Sloan Holds MBA Information Session
MIT Sloan School of management will be hosting an information session for its MBA programs at the MIT Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event will be held March 6 from 8 to 9 a.m. During the event, prospective students will have the opportunity to learn about what makes MIT Sloan distinctive, the flexible structure of the program, and the ins-and-outs of the application process. Attendants will will also have the opportunity to ask questions and meet current MBA students. Light refreshments will be served.
The MBA program at Sloan encompasses an unparalleled combination of in-depth case studies with live case discussions, stimulating collaborative projects, engrossing classes taught by exceptional faculty, extraordinary chances to interact with industry leaders and Action Learning Lab classes.
Sloan Hosts EMBA Application Tips Webinar
MIT Sloan School of Management will be hosting an MIT Executive MBA Application Tips Webinar. The webinar will be held Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. Olivia Linder, head of the MIT Executive MBA admissions process. The event is open to all prospective Executive MBA students for the program beginning in October 2015.
This webinar event is an interactive Q&A session. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to ask members of the MIT Sloan Executive Admissions Committee questions about the best way to put together a strong and successful application for the MIT Sloan Executive MBA program that will begin in October.
Sloan Students and Alum Featured in Forbes 30 Under 30
Six students and alumni from the MIT Sloan School of Management have been named to Forbes’ 2015 “30 Under 30” lists. The “30 Under 30” lists from Forbes acknowledges leading young people in 20 different fields. Fields that people work in range from games, law and policy to art and style and enterprise technology. This is the fourth annual 30 under 30 lists.
This year’s lists features 600 new young professionals. Forbes boasts that this year’s lists features new profiles that have not previously been named to the lists before. A panel of what Forbes calls “A-List judges” selects each person featured in the lists. Some of the panelists include, Isaac Mizrahi, Susan Wojcicki, Dan Levin, Daniel Ek and Taylor Hanson.
Sloan Student Creates High-Tech Luggage
Brian Chen, Sloan School of Management MBA ’16, is the founder of Bluesmart, a new high-tech luggage company. Bluesmart’s carry-on suitcase comes with location tracking, a digitally controlled lock, a built-in scale, a proximity sensor, and a battery for charging electronic devices.
Bluesmart was founded in 2013. The company grew out of a conversation two Argentinian entrepreneurs had over coffee one day in New York. Chen knew one of the two from working at Endeavor, a nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs in emerging markets. He soon found himself on a team of five working to develop a smarter suitcase. Bluesmart launched a crowdfunding effort in October through Indiegogo and the company has already raised $1.7 million.
Sloan Holds Online MBA Admissions Chat
MIT Sloan School of Management will be holding an online MBA Admissions Chat. The online information event will be held Dec. 15, 2014. The online chat will begin at noon.
During the online chat, attendants will have the opportunity to join members of the admissions committee and current students in conversation about the MBA program. Prospective students will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding admissions, curriculum, student life and career support during the online chat.
Sloan Holds First Part of Entrepreneurship Comp.
MIT Sloan School of Management held the first of the three parts of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Nov. 12, 2014. This first phase of the competition is called Pitch. The final phases are Accelerate and Launch.
The $100K Pitch competition celebrates the art of the one-minute business pitch. Competing teams are judged on the potential of their business ideas and the effectiveness of their delivery.
