David Cohen-Tanugi had no interest in startups before moving to Boston. Born in Paris, to an American mother and a French father, he didn’t envision himself as an entrepreneur until he arrived at MIT.
It wasn’t until 2011, when she arrived at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, that Millie Liu heard the word entrepreneurship, much less considered it as a future career.
When he was 16, Oliver G. Sanchez decided he wanted to work on his tennis skills. Most teens would reach that goal by practicing to the point of perfection, but Sanchez and his brother took a different approach.
To Max Faingezicht, “entrepreneurship is a mindset.” This is not surprising, considering that his family has quite an entrepreneurial history. Max brought that history to mind in a search for entrepreneurial opportunities that spanned two continents and…
Having obtained his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Lisbon, Paulo got his first taste of the US when he attended MIT via the MIT Portugal Program, an initiative of the Portuguese government, in 2009. After the completion of the program, Melo decided…
My story is part of a broader narrative. I was born in India and came to the United States in 1991. I belong to the “brain drain” generation that was India’s loss and America’s win. Post-independence from Britain in 1947, India built strong educational…
Karolina Starczak’s ‘superpower’ is enormous focus. While most entrepreneurs often struggle to allocate finite resources, Karolina can easily zero in on a product roadmap and focus resources in order to achieve key milestones more quickly. This very ability…
For Jason Furtado the most exciting thing about entrepreneurship is coming up with solutions to problems that many believe impossible to tackle.
Born in Boston to Portuguese parents, he grew up watching his parents struggle to ensure a better…
Bernat Olle came to the U.S to continue his education at MIT, after completing an undergraduate degree…
Growing up in Brazil, Eveline initially attended university in her home country, but after two years decided…