Tracks
BioTech-Life Sciences
The MIT $100K Biotech track welcomes ideas and companies related to biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biomaterials, healthcare IT, diagnostics and instrumentation.
Bio Track Mixer
When: Thursday, Nov 13 from 6-7:30 pm
Where: 56-154
Consumer Products/Services
The MIT $100K Products and Services track welcomes ideas, entries, and companies that seek to provide a product or service to consumers or businesses.
Consumer Products/Services Track Mixer
If you’re looking for an idea to work on, or people to join you in transforming your idea into a business, come to the MIT $100K Products and Services Track Mixer event.
When: Wednesday, November 12th from 6-9pm
Where: Stata building in MIT 32-124.Looking for a team? Join the $100K Energy Track Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=8250973617
Development
The MIT $100K Development track welcomes ideas, entries, and companies that focus on solutions addressing the needs of people living at “bottom of the pyramid.” These can be for-profit or non-profit organizations that serve people earning less than approximately $4 a day abroad, or below the poverty line in the US.
Development Track Mixer
Are you excited about Development, Sustainability, or Corporate Social Responsibility? Do you have an idea to bring about much needed change somewhere in the world? Do you want to join a team that’s doing exactly that? If so, come to the MIT $100K Development Track Mixer:
When: Monday, November 17, 7-9pm
Where: Stata Center, 32-124Looking for a team? Join the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=6151563163&ref=share
Energy
The MIT Clean Energy Prize was created last year to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in the energy space. It’s goal is to help develop a new generation of energy entrepreneurs and build great new companies. Come and join us to find a team, share your ideas and learn more about the MIT Clean Energy Prize.
Energy Track Mixer:
When: Thursday November 13th, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Where: Building 3, Room 442Looking for a team? Looking for talent? Join the $100K Energy Track Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=40873006003
Mobile
The “M Prize” is in its second year with the goal of fostering mobile and wireless entrepreneurship at and around MIT. Last year, over $35,000 in prize money was raised from our sponsors: Nokia, North Bridge Venture Partners and Trilogy Partnership.
From infrastructure to consumer applications, hardware to software, we are encouraging all innovative ideas built for any part of the mobile and wireless stacks.
Mobile Track Mixer
Come join us and meet with other students and entrepreneurs looking to form teams for the mobile track in the MIT $100K Executive Summary Contest and to share ideas. This is also an opportunity to learn more about the M Prize.
What: M Prize Team Building Mixer
When: November 19, from 7-9pm
Where: TSMC Lobby, Stata CenterLooking for a team? Looking for talent? Join the $100K Mobile Track Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=6460149982Last Year’s Winners
1st Prize ($25,000) – UbiTrack: Peer to Peer wireless location technology, from the LIDS laboratory
2nd Prize ($7,500) – Social Sense: Behavior recognition technology for mobile phones, from the Media Lab
3rd Prize ($2,500) – Poll Everywhere: Audience-Response Systems using mobile phones (SMS).After the $100K competition, Poll Everywhere went on to participate at the prestigious Y Combinator summer camp and received seed-funding (http://www.polleverywhere.com/)
Interested in hearing more? Email Akshay Nanduri (ananduri@MIT.EDU) .
Web/IT
The Web/IT Track is the home for internet- and IT-based business ideas that are entering the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Whether it is the next killer web app, a new take on network security, or a novel business intelligence platform, your idea can grow here. We are pleased to announce Microsoft as a Platinum Sponsor for the Track! Web Track Mixer: Thursday, November 13th from 6:00-8:00pm i Stata Center (Building 32), Room 144.
Sign up to pitch your idea! RSVP here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEhZTVxR3UtpApPi21SJqCQ&hl=enJoin or grow your team on our Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32471458042&ref=mf
