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Up)</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p> by Macauley Kenney Trust Center Entrepreneur in Residence At the start of our annual t=0 The Time is Now! Celebration of Entrepreneurship that kicks off the school year we held an Ask Me Anything lunchtime event to give new and interested students the chance to grill us on anything <a href="https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/trust-center-ask-me-anything-the-follow-up/">...</a></p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/author/martin-trust-center/" title="Posts by Martin Trust Center" rel="author">Martin Trust Center</a></span></span><span class="updated" style="display:none;">2024-10-01T20:36:43+00:00</span><span>October 1st, 2024</span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span></div><div class="fusion-alignright"><a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/trust-center-ask-me-anything-the-follow-up/" aria-label="More on Trust Center: Ask Me Anything (The Follow Up)">Read More</a></div></div></article> 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href="https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/trust-center-fights-climate-change-at-home-and-abroad/">Trust Center Fights Climate Change At Home and Abroad</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p> by Ben Soltoff Trust Center Entrepreneur in Residence In early December of last year, a message appeared atop MIT’s Green Building -- the tallest on campus -- conveying six simple words across the Charles River: “30 RED SOX GAMES UNTIL +1.5°C.” This message was crafted by MIT second year <a href="https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/trust-center-fights-climate-change-at-home-and-abroad/">...</a></p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/author/martin-trust-center/" title="Posts by Martin Trust Center" rel="author">Martin Trust Center</a></span></span><span class="updated" 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