MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp
Online
Oct. 5, 2020 - Dec. 14, 2020
An online program in entrepreneurial creativity, leadership, and problem solving. MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamps bring the rigorous, collaborative, action-learning experience of our in-person Bootcamps online. Over 10 weeks, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a global team of innovators selected by MIT Bootcamps to build the foundations of a new venture.
Active Learning
Learn with and from alongside other global innovators selected by MIT Bootcamps
From a combination of live sessions with MIT instructors and guest speakers, interactive workshops with the MIT Bootcamps teaching team, coaching sessions and MIT Bootcamps coach, regular meetings with your global team, plus your individual work, we expect active engagement from all participants. This isn’t a typical online course.. Build a venture with a global team in just 10 weeks.
Remote Global Collaboration
Learn to collaborate effectively online, across cultures and timezones
As the world has learned in 2020, effective remote collaboration is a challenging but necessary skill now and for the future as workplace configurations adapt. In this Bootcamp, you’ll gain experience collaborating and leading a global team remotely, learning from them as your build the foundations of a new venture together.
Becoming and Belonging
Join our global community
Over the last six years, MIT Bootcamps has selected and built a community of 1300+ changemakers from 100+ countries. In addition to your classmates, expand your professional network beyond your own Bootcamp cohort and receive continued access to content curated and developed by MIT Bootcamps. When we can convene again in-person, we hope to meet you at an alumni conference or Trek.
Master collaboration for virtual team-based innovation.
What to expect at the Bootcamp
The MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp will be different than most online courses you can take. A combination of live teaching sessions and workshops (which are recorded for your flexibility), office hours, building the foundations of a venture with your global team, and receiving regular team-based coaching, the Bootcamp is a hands-on, immersive, and rigorous learning experience.
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> Creativity
Innovators often get “stuck.” Learn to identify viable opportunity spaces and ideation techniques to help you generate new ones.
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> Stakeholder sensemaking
Your end users are the most important people for your venture. Learn to identify their unmet needs - the opportunity to create value for them and your venture.
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> Problem
The problem and end users will be at the center of your venture. Learn how to frame and specify the problem opportunity so that you develop a solution that creates actual value.
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> Solution
It takes four modules to even begin discussing the solution! This is because superior solutions are built on the foundation of a well-specified opportunity and knowing your end user well. Learn to develop a solution that works AND your end user will use.
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> Financial sustainability
Venture creation doesn’t end with creating a superior solution. Learn how the business model and other decisions you make can create value for your customer and your startup.
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> Story
Learn to craft a story that engages a range of stakeholders and clearly communicates the value your venture will deliver.
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> Pitch
Pitch your venture and receive feedback from MIT Bootcamps judges.
How to Apply
Admissions
Admissions to Bootcamps are highly selective. We have shaped our criteria based on our most successful Bootcampers. In addition to these criteria, we found that they display and articulate the following qualities: compassion, pursuit of excellence, are curious and dynamic, enjoy learning, and strive to make an impact personally and professionally. Be prepared to talk about your accomplishments and how you have dealt with challenges when you apply.
Format
Online
Learners will need frequent computer and internet access to participate in live sessions.
Bootcamp Dates
Oct. 5 - Dec. 14, 2020
10 week online program divided up into seven key learning modules. Expected time commitment is 10-15 hours per week.
Tuition
$3,800 USD
Tuition includes access to all learning platforms and course materials.
Meet Your Instructors
Instructors
Your MIT instructors bring a lifetime of experience in entrepreneurship and innovation to you. As professors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and educators, they are here to provide guidance on your entrepreneurship journey.
Bootcamp Community
The Innovation Leadership Bootcamp isn't just for entrepreneurs. Whatever your background, if you're passionate about creating impact in the world around you - we are the community for you.
We are a global community of innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. Our community spans over 100 countries and over 1300 individuals. Our Bootcampers come to the Bootcamp to make a difference in the world through social impact. They leave with the support of a global community to inspire them, support them, and walk through the entrepreneurship journey with them. Learn more about our Bootcamps community.
In a handful of short weeks, MIT not only enables you to create a tangible and 100% applicable business plan, but they inspire you and give you the confidence to put it into action.-Ali Le Pierrès
Ali, born and raised in Montreal, Canada, came to the bootcamp with a background in kinesiology and human performance improvement. Passionate about both domains, she was determined to combine her expertise into something that could help the enormous, aging population. In the MIT bootcamp, Ali developed her business plan and gained the confidence to launch Jimmies Training Centre, the first training centre aimed at providing quality of life and autonomy for the 50-70 year-young.
Learning Resources
MOOCs
You Can Innovate: User Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship 103 (coming soon!)