MIT’s $100K startup pitch contest has been making winners of its losers for...
It’s game day at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium. This Wednesday evening, after weeks of practice, eight teams of student entrepreneurs will deliver a well-rehearsed pitch for a new business to a panel of...
View ArticleRaptor Maps’ drone technology snags MIT’s $100,000 prize
The pitching has ended and the votes are in. Team Raptor Maps, which proposes to use camera-carrying drones to survey farmland and pinpoint damage before pests and diseases can decimate crops, beat out...
View ArticleAfter breast pump hackathon, Kohana looks to Kickstarter for funds
When the organizers of MIT’s Breast Pump Hackathon launched their first event in the spring of 2014, they quickly realized they had struck a nerve. The event resonated powerfully with new moms aghast...
View ArticleInsurify is a AI-powered shopping assistant for car insurance
Like Kayak, but for car insurance, a new search service called Insurify helps customers compare prices for policies across many companies. Modeled on deal-hunting services for hotels, flights, and...
View ArticleMIT’s $100K startup pitch contest has been making winners of its losers for...
It’s the 25th anniversary of the annual MIT $100K, the business-plan competition that has gained a national following among those looking to keep up with the next hot tech trend. When it was launched...
View ArticleAfter breast pump hackathon, Kohana looks to Kickstarter for funds
Boston resident Susan Thompson, the engineer and designer behind the "Gala Pump," is launching a Kickstarter campaign Tuesday aiming to raise $40,000 in one month.
View ArticleInsurify is a AI-powered shopping assistant for car insurance
Like Kayak but for car insurance, a new service called Insurify makes it easier to find a plan that insures your vehicle by comparing quotes across providers.
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