The MIT Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp is a new program from MIT for global innovators, entrepreneurs, and change-makers. Participants will go to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for an intense, week-long program to learn how to build innovation-driven ventures that solve global challenges. During the program, Bootcampers will learn and practice a variety of new skills related to entrepreneurship and innovation, both from MIT faculty, MIT coaches, and guest speakers as well as through their experiences in project teams. Each Bootcamper has the opportunity to be CEO, leading the team through its project work for a day. Active learning is an experience, and in one week, the Bootcamp provides participants many experiences most entrepreneurs and innovators face in the first 2-3 years of a new venture. The team at MIT Bootcamps selects the best applicants from all over the world to create a cohort of innovators with the potential to change the world
WORTH
- Scholarships are offered to a handful of candidates
- Opportunity to meet a diverse group of innovators from around the world and develop networking skills
- Learn directly from and receive immediate feedback and coaching from MIT faculty and MIT-trained coaches
- Join a global community of innovators passionate about solving challenges through innovation.
- Experience the challenges of 2-3 years of startup life in 1 week
- Meet co-founders & other emerging global leaders
ELIGIBILITY
Participants Must:
- Have capacity for calculated risk
- Be focused on community
- Have open and critical thinking
- The application is Open to all
DEADLINE: 15th April, 2018
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