Harvard Innovation Labs: Startups & Entrepreneurship

An introductory marketing bootcamp for start-up companies where you'll learn everything you need to build and promote your product and / or brand in the earliest stages. From marketing strategy to content creation, to PR, social media—and beyond— this interactive (and fun!) workshop provides you with a framework for helping you plan and execute a successful launch. Some of the topics we talk about include:

Uploaded 13-08-13

Developing a launch and / or marketing strategy, budget and plan
To launch or not to launch? When is the right time?
Working with the press: why they are not your friends
Social media strategies
Content creation strategies
Building community support
How to choose the right marketing partners to work with
Building your personal brand
Strategic marketing that builds customer loyalty
Getting to know the right interns and know how to best leverage their knowledge



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Get inspired by SurgiBox's journey from winning the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge in 2016 to being named a TIME Best Invention in 2023.

Uploaded 02-05-24

Videography:
Aaron James Sanchez
Patrick Fogarty
Samuel Mironko



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In an effort to promote translational research and commercialization of cutting edge scientific discoveries within Harvard and the broader life sciences community in the Boston area, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) are collaborating to put forward a series of workshops during the 2012-2013 academic year. The workshops focus on key issues current and future entrepreneurs face and aim to provide broad perspectives as well as practical guidance. The HSCI/i-lab Series will also offer attendees an opportunity to learn about the translational and business building resources at HSCI and at the i-lab, as well as an opportunity to network with peers and industry veterans.

Uploaded 30-12-12

As the funding landscape shifts, so do the investible concepts for life sciences ventures. The panelists will discuss and answer questions on winning concepts and business models in the current environment and in the near future. Practical advice on how to develop and pressure test startup ideas will be provided.

Panelists:

Doug Cole, General Partner, Flagship Ventures
Jens Eckstein, President, SR One, GSK
Terry McGuire, Co-Founder and General Partner, Polaris Venture

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab



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Uploaded 04-06-12

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The 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge is an annual competition hosted by the Harvard Innovation Labs (the i-lab). The goal of the Challenge is to harness creativity and ingenuity from across the University to generate solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Uploaded 17-12-20

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Go behind the scenes of @XTheMoonshotFactory in this powerful conversation with Helen Riley (HBS ’01), COO and CFO, and Ivo Stivoric, VP and Lt. Trouble + Maker. Moderated by HBS Senior Lecturer Allison Mnookin, this fireside chat dives into the innovation philosophy that powers some of the world’s boldest ideas — from self-driving cars to sustainable housing to AI-powered disaster resilience.

Uploaded 19-11-25

What you’ll learn:
1. How X identifies massive global problems
2. How “sci-fi” ideas become real-world ventures
3. What it takes to balance bold vision with accountability
4. The moonshots transforming mobility, connectivity, climate, supply chain, and more

Whether you’re a founder, innovator, or future changemaker, this is a rare look inside a factory where the goal isn’t just to succeed — but to reshape what’s possible.

📍 Hosted by Harvard Innovation Labs
💬 Share your moonshot in the comments.



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At Demo Day, eight finalist teams (SQ, Healthy Motives, Urban Mobile Sensors, TraumaLink, MatriTarg Laboratories, Broadleaf HEA, Priming Pregnancy, and CareSolver,) showcased their ideas to the Harvard and local community on their solutions to some of the most pressing issues in the area of health and life sciences. One grand-prize winner and three runners-up were announced on the night, taking home a share in the $75,000 prize.

Uploaded 12-06-13

To learn more about the challenge, and the winners, check out the Harvard Gazette article: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/challenge-met/

To learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab



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Here is our latest Other Side Speaker Series talk with Black Thought of The Roots. (There are a couple small audio problems with some of the questions from Dennis which we are trying to fix for a podcast version of the talk.)

Uploaded 06-05-16

The Other Side Speaker Series engages innovation luminaries and creative visionaries from across the globe to share “the other side” of their journeys, their successes – and failures – and their perspective on what it takes to excel in today’s complex world.

Tariq Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is the lead singer/MC and co-founder of legendary hip hop band The Roots. Although most of his time is spent on tour or leading The Roots as Jimmy Fallon’s house band on The Tonight Show, Trotter is also a fashion entrepreneur, a supporter of various charitable organizations, and much more.



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We are in the midst of a revolution in how athletes train, perform, and heal. Advances in mobile technology, AI, Big Data, sensors, GPS, and more have allowed humans to stretch the limits of their athletic capabilities and have merged the worlds of statistics and sports in manners unimaginable just a decade ago.

Uploaded 10-03-17

With unprecedented teamwork from those who have achieved success in the athletic arena to those whose achievements occur behind the closed doors of research labs, hospitals, and beyond, we are able to use data collected from the human body to monitor, measure, and predict athlete training and performance like never before.

During this event, the Harvard Innovation Labs, together with the Sports Innovation Lab and the OneTeam Collective, will explore the future of this dynamic, cross-industry, and fast-growing sector of sports technology.

Learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab.



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