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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.

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 […]

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces 25 Finalists of 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge

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Making public transportation more accessible to commuters across Africa, enabling children to break cycles of intergenerational poverty, and using technology to design zero-waste apparel, are just a few of the 25 venture initiatives that will be showcased in the 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge Virtual Award’s Ceremony.  Now in its tenth year, the President’s Innovation Challenge is a competition designed to […]

How 5 Harvard i-lab Startups Are Rethinking Education

Elaine Johanson, Senior Writer

While educators are starting to recognize the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL), incorporating it into curricula is not a one-size-fits-all task. SEL curricula needs to be sensitive to the culture and community around a school. Fortunately, a handful of i-lab ventures are finding ways to help schools incorporate SEL in ways that are tailored to their students’ needs.

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces Programming and Administration Leaders

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Managing director of programs and senior director of administration to guide university innovation center’s second decade of growth The Harvard Innovation Labs today announced two new additions to the university innovation center’s leadership team: Dr. Rebecca Xiong, managing director of programs and engagement; and Meagan Hall, senior director of administration. “Over the last decade, the […]

Startup Lessons from Harvard Innovation Labs “Unicorns”

Founders of two ventures that were incubated at the Harvard Innovation Labs (HIL) recently participated in a panel discussion about how their entrepreneurial journeys led them to a significant 2020 milestone: achieving billion-dollar valuations. In any other year, this milestone would have likely been cause for an in-person celebration. But Will Ahmed (AB 2012), founder […]