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Entrepreneurship

We are an open, evolving community invested in creating, preserving, and, most important, sharing knowledge

Our faculty and students play an increasingly large role in engaging in entrepreneurship and innovation activities.

In addition to fostering relationships with industry and government labs, SEAS serves as an “incubator” for new ventures and has dedicated programs and courses that encourage faculty and student idea generation.

Through such activities, our overarching aim is to make the social aspects of science and technology an integral part of our efforts in education, research, and practice.

Solving specific societal problems requires bringing together great minds with the right means.

Programs and Activities

  • Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH)
    TECH, based at SEAS, helps faculty create and deliver innovation and entrepreneurship project courses, provides students with project support and sponsors, and advises student groups working to build the Harvard innovation community.
  • Innovation Space
    The lively and dynamic “Innovation Space” offers resources for experiential innovation education and provides Harvard's undergraduate student innovators with their first ever dedicated environment for learning and working in teams on entrepreneurial projects. The Innovation Space occupies 2,100 square feet on the top floor of the Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) building at 67 Mt. Auburn Street, a prime location near to the undergraduate river houses. It is open to students all hours of every day and night.
  • Innovation Courses
    • ES 139/239, "Innovation in Science and Engineering"
    • SOC 159, "Social Entrepreneurship"
    • ES 147, "Idea Translation"

  • The Idea Translation Lab at Harvard
    The guiding vision of the Idea Translation Lab at Harvard University (ITL) is to educate through the process of creation, to explore ideas and conduct experiments at the intersection of art and science, and to create social impact.

  • Harvard Entrepreneurship Forum
    The Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum (HCEF)     was created in 2006 to fill in the gap of entrepreneurial resources for Harvard undergraduates. Though still a young organization, HCEF stands out for its plethora of events throughout the year, broad and passionate membership base, and meritocratic character.

  • Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs
    Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs (501c3) is a Harvard Alumni Association Shared Interest Group dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship and the ideals of leadership and learning. Since its beginnings, the group has served as a meeting point for founders worldwide. HAE celebrates entrepreneurs from all of Harvard's schools.

  • Harvard Business School Resources
    List of resources and activities targeted at students actively exploring starting or buying your own business.

  • Recruitment
    Explore term-time and summer opportunities.

Contact

Paul Bottino

Paul Bottino is co-founder and executive director of TECH. He serves as an advisor to several startup companies and as a member of the Harvard College Business Advisory Council and on the board of directors of Harvard Alumni Startups, Inc.

Paul co-founded and is a director of Medicine in Need Corporation, an international nonprofit organization developing drug and vaccine delivery systems for infectious diseases.

Before starting TECH in 1999, he created and managed relationships between Harvard's ten faculties and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Harvard in 1996, Paul practiced law in Boston counseling emerging technology ventures and specializing in technology licensing and other intellectual property matters. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Middlebury College and his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and is an active member of the Massachusetts bar.

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