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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Ilias Hamdouch <<a href="mailto:iliasxh@mit.edu">iliasxh@mit.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b>
</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Spring 2015 Course: 10.807/15.371 Innovation Teams</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">December 3, 2014 at 9:59:13 PM EST</span></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>"i-Teams"</b></span></font><b><br>
</b><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>10.807/15.371 Innovation Teams</b></span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Wed 4:30-7:00pm & Fri 9-11:30am | Rm E32-125 | 12 units </span></font><br>
<a href="http://iteams.mit.edu/%3Ehttp://iteams.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">http://iteams.mit.edu/</span></font></a><br>
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<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Instructors:</b></span></font><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Dr. Luis Perez-Breva of the School of Engineering, Dr. </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Noubar Afeyan of Flagship Ventures & MIT Sloan, Prof. Fiona Murray of </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">MIT Sloan & Trust Center for Entrepreneurship</span></font><br>
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<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Interested in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship? Want </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">to explore the potential of a promising technology from an MIT lab and </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">see where it takes you...?</span></font><br>
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<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">i-Teams (“Innovation Teams”, course </span></font><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">10.807/15.371) is a graduate course offered </span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">jointly </span></font><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">between the Schools </span></font><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">of
Engineering and Management. Students choose from </span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">a set of </span></font><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">breakthrough technologies selected by the Class Faculty from
MIT labs</span></font><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">on the basis of their excitement and commercial potential. Working in </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">cross-disciplinary i-Teams of 3-5 class peers plus an industry </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">“catalyst”, students focus throughout the semester on exploring a </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">commercialization strategy for their technology and developing a final </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">recommendation for the next steps and the best vehicle to bring the </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">project to impact (e.g. startup, license, social enterprise...).</span></font><br>
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<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">You will come out of the class understanding how to:</span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> * Analyze a market and identify opportunities</span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> * Explore practical and economically viable applications</span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> * Understand and navigate the intellectual property landscape</span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> * Create a go-to-market strategy</span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> * Produce synergy with peers from other disciplines and colleges</span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> * Appreciate the iterative nature of the innovation process </span></font><br>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Students in the class are invited to lectures by inventors, </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. They have the opportunity to </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">network with some of the brightest minds in the MIT entrepreneurial ecosystem.</span></font><br>
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<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">This is a highly sought-after course so contact us quickly!</span></font><br>
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<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">For more information and course registration details, check out the </span></font><br>
<font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">iTeams website at </span></font><a href="http://iteams.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">http://iteams.mit.edu</span></font></a><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">. </span></font><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">If
you have more questions, </span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">contact the TA at </span></font><a href="mailto:iTeams-TA@mit.edu" target="_blank"><font face="monospace" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">iTeams-TA@mit.edu</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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