BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND MIDEM INVITE YOU TO RETHINK MUSIC 2012
Rethink Music, presented in association with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, brings together the strongest minds from across all facets of the music industry to examine current challenges and formulate paths forward.
PLAY. DEVELOP. LISTEN. ENGAGE.
Who Should Attend?
Anyone involved in the music industry—executives, musicians, and academics are all welcome.
Why Attend?
Meet colleagues and make connections while tackling the biggest issues facing the music industry. Whether you are established in the music business, just starting out, or still in school Rethink Music serves as an incubator for novel ideas and creativity. Join the debate about how to move the industry forward.
“Berklee is tremendously excited to present the second annual Rethink Music conference in conjunction with midem and to continue its important music industry research initiative with Harvard. We continue to work to search for future solutions, empowering musicians along the way, through creative presentations and thought-provoking dialogue.” — Allen Bargfrede, Executive Director of Rethink Music for Berklee College of Music
“There is a shared vision between midem and Rethink Music as both events will expand and include a larger scope of innovative themes and people in 2012. Technology, brands, startups, students, and artists will take center stage this year and we intend to hear the voice of the new generation, relief for the music industry, and future of the music business.” — Bruno Crolot, Director of midem
“We look forward to the 2012 conference and to ongoing engagement and scholarship between now and then, we welcome opportunities to convene diverse groups of stakeholders and think critically about opportunities and challenges facing creators and creative industries.” –Christopher Bavitz, Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School and Assistant Director of the Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, based at the Berkman Center.
For more info: http://rethink-music.com/Home/
Calling all innovators and entrepreneurs! Do you have the next great customizable product idea bubbling up and ready to explode on the scene of today’s revolutionary global customization market? Well, we’re ready to put a million dollars in technology, marketing, and distribution on Zazzle to work to launch the innovative concept that resonates most with our panel of industry leaders, academics, and investors as the next big thing!
That means we’ll invest in building the online design tools and 3-D product visualization, develop a marketing plan, and launch it on the Zazzle platform to a global audience of tens of millions of potential consumers! And, as an additional bonus, we’ll put you in front of the right investors, who may even finance your idea and help you turn it into a fast-growing company.
Zazzle is the world’s leading platform for quality custom products. Launched in 2005 and based in Redwood City, California, Zazzle’s vision is to redefine commerce, powered by the world’s imagination. The Million Dollar Zazzle Open Innovation Challenge is on…
Do you have an idea that can shake up the customization market and e-commerce, at large? Bring it on!
Entering is simple. (1) Brainstorm an innovative concept for a new customizable product, (2) create a one minute video explaining it in a compelling way, and (3) complete the application below. You may become part of the growing customization movement…
Mass customization is all about better serving customers and building shorter, more sustainable supply chains. It’s about building a business the right way, by avoiding the typical guessing game of inventory and perceived demand. Most importantly, with customization you have an opportunity to offer a product and service that enables your customers to get exactly what they want!
Entries will be accepted through February 17, 2012. Five semi-finalists will be announced by Zazzle on Feb 23, 2012, judged on innovation and economic viability. During the following month, select finalists will be mentored by the team of Professors Frank Piller, Henry Chesbrough, and Solomon Darwin, to refine their concepts and plans for final evaluation. The presentations will be judged by academic experts, industry executives, and active investors.
Judges:
Bing Gordon, Investment Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Jeff Beaver, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Zazzle
Professor Frank Piller, Co-Director of MIT’s Smart Customization Group
Professor Henry Chesbrough, Faculty Director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation
Professor Solomon Darwin, Associate Director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Open Innovation
Elizabeth Litten Miller, Head of Creative, Global Licensing and Publishing, Hasbro
Zazzle (www.zazzle.com) is hosting the first annual Zazzle Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge. We hope that this contest will add to the excitement surrounding the mass customization industry and open innovation in general. We would specifically like to reach out to you to encourage you and your community to get involved in this challenge, and to compete for the valuable prize Zazzle is offering. The Zazzle Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge also features a stellar panel of judges, aimed at giving contestants the best advice in the industry.
Please send the challenge information (below and attached in flyer format) out to anyone you think might be interested in participating, and feel free to reach out to me with any questions. You can also contact Erin Breslin (erin.breslin@zazzle.com; (503) 708-7703) directly at Zazzle with any follow-up questions or comments.
For more info: http://www.zazzle.com/challenge
If you are interested in gaining a technical exposure to social mobile applications development, check out this all day hands-on event with Facebook.
Facebook developers will hold technical deep-dives, assistance and Q&A on Facebook Mobile Plateform, Native and Web applications development.
Where: Le Meridien Hotel, Cambridge
When: January 20, 11am-10pm
Info and (free) registration here:
Rustic Canyon Partners – Rustic Fellows (Summer MBA VC + Startup Internship Program)
Rustic Canyon Partners (http://www.rusticcanyon.com) is an early stage venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, California. We focus on two themes that have a transformative impact across industries and sectors: Internet & Digital Media and Energy & Efficiency.
Overview
Rustic Canyon is launching Rustic Fellows, a premier summer program for MBA students interested in careers in tech. The program offers two experiences in one summer: 1) exposure to venture capital and 2) an opportunity to work at a top venture-backed startup.
Two MBA candidates will be selected for the 2012 program.
Description
Students will spend approximately one third of their time working at Rustic Canyon Partners on a variety of venture capital projects ranging from due diligence on investment opportunities to developing new investment theses. Students will have an opportunity to sit in on investment committee meetings to get first hand exposure to the venture capital investment decision process.
Students will spend the remaining time working at a leading portfolio company in Los Angeles. Specific project topics will be determined by the partner companies, but may range from product management, online marketing, operations, internal management consulting, to corporate development.
Tech in Los Angeles / Santa Monica
The tech and startup ecosystem in LA has grown rapidly over the last several years. Known for its strengths in content, creativity, and business model innovation, LA will be a leader in the next wave of disruption in tech.
Qualifications
· Examples of relevant backgrounds:
· Product management at a tech company
· Product marketing, online marketing, or social media marketing at a tech company
· Experience working at a startup or starting a company
· Management consulting
· Investing experience at a venture capital or growth equity firm
· Preference given to those with an undergraduate degree in engineering or science
· First year student at a top business school
How to Apply
Please submit your resume and a cover letter to Edward Fu at edfu@rusticcanyon.com.
Sticking around for IAP 2012? Check out these great courses offered over at the Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.
Monday – Friday, January 9-13, 10am-6pm
15.S51 Special Seminar in Management: Hacking IAP
with Bill Aulet, Colin Kennedy
Tuesday – Thursday, January 10-12, 3-6pm
15.S53 Special Seminar in Management, Viral Marketing: Disseminating the Brand and Message
with Doug Levin
Tuesday -Thusday, Jan 10-12, 17-19, 3-5pm
15.S52 Special Seminar in Management: Tech, Art, and Entrepreneurship: How To Make Money And Do What You Love, All The Time, Without Winning The Lottery
with Nadeem Mazen, Dan Paluska
Tuesday – Thursday, January 17-19, 3-6pm
15.S24 Special Seminar in Management – From MIT to CEO: Technologists Leading Startup Ventures
with Noubar Afeyan
Tuesday-Thursday, January 17-19, 24-26, 6-9pm
15.S21 Special Seminar in Management – The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans
with Joseph Hadzima
Monday – Friday, January 23-27, 4-6pm
15.S25 Special Seminar in Management – Social Entrepreneurship: The Story of One Laptop Per Child
with Charles Kane, Walter Bender, Robert Hacker
BT will be here for on-campus interviews for a 2012 summer internship. Students interested in applying should do so in Career Central and the BT website by 1/11/12 at 9am. BT will be on-campus to interview on 2/2 and 2/3.
Lots of other great opportunities for the 2013′s that are posted on the CDO website like this one!
AITI (Accelerating Information Technology Innovation, http://aiti.mit.edu/) is looking for Sloan students interested in tech entrepreneurship in developing regions.
This is a great opportunity to learn, travel, and most importantly, have a substantial impact with technology entrepreneurship. If you’d like to learn more, contact Zachary Stauber (stauber@mit.edu) for more details.
Here’s an overview:
MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (MIT AITI, http://aiti.mit.edu/) is a multidisciplinary group that promotes technology entrepreneurship in emerging regions.
With support from Google, MIT AITI partners with universities across Africa and South Asia to offer mobile and Internet technology intense incubator courses. These courses are modeled on courses at MIT Sloan and MIT’s Course 6 (Comp. Sci & EE).
We offer lessons of real-world, actionable technology and entrepreneurship experience for the techpreneurs selected from a wide and competitive pool of applicants; the goal is for them to found sustainable technology startups.
To aid our students, MIT AITI builds and maintains networks of mobile operator contacts, local investors, mentors, entrepreneurs, and developers centered on each program location. In the last 2 years, AITI programs have produced technology startups in Kenya, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka.
MIT AITI is seeking driven Sloan MBA students or graduates to fill the role of Entrepreneurship Lecturer for our courses. MIT AITI pays all travel and housing expenses, provides a generous stipend, and provides on the ground support staff (Teaching Assistants). The Entrepreneurship Facilitator mentors student entrepreneurs and guides them through the steps of starting a business including ideation, pitching, engaging investors, structuring the business, and negotiations. This is an opportunity for Sloan students to grasp technological entrepreneurship in emerging markets, develop networks, found startups, and interact with intelligent and eager students this coming summer, June-July 2012.
Here is a great opportunity with a promising starup in Cambridge. They’ll be on campus for interviews on 2/14/12. Students interested in applying should do so by 1/16 through Career Central.
Labtiva is a software start-up based in Cambridge. Founded by a few young Harvard grads, we aim to become the premier online resource for finding and working with academic information.
- We are well-funded and backed by a major player in the field.
- We’re a bunch of friendly, goofy, twenty-somethings. None of us can get enough good coffee, one of us watches way too much Star Trek, all of us love working here.
- We’re currently working out of the Dogpatch Labs in Kendall Square, Cambridge
Head of Business Development
- Find partnering opportunities with content providers, publishers, and other companies
- Develop partnering and negotiation strategies by studying integration of potential new ventures with Labtiva’s strategies and operations; examine the risks and benefits of these ventures; estimate potential partners’ needs and goals.
- Close new business deals by coordinating requirements, developing and negotiating contracts and integrating contract requirements with business operations.
- Analyze market activity and industry trends to provide forecasts that will support the company’s business strategy
- Gather intelligence on customers and competitors to maintain and enhance ReadCube’s market position
Learn more at www.readcube.com.
The MIT VCPE Club is happy to host Michael Sheeley, Co-Founder and COO of FitnessKeeper, recently described as a “billion dollar company” by serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis. FitnessKeeper raised $10 million in November, after a $1.5 million round last year — which they never spent, because the company was so profitable.
Come enjoy lunch with Mike and learn about how they did it.
Date: Thursday 12/8
Time: Noon – 1 PM
Location: E62-262
Why: Because you want to build a billion dollar company too…
Luncheon with Jim Ryan (Sloan MBA/MS ’01), VP, Operations for Analogic Corporation on Summer internship Opportunities in Analogic’s Global Operations. Learn about Analogic, a leader in technology-based solutions for the medical and security industries, and some of the interesting summer internship opportunities for Sloan MBA and MS candidates with the Company.
Presenters:
Jim Ryan
Vice President, Global Operations
Jim joined Analogic in 2008. Jim came to Analogic from Booz & Company, a leading global management consulting firm, where he served in the Operations Strategy Group for over eight years. Prior to Booz & Co, Jim worked for Ingersoll-Rand in both manufacturing and advanced engineering capacities. Jim’s education includes a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Lehigh University, a master of science degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and an MBA from MIT.
Douglas B. Rosenfeld
Vice President, Global Human Resources and Administration
Doug joined Analogic in 2007. Before then, he held various human resources positions with Quest Diagnostics. Prior to Quest, he was vice president of compensation for Goldman Sachs. Before beginning his corporate HR career, Doug was a management consultant specializing in executive and sales compensation and he was a principal with Mercer Consulting. Doug has a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Rutgers College and an MBA in finance/accounting from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Positions:
Summer Internship – Global Supply Chain
Manage one or more projects designed to identify, analyze and improve operational performance across the global supply chain
· Scope includes: new product introduction, planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, service operations, inventory and quality, etc.
· The successful candidates will be highly analytical, comfortable with ambiguity, intellectually curious and good communicators
Full-Time Position – Global Operations Program Manager
· Lead cross-functional teams to drive large operational programs that are critical to the global operations strategy
· Scope includes: manufacturing transfers (to China facility), design-driven cost-downs, acquisition integration, IT systems implementation, etc.
· Successful candidates will be analytical, detail-oriented, ambitious and good communicators