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From the basement to the dome : how MIT's unique culture created a thriving entrepreneurial community / Jean-Jacques Degroof ; foreword by Bob Metcalfe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Degroof, Jean-Jacques, author.
- Series:
- The MIT Press
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship--Massachusetts.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Corporate culture--Massachusetts.
- Corporate culture.
- New business enterprises--Massachusetts.
- New business enterprises.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- How a bottom-up problem-solving ethos, multidisciplinary approach, and experimental mindset have nurtured entrepreneurship at MIT.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1. History. Building a fertile ground: 1861-1960s
- Early efforts to promote entrepreneurship: 1970s-mid 1990s
- The internet era and the growth of interest in entrepreneurship: Mid 1990s-mid-2000s
- From incidental to purposeful: The embrase of entrepreneurship, mid 2000s-Late 2010
- Part 2. Entrepreneurship and MIT's Culture. Cultural fit and the growth of entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship embedded in most aspects of life at MIT
- Part 3. The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem at MIT in the Late 2010s. Creating entrepreneurs: Support for student entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship for technology transfer
- Part 4. Impact and Implications. The external impact of MIT entrepreneurship
- Educating aspiring entrepreneurs
- Lessons learned
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-36699-1
- OCLC:
- 1255633053
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