MIT PORTUGAL 2006-2011 – VOLUME 1: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
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Venture Competition Business Development Bootcamp 4/11/11 – 4/15/11 t Developed 4 networking venues with over 200 founders of USbased companies in the greater Boston area MIT Portugal Founders Reception (w/MIT Enterprise Forum, Cambridge) MassChallenge networking lunch Cambridge Innovation Center Venture Café, networking featured guest MIT IdeaStream Innovation Session t Hosted and staffed 10 business development interactive sessions with leading MIT and well-known Boston-based entrepreneurs. Highlights: “5 Successful traits of Startups”, J. Hadzima, MIT Sloan lecturer and CEO/ IPVision “MIT Innovation Tour”, J. Bronsen, MIT lecturer, MediaLab “Entrepreneurial Marketing”, W. Aulett, Exec Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center “Sales for the Technical Founder”, M. Roberge, VP Sales, Hubspot (fastest growing US based company, 4Q2010) 1-on-1 Value Proposition Coaching, Prof. F. Murray, Sloan and Associate Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center MIT Enterprise Forum Start-up Clinic t Coordinated 3 pitch sessions to Angels/VCs MIT IdeaStream Dogpatch Labs (Polaris Ventures) TechStars (#1 Worldwide Accelerator) Secured an award sponsor (Caixa Capital) and €1,000,000 in award commitments Created a Catalyst program o Allows seasoned industry mentors to interact on behalf of the IEI with teams in the Venture Competition o Amplifies leverage of connected venture ecosystems in Portugal and in the Boston area o 20 Portugal-based catalysts o 10 US-based catalysts Garnered multiple media attention reinforcing the “Branding” and authored multiple press releases (see Appendix) Launched the MIT Portugal Innovation and Entrepreneurship website (http://mitportugal-iei.org)
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