Harvard Innovation Labs: Startups & Entrepreneurship
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Harvard Innovation Labs is an ecosystem that supports Harvard students and select alumni as they explore innovation and entrepreneurship. Since its founding in 2011, it has helped more than 5,000 founders from all 13 Harvard schools build ventures with global impact. The podcast shares conversations, insights and stories from that community of founders, mentors and innovators. It highlights practical lessons on starting and growing game-changing companies.
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Muhammad Yunus: The Founding of Grameen Bank 06.10.2026 14minOn April 19, 2012, sponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard innovation lab, HBS Healthcare Initiative, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus came to Harvard Business School campus to speak. This is an exerpt.Uploaded 01-06-12Social Business—New Models for Providing Sustainable Services to the PoorMuhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateProfessor Muhammad Yunus is widely known for his work in establishing the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983. Join us for a discussion regarding his recent efforts that focus on building social businesses and healthcare initiatives in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus is the author of Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, Creating a World without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, and Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Why Do We Accept Shoes That Don’t Fit? | Maeve Wang, IAMBIC 06.10.2026 5minWhy do we still accept shoes that don’t fit—when everything else is personalized?That question led Maeve Wang (Harvard College ’11) to build IAMBIC.Uploaded 07-05-26As co-founder and CEO, Maeve is rethinking one of the most universal products we use every day: shoes. Today, two out of three people wear shoes that don’t fit. By combining AI and advanced manufacturing, IAMBIC creates shoes made for your body—not a standardized size.A finalist in the 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, Maeve is part of a community of founders turning bold questions into real-world ventures.“What moves me is this belief that products we use every day should actually understand us.”Film by Kieran Kesner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | Leveling the Playing Field: Software Changing the Role of Coaches 06.10.2026 53minWe 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 10-03-17With 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Innovation Insights from Megan Smith at Harvard i-lab 06.10.2026 1u 8minMegan Smith is the CEO of shift7 and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer (2014-2017).Uploaded 09-07-24In this video, Mitch Weiss (Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at HBS) interviews Megan Smith about her journey of innovation and impact.The fireside chat was part of a series of events at Harvard Innovation Labs centered around the story of General Magic (www.generalmagicthemovie.com), the secretive Silicon Valley startup that created the world’s first smartphone, told through an engaging workshop program and award-winning documentary. Although their initial product failed, the technologies developed by General Magic have changed the lives of billions. In the conversation, Smith shares her perspective on the role of innovation and technology in government and society, the need for collaboration and inclusivity to drive meaningful change, and the importance of collective intelligence.#generalmagic #megansmith---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can learn more about the story of General Magic at https://www.generalmagicthemovie.com/Read the "Five Key Takeaways" from this fireside chat: https://bit.ly/45VQbK8Learn more about Harvard Innovation Labs: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/Follow Harvard Innovation Labs on LinkedIn and Instagram: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/harvard-innovation-labs/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harvardinnovationlabs/?hl=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
President's Challenge Presentation School Yourself 06.10.2026 19minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesUploaded 31-07-12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | 2013 Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge -- TraumaLink 06.10.2026 19minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesUploaded 24-06-13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard President Alan Garber Remarks | 2026 President's Innovation Challenge 06.10.2026 6minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesUploaded 01-06-26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | Smaller, Lighter and Ubiquitous: The Next Generation of Fitness Trackers 06.10.2026 52minWe 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 10-03-17With 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | "Green Card Strategies and New Opportunities for Foreign Entrepreneurs" 06.10.2026 2u 58minJeff Goldman an Immigration Lawyer from Boston taught a workshop entitled "Green Card Strategies and New Opportunities for Foreign Entrepreneurs," in April 2012 at the Harvard innovation lab. Uploaded 04-09-12In his presentation, Goldman discussed how the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that the H-1B nonimmigrant and National Interest Waiver immigrant visa categories will now be more friendly to foreign national entrepreneurs who are creating jobs in the US. This interactive workshop helped to clarify the viability of this new initiative; offered foreign national entrepreneurs a road-map which may make all the difference when filing immigration petitions; and helped start-up companies understand where they are heading when they have key personnel who have immigration considerations. Goldman shared strategies for documenting "significant impact in the field" required for National Interest Waivers; how an entrepreneur with his/her own start-up can prove a legitimate "employer—employee" relationship that is required for H-1B; and the best timing for filing immigration petitions.You can learn more about Jeff on his website http://jeffgoldmanimmigration.com/jeff-goldman-esq/ and contact him here http://jeffgoldmanimmigration.com/contact-us/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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | 2013 Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge -- Healthy Motives 05.10.2026 16minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesUploaded 24-06-13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Turning Ideas Into Impact: ArtLifting 05.10.2026 5minGet inspired by ArtLifting's innovation journey since their time at the Harvard Innovation Labs. Founded by Liz Powers '10, ArtLifting is a social enterprise that champions artists impacted by disabilities and housing insecurity. Learn more at artlifting.com.Uploaded 02-05-24Videography:Aaron James SanchezPatrick FogartySamuel Mironko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Muhammad Yunus: How to Approach Social Business 05.10.2026 4minOn April 19, 2012, sponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard innovation lab, HBS Healthcare Initiative, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus came to Harvard Business School campus to speak. This is an exerpt.Uploaded 01-06-12Social Business—New Models for Providing Sustainable Services to the PoorMuhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateProfessor Muhammad Yunus is widely known for his work in establishing the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983. Join us for a discussion regarding his recent efforts that focus on building social businesses and healthcare initiatives in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus is the author of Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, Creating a World without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, and Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 2: Company Formation - Michael Skok 05.10.2026 1u 30minIn Part 2 of Michael Skok's Harvard i-lab lecture series, "Startup Secrets: An insiders guide to unfair competitive advantage," Skok argues that ideas aren't worth much without great people to back them up. It's human capital that makes the difference between good and great companies, which is why attracting and retaining the right people and getting them dialed into the right vision is utterly essential for the burgeoning venture.Uploaded 07-05-12You can read more about Michael Skok, and his Startup Secrets on his website: http://mjskok.com/ and follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/mjskokLearn 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
President's Challenge Presentation Zoom 05.10.2026 26minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesUploaded 04-06-12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | A Deep Bench: Elite Athletes and the Expanding Marketplace for Sports Technologies 05.10.2026 59minWe 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 10-03-17With 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
President's Innovation Challenge Takeaways 05.10.2026 30minThe Harvard Innovation Labs invites student founders from all 13 Harvard schools to apply for the President's Innovation Challenge (PIC) by December 5 for a chance to win a share of $515,000 in funding for their ventures, thanks to the @BertarelliFoundation.Uploaded 03-12-24This year’s theme, Redefining What’s Possible, celebrates the bold, ambitious work happening across campus as student founders tackle complex problems, build impactful solutions, and create better futures.Learn from previous PIC winners as they share their tips and tricks in this video.Applications close 12/5: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/pic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- Sightline Productions 05.10.2026 20minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesUploaded 24-06-13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
President's Challenge Presentation SPOUTS of Water 05.10.2026 21minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesUploaded 04-06-12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Harvard i-lab | Keynote: Why Should Society Care About the Quantified Athlete? 05.10.2026 44minWe 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 10-03-17With 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
How to Come up With a Startup Idea 05.10.2026 20minComing up with a startup idea isn’t about waiting for lightning to strike — it’s about tuning into the world, and your own reactions to it, with greater clarity. Rebekah Emanuel, Senior Advisor for Social Impact and Climate at the Harvard Innovation Labs, shares practical strategies you can use to spark meaningful, viable ventures and turn ideas into impact.Uploaded 01-10-25Follow us:LinkedIn: /harvard-innovation-labsTikTok: /harvardinnovationlabsInstagram: /harvardinnovationlabs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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