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Introducing the 18 Ventures Participating in the 2021 Launch Lab X GEO Alumni Startup Program

Staff

The Harvard Innovation Labs is welcoming 18 ventures into Launch Lab X GEO, a virtual startup program designed to help early-stage, Harvard alumni-led ventures grow into sustainable and disruptive businesses. “The Harvard Innovation Labs is committed to supporting Harvard alumni innovators from around the world as they build the next generation of for- and nonprofit […]

Listening to Latinx Entrepreneurs

Elaine Johanson, Senior Writer

Latinx entrepreneurs and businesses have always contributed enormously to the shape of American life. According to Dr. Geraldo Cadava, Latinx entrepreneurs have “created markets, played pivotal roles in the development of their communities, and emerged as political organizers and leaders.” Today, Latino owned businesses are growing faster than any other segment of small businesses. A […]

Women-Led Wednesdays: Leadership Lessons and Venture Turning Points

Lex Schroeder, Senior Writer

As we continue our interview series on women founders in the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem and across Harvard’s 13 schools, we take a look at the winding, sometimes unpredictable paths of entrepreneurship.

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces Largest-Ever Fall Venture Program Cohort

This fall, the Harvard Innovation Labs is welcoming 576 ventures into the initial Fall Venture Program cohort.* “Later this fall will mark ten years since the Harvard Innovation Labs opened its doors, and we are thrilled to celebrate this milestone with the largest group of innovators and entrepreneurs who have ever participated in our fall […]

Letting Our Community Lead

Elaine Johanson, Senior Writer

As an innovation lab, we’re always searching for better ways to fulfill the needs of our students, alumni, and wider community. Guided by the affinity groups that are already in place around the university and the specific needs of our community, Community Coordinator Alexa Barry created a strong and thoughtfully structured scaffolding for forming more intimate groups amongst our student participants.

Equity & Entrepreneurship: LGBTQ+ Founder Stories

Lex Schroeder, Senior Writer

At the Harvard Innovation Labs, we are always striving for greater representation in our communities. In June, we invited LGBTQ+ founders in our ecosystem to talk with us about what they are building with their ventures and their approach to leadership.

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces 2021 Summer Venture Program Cohort

The Harvard Innovation Labs today announced that 278 student-led ventures have been accepted into its 2021 Summer Venture Program. “Summer is a time when Harvard students have an opportunity to focus more deeply on a project or pursuit about which they’re passionate, and I am thrilled that hundreds of students with entrepreneurial aspirations will use […]

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces Recipients of 2020-2021 Spark Grants

Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs announced that the university innovation center awarded $300,000 in Spark Grants to 100 ventures during the 2020-2021 academic year. “Spark Grants fill a critical funding need for early-stage student entrepreneurs, providing much-needed capital for building prototypes, testing products, and reaching customers,” said Matt Segneri, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director […]

Women-Led Wednesdays: Building New Entrepreneurial Futures

Lex Schroeder, Senior Writer

As the Harvard community recognizes Women’s History Month, there is much to celebrate and much more work to do. We pick up our Women-Led Wednesdays series this spring with appreciation for new resources from the Harvard Office for DIB and new work from the HBS Gender Initiative and a continued commitment to centering equity in our storytelling at the Harvard Innovation Labs.

Announcing the Inaugural Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle and a New Season of Climate Rising Podcast focused on Entrepreneurship

Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs introduced the inaugural participants selected for the university innovation center’s Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle, a selective incubation program for high-potential ventures working to address climate change. The program is spearheaded by the Harvard Innovation Labs and the Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment (HACE), a 1,200-member strong community, with […]