Harvard Innovation Labs: Startups & Entrepreneurship

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  President's Innovation Challenge Takeaways 08.10.2026 27dk

  The 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
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  Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- Sightline Productions 08.10.2026 18dk

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  President's Challenge Presentation SPOUTS of Water 08.10.2026 19dk

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  Harvard i-lab | Keynote: Why Should Society Care About the Quantified Athlete? 08.10.2026 43dk

  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 10-03-17With 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
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  How to Come up With a Startup Idea 08.10.2026 18dk

  Coming 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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  Muhammad Yunus: Microfinance vs. Conventional Banking 08.10.2026 4dk

  On 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
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  Designing a Customer-Centric Business Model 08.10.2026 1sa 29dk

  Simply defined, a business model is how you deliver value to customers and how you make money in return. The most successful business models capture value in concert with the customer. In this session, originally presented in-person at the Harvard Innovation Labs, you’ll learn how to do just that. Michael Skok, founding partner at Underscore VC, will share how to identify your core business value and align your business model to your customer’s success. Uploaded 25-03-23About the Speaker: Michael Skok is a founding partner at Underscore VC, a Boston-based firm investing in bold B2B software founders. Since starting his first software business as a teenager, Michael has spent 21 years as an entrepreneur and the past 18 years as a venture investor. During this time, he has founded, worked with, and invested in startups, and created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of value. As an entrepreneur and an investor, Michael has focused on breakthrough technologies and disruptive business models including Open Source, Cloud, IoT, and emerging domains such as Blockchain, Virtual/Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. He has served on or is active on many private and public boards such as Acquia, Demandware (now a Salesforce company), Mautic (acquired by Acquia in 2019), Salsify, and Zaius. He has also held leadership roles in many industry groups such as the Software Publishers Association, where he served as chairman for many years. In 2015, Michael co-founded Underscore VC to help founders create enduring companies through the power of community. He has a passion for helping the next generation of entrepreneurs succeed by not only backing them with capital but bringing the resources and commitment of an aligned community around them to propel their success. To help achieve this, he has mentored and taught for over 10 years at Harvard University, where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence, and created the Startup Secrets series.Want to dive deeper into Startup Secrets? Explore the interactive Startup Secrets Sandbox for frameworks, insights, and tools to help you build and scale your startup: https://bit.ly/3Cwv0nK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Turning Ideas into Impact: Myspeech 08.10.2026 5dk

  Videography:Aaron James SanchezPatrick FogartySamuel MironkoUploaded 02-05-24Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Harvard i-lab | 2013 President's Challenge Presentation -- PlenOptika 08.10.2026 17dk

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  Harvard Alumni Launch Lab X 08.10.2026 4dk

  The Alumni Launch Lab supports alumni innovators from all 13 Harvard schools, fostering a global ecosystem of entrepreneurs who are truly changing the world. Uploaded 18-07-25Learn more here: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/labs/alumni-launch-labVideography by Owen Mack www.cobrandit.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Harvard i-lab | i-lab residents describe their Big Idea 08.10.2026 3dk

  The Harvard Innovation Lab asked some of our student residents about their Big Idea, how it came about, and how the i-lab helped to support their venture. We think the video helps to showcase the activities of students taking advantage of the i-lab's resources. What's your Big Idea?Uploaded 04-06-12Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  President's Challenge Presentation Balanced 08.10.2026 24dk

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  Almost Married Off at 12. Now She’s Changing Thousands of Lives. | Aria Mustary, Mai Soli Foundation 07.10.2026 5dk

  At 12, Aria Mustary was nearly forced into marriage.Now she’s helping thousands of girls rewrite their futures.Uploaded 07-05-26Aria Mustary (Harvard Graduate School of Education ’24), Co-Founder and President of the Mai Soli Foundation, turned her lived experience into a mission.Mai Soli equips girls with financial literacy, leadership skills, and confidence—already helping prevent over 500 child marriages and scaling that impact globally.A finalist in the 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, Aria is building a future where every girl has agency.“If we save one girl, her entire lineage is changed.”Film by Kieran Kesner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  President's Challenge Presentation Revolving Fund Pharmacy 07.10.2026 20dk

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  The “Spermpocalypse,” A Problem No One Was Solving | Khaled Kteily, Legacy 07.10.2026 4dk

  Male fertility is declining—but no one was talking about it.Khaled Kteily (Harvard Kennedy School ’16) decided to change that.Uploaded 07-05-26After experiencing the stigma and discomfort of fertility testing firsthand, Khaled saw a problem hiding in plain sight. As founder and CEO of Legacy, he’s helping men better understand their fertility and health—serving tens of thousands of patients.A finalist in the 2019 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, Legacy is reshaping how we think about reproductive health.“We helped take the burden off just the female partner—and gave couples more control.”Film by Kieran Kesner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Harvard i-lab | Food Truck Day and Tour of the i-lab 07.10.2026 4dk

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  Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 5: Wrap Up | Michael Skok and Geoffrey Moore 07.10.2026 2sa 13dk

  Presenting to a full house, renowned author, Geoffrey Moore, and Michael Skok took a closer look into gaining an unfair competitive advantage as an entrepreneur. The event commenced with a recap of observations and learning from the previous five workshops, followed by insights from Geoffrey Moore into the secrets of entrepreneurship and business building, including a preview of Moore's latest book, Escape Velocity. The lecture concluded with a book-signing, lunch and networking with fellow entrepreneurs.Uploaded 27-07-12You 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
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  Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 3: Business Model - Michael Skok 07.10.2026 1sa 23dk

  In Part 3 of Michael Skok's Harvard i-lab lecture series, "Startup Secrets: An insiders guide to unfair competitive advantage," Skok helped students to think thorugh the three aspects of business model creation—identifying your C.O.R.E. value, finding Multipliers for growth and Levers for cost economies. This allows you to have much better odds of building a company that returns value disproportionally to all of its stakeholders. 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
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  Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab 07.10.2026 3dk

  The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab is a state-of-the-art wet laboratory and co-working space for high-potential biotech and life science ventures at Harvard.Uploaded 15-09-25Learn more here: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/labs/pagliuca-harvard-life-labVideography by Owen Mack www.cobrandit.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Harvard Innovation Labs | Imagine 07.10.2026 4dk

  Experience the Harvard Innovation Labs - a unique ecosystem where community and resources lead to serendipitous, transformative ideas.Uploaded 29-05-25Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices