & Combinations are Endless
– First world development– Developing nations– Personal Growth
• Choose areas of relative scarcity, not relative abundance– New technology sectors– Emerging regions– Undefined markets– New research zones– The big unknowns
• Transformative Student Experience & the “Technology Business” Vision of MIT Sloan
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Transformative Student Experience means…
• Content in classes & extras• Culture & creative ethos• Connections at MIT & Beyond
Be a T individual
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The MIT Ethos is about Strength Both in Depth &
Breadth
Depth
Breadth
Deep
Shallow
Narrow Wide
I–.T
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Personal Strategy LatticeMission &
Vision
Strategic
Tactical
Operational
Everyday Actions
Enduring Over Long Term
From Quarterly to Yearly
From Weekly to Quarterly
Connecting Moment-by-Moment to
Weekly And Monthly
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Strategy Lattice
OverallVision
EverydayAction
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Tactics: Self Presentation
• What’s your personal “Elevator Pitch”?
• Just the Summary Essentials
• Why are you interesting from their point of view?
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Personal Elevator Pitch
• I’m FirstName LastName• Graduate student at MIT Sloan, the
Business School• In the MOT, Management of Technology
Program (or SFs, LFMs, SDMs, etc)• Most recently a LastRole at Previous
Company• Now very interested in ShortSummary
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Short Summary of Interests
• One paragraph or phrase with keywordsFor Example…
• “implications of wireless and mobile devices on medical services”
• “developmental technologies, that is, how to dramatically improve people’s lives in LDCs”
• “research lab strategy, or, how to keep a lab vital and to finance next-generation research”
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Covey’s Important vs Urgent
Importance
Urgency
Hi
Lo
Lo Hi
SeductiveFirefighting
Trap
Too Easy to Delay
These
WasteOf
Time
Why DidYou Get ToThis State?
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Monsarrat’s Law
Wealth &
Leverage
Age
stress
school
Key Player, Founder
20 25 3530 40 45…
Employee, Cog in Machine
Bonsen’s Modification
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http://www.interactivepages.com/stuff.htmlhttp://graphics.boston.com/images/daily/05/fireworks_640x480.jpg
Enjoy the 4th of July!
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More questions? Track me down;-)
Joost Bonsen
jpbonsen@alum.mit.edu617.930.0415
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Fin
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Personal Advisors
• Like a personal “Board of Directors”• Formal and/or Informal• Pick people who offer at least 2 out
of 3:– Wealth– Wisdom– Work
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Awareness of Bigger Context: Nature of Social
Systems• Complex• Unpredictable• Second Order Effects Important• Must be understood to be best
influenced
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Endless Opportunity for Disaster and Dysfunction
• Lame Goals• Disagreement about Goals• Disagreement about Means• Distraction by Lesser Things• Flaky Execution
There’s a whole Taxonomy of Individual Irrationality and Social Dysfunctionality!
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Archetypal Deliverable;Aspire for More
• Engineer – Invent Patent, Build• Scientist – Discover Journal Article• Architect – Plan/Design Build• Humanist – Compose Art Publish• Manager – Plan Start, Build
Businesses
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