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Who’s Your Ally? Part 2: Investor Motivations – Understanding returns on investment and innovation

• Jonathan B. Miller—MIT Innovation Initiative Research Affiliate

The following is an overview of how a technology startup can identify the venture capital investors that best suits its market(s). Entrepreneurs who seek venture capital can improve their negotiating…

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Who’s Your Ally? Part 1: Selling to Uncle Sam – That time when the US Government missed the airplane

• Jonathan B. Miller—MIT Innovation Initiative Research Affiliate

Read the  Who’s Your Ally introduction here.   In the early 1900s, after successfully demonstrating their powered flying machine, the Wright Brothers tried selling their flyer design to the US Government. The…

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Who’s Your Ally? How Tech Startups Navigate Venture Capital and Federal Funding

• Jonathan B. Miller—MIT Innovation Initiative Research Affiliate

Part 0. Tough Tech Startups – On risk capital and dual-use ventures  “How can tech startups navigate venture capital and federal funding?” This is a series of six posts addressing the question,…

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MIT Innovation Initiative and EIC at Politecnico di Torino launch the SEMI Project

• MIT Innovation Initiative
• EIC at Politecnico di Torino

New joint research project will explore student interests and activities in entrepreneurship, making and innovation at technical universities. The Student Entrepreneurship Making Innovation (SEMI) is a research project designed to…

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