there are many ways that your technology can impact society
i-Teams develops the next best step for this impact

View your project with a different set of eyes. During a semester students with different backgrounds will wrestle with your project to try to discover where in society it adds most value and how the technology needs to evolve to deliver on that promise competitively and sustainably. Students characterize an opportunity and articulate a recommendation based on facts. You get the results of their inquiry, connections to people in this space, and the sum total of the facts that lead the team to produce their recommendation.

Student Teams
The teams are carefully selected to provide a balanced cross-section of skills. We blend students from throughout the greater Cambridge community – MIT Sloan, MIT Science/Engineering Undergraduates, Masters, and PhDs, Harvard, BU, and others. Your students are welcome to join the class and/or the team as well to learn entrepreneurial skills directly.

 

Time Requirement
The average weekly time commitment is 1 hour with high standard deviation. We respect the limited time PIs have available. While we aim to minimize the amount of time required from PIs, we have found that the success of Innovation Reactor is directly related to involvement of all parties. Everyone must be willing to commit to the process. To coordinate with the student team, we do ask for a designated point of contact from your lab (lab liaisons as we call them - typically a graduate student or post doc).

 

Confidentiality
The class has clear guidelines and expectations around confidentiality and IP that are outlined in a document that is handed out to the students. These are available upon request and given to students when they register. 

Step 1: Email us here and tell us about your project

Step 2: Luis, the "Lead Alchemist" will contact you to discuss questions and determine the best way to move forward with your i-Teams experience

Step 3: Let us drive you through the process of finding the right student team