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With the release today of Apple's "smallest iPod Shuffle ever," the pioneering tech bellwether continues to wean us off its charismatic founder, Steve Jobs. Until recently, the new Shuffle would have been unveiled as an appetizer during a bigger media banquet - one of those wonderful little trinkets that Jobs would show off at the start of, say, a Macworld conference...
...Within Harvard’s administration is a third entrepreneurial organization, the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. TECH was founded in 1999 by Paul B. Bottino, who currently serves as executive director. In addition to advising students on their various entrepreneurial projects, TECH “works to create additional resources for student entrepreneurs ... and make them available to students and student groups,” Bottino wrote in an e-mail. The TECH Web site includes a database listing potential funding sources and entrepreneurial courses available at the College, graduate schools, and MIT, as well as links...
...three organizations, HCEF, HSA, and TECH, have recently formed a closely-knit and collaborative relationship with one another. Together they manage the annual I^3 Harvard College Innovation Challenge on campus, in which students develop innovative ideas as individuals or in teams and submit business plans. Winners receive grants to fund their projects as well as other resources and services. They are also currently working on developing a communal workspace for entrepreneurs within the HSA building on Mt. Auburn Street...
...While TECH may provide a deep information bank of entrepreneurship resources, many aspiring student entrepreneurs on campus feel that practical training is simply unavailable for undergraduates at Harvard. With the notable exceptions of ES 147, Sociology 159, and Engineering Sciences 139: “Innovation in Science and Engineering,” the College does not offer any classes in professional business skills. Undergraduates are also largely excluded from classes across the river at Harvard Business School, which would otherwise be applicable to their business pursuits. Most students seeking this sort of training, such as accounting or strategic decision making...
That sort of context might prove useful for thinking about the day's broader market moves. To be sure, it was a happy one on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 5.8%. The broader S&P 500 index rose 6.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite gained 7.1%. For investors used to seeing negative signs in front of figures like those, there was cause for celebration indeed. (See the best business deals...