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MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship
The MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship was founded on the belief that entrepreneurs and their innovation-driven solutions are key to advancing sustainable and inclusive prosperity in global growth markets.
REAP
MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program
This dynamic global initiative engages with communities around the world to strengthen innovation-driven entrepreneurial ecosystems and transform economies.

Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan

What is an innovation ecosystem?
Here’s why companies should engage in these regional hot spots, which accelerate problem-solving and boost competitive advantage.
CoFlo Medical’s plan for faster, cheaper drug injection wins MIT $100K
CoFlo Medical’s device could expand access, reduce cost, and reduce injection time for biologic drugs for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Trust the Process: A podcast on the journey of MIT entrepreneurs
Experts on business growth talk about time management, leadership, team building, and more, as well as their journeys taking ideas to execution.
MIT entrepreneurs explain what founders need to know now
Launching a venture? Here’s advice from MIT entrepreneurs in residence on navigating artificial intelligence, the economy, and uncertainty.
3 MIT startups taking on the global waste challenge
These alumni entrepreneurs are applying MIT know-how to keep goods out of landfills, reduce energy costs in recycling, and provide safe sanitation.

Universities must become active launchpads for innovation
Research labs must move beyond passive spillovers and become active launchpads for new companies that leverage federally funded research, say Gene R. Keselman, lecturer, and Dame Fiona Murray, associate dean of innovation, both from MIT Sloan.
Download: Insights for success in entrepreneurship
This new report collects insights from MIT Sloan experts, with practical guidance for launching ventures, shaping strategy, and making innovation work.

MIT’s singular passion for entrepreneurship is inspiring, energizing, a little bit exhausting, and a whole lot of fun. This passion is also an essential element of our strategy to organize for positive impact and transform our world.
Sally Kornbluth

President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology


We’re not here for knowledge for knowledge’s sake; we’re here to apply that knowledge to the world’s greatest challenges.
Bill Aulet

Managing Director of theMartin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship


The MBA E&I Certificate gave me the skills to be an entrepreneur. Without it, I wouldn't be starting my climate-tech venture.
Stwart Peña Feliz, MBA '23

Co-founder & CEO ofMacroCycle


We tell entrepreneurs not to be afraid that they may have to pivot, but also to understand that if they pivot around core strategic choices, it will take time and effort. In most cases, a startup only gets so many chances to do that.
Scott Stern

David SarnoffProfessor of Management at MIT Sloan


Our mission at the Trust Center is to advance the field of innovation-driven entrepreneurship everywhere ... We have to practice entrepreneurship in a rigorous, systematic way that increases the odds of success.
Paul Cheek

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan and Senior Advisor, Entrepreneurship & AI


The opportunities at MIT, like Delta V and and Sandbox, truly allowed me to progress further and faster than even more experienced entrepreneurs.
Wesley Block, SB '22

Filmmaker and Founder, Kino AI

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Where Students Become Entrepreneurs

These students have tapped into the MIT ecosystem to energize their ideas and launch their ventures for global impact. Read their stories.
One Day with David Brown, Army Veteran and MBA '25
“MIT Sloan was my first and only choice,” says David Brown, MBA student and co-founder of Helix Carbon.
One Day with Jack O'Brien, MBA '25
Before coming to MIT Sloan, Jack O’Brien, founded a company to help early-stage founders raise funds remotely. Now, he's looking for his next idea.
One Day with Mike Sanchez, MBA '25
“MIT Sloan was the only school I applied to—it was genuinely my dream school," says Mike Sanchez. "I'm incredibly grateful to be here.”

MIT's Entrepreneurship & Innovation Ecosystem

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150

Courses offered at MIT focused on E&I

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30,200+

Active alumni-founded companies

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50+

MIT Student Clubs focused on E&I

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85+

Resources dedicated to supporting E&I across MIT

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4.6M+

Million jobs created by alumni-founded companies

Working Definitions

An Instagram series on ideas about entrepreneurship and innovation.