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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#007DD6">Ideation 2021</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Apply by April 5, event May 13th</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Calling all early stage bio-innovators in the Boston/Cambridge area! Do you have a scientific idea you want
to turn into a business? Are you looking for the right team members, mentors, or resources to form a biotech startup?</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Join us at Ideation 2021, hosted by the MIT Biotech Group and Harvard Biotech Club, along with our event partners and sponsors.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are currently
<b>recruiting teams</b> to pitch at this year's Ideation, which will be held virtually on
<b>May 13th</b> <b>from 6-9pm </b><i>(times might slightly change).</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Apply to pitch
</span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/wKeBFGD1qmvVktU29"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> by April
5th at 11:59 PM</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Ideation is an annual event that connects teams with early stage startup ideas to other skilled entrepreneurial students and professionals. The event brings together
MIT and Harvard, along with the broader Boston science community. Last event gave teams the opportunity to pitch in front of and network with an audience of ~300 people to form new collaborations and find new teammates. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">At this event, pitching teams and general audience members hear from established biotech entrepreneurs, successful early stage teams out of Harvard
and MIT, and startup funding organizations. Our partners and sponsors in the past have included The Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, The Engine, MIT 100k, and Harvard Innovation Lab. You can find the application to participate
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/wKeBFGD1qmvVktU29"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">. (</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/8uDajodXXhA483eg9"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://forms.gle/8uDajodXXhA483eg9</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">)</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Some entrepreneurs, like yourself, will also have the opportunity to present an idea in a 2 minute pitch following the featured speaker</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">s.
Teams will receive feedback from a variety of judges involved in various stages of startup development, the chance to recruit new tea</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">m members in a networking session following
the main event, as well as the chance to participate in a closed-doors pre-networking session with our partners the previous evening on May 12th. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To learn more, visit
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mitharvardideation.squarespace.com/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">our website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">
<u>(</u></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mitharvardideation.squarespace.com/ideation-2020"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://mitharvardideation.squarespace.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">),</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
where we will soon announce this year's speakers and invited mentors. You can also email us with any questions at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://owa.exchange.mit.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=8dxS0U7iFa00CLYFiRom6bjRXV9C-GujmEnGiAginTqmKyK6LXzWCA..&URL=mailto%3amitharvardpitch%40gmail.com"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">mitharvardpitch@gmail.com.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ideation Planning Committee 2021</span><span class="apple-tab-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chloe Delepine, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Brain and Cognitive Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Picower Institute for Learning and Memory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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