MIT has a long history of developing successful technology and business concepts which commercialize in many different ways. As a multidiscipline, student run organization, the MIT Energy Club has formed an entrepreneurship team with a mission to accelerate entrepreneurship in energy across the campus. Three initiatives are currently underway to educate and assist students in pursuing energy startup ideas:
Fall Discussion Series Session
Starting a Business as a MIT Student” – In conjunction with the MIT Energy Club Discussion Series, a session will be held in the fall of 2008 with a group of MIT students and alumni who have recently pursued a startup at various stages: taking technology fresh out of the lab, ramping up a business, and scaling down an unsuccessful effort.
CleanTechnology Series
The focus of this series is in educating MIT engineering students in the science and technology behind current early stage companies in the energy space, and how they fit in America’s rapidly evolving energy marketplace. High level, technical speakers from companies representing a variety of alternative energy spaces will present and lead discussions throughout the Fall 2008 semester. Light dinner and a social hour at a campus pub will be provided with funds from external sponsors.
Energy Club Entrepreneurship Lab (ECEL)
The ECEL's mission is to promote collaboration between students across all departments at MIT to form successful startup teams for commercializing new energy business concepts. With world leading science, engineering, policy and business schools and club membership of over 800 people, the energy club has the broad base of expertise needed for assisting startups in all areas of energy innovation.
Email the MIT Energy Club Entrepreneurship Lab if you would like to submit a concept, be added to our database of interested students to join teams, or if you have any questions.