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Raptor Maps wins 25th annual MIT $100K with drone crop monitoring Crop analytics drone company Raptor Maps took the $100,000 grand prize at the 25th annual MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. The team of three MIT aerospace engineers developed an analytics platform that employs unmanned aircraft to pinpoint crop damage, target pesticide use, and increase yields. Click here to read more.
The Real-Life MBA: Jack and Suzy Welch discuss their latest book on campus Jack and Suzy Welch participated in MIT Sloan's Dean’s Innovative Leader Series, where they discussed their new book, The Real-Life MBA, with Dean Schmittlein. Read more about their visit and the tips they shared with students on managing today’s workforce.
How a Chilean training company scaled back, focused, then grew The Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab) recently sent a team of MBA students to Santiago, Chile, to help a local company, Lexian, navigate out of a jam and build a roadmap for the future. Learn more about Lexian and the G-Lab project here.
Game theory: what poker and finance have in common Kevin Desmond, MFin ’15, developed and taught a new class linking poker strategy to risk management for MIT’s Independent Activities Period. The class will soon be available on MIT OpenCourseWare. Click here to read more.

THE VIEW FROM CAMBRIDGE

Design’s (equal) seat at the table

The new Integrated Design and Management track, offered jointly by the MIT School of Engineering and MIT Sloan, is scheduled to launch in Fall 2015 and will emphasize an interdisciplinary approach to product development. Click here to read more about the program and its director, Matthew Kressy.

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