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Welcome to the MIT $100K Community Blog! We are here to talk about entrepreneurship: who’s doing it, why we do it, how to succeed and learn from failure. We hope you’ll join us.

Ideas Are Overrated: Compete on Execution

February 24, 2010 - Author: Tim Rowe, CEO of Cambridge Innovation Center

When setting out to be an entrepreneur, most of us are fanatically focused on choosing the right IDEA. The idea is key, right? 

 Not really.

You'll Never Win Without a Good Team

February 11, 2010 - Author: Frederic Kerrest - Founder of SaaSure and former Managing Director of the MIT $100K

In basketball or entrepreneurship, five all-stars do not a team make.

Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

January 31, 2010 - Author: Peter Mui - Co-founder of the MIT $10K Entrepreneurial Competition

The classic "nature vs. nurture" debate as applied to entrepreneurship.

Who Knew How Big it Would Become

January 17, 2010 - Author: Joe Hadzima - Founding judge of the MIT $100K and former Chairman of the MIT Enterprise Forum

It started out as all big things start – small.

The MIT $100K Community Blog is Here

January 1, 2010 - Author: Emily Short and Luke Behnke