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A range of professional groups stand ready to help, from the <a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/" rel=" noopener" target="_blank">Office of Innovation</a> and <a href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship</a> to the distinctive <a href="http://ilp.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Industrial Liaison Program.</a></p> </div> <figure class="tle-header__video"> <div class="tle-header__video-wrapper"> <video class="pause-video js-pause-video" autoplay loop muted playsinline tabindex="0"> <source src="/files/images/201805/innovation-2.mp4" /> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> <div class="tle-header__video-controls"> <button class="tle-header__video-button js-video-button" type="button" aria-label="Pause"></button> </div> </div> <figcaption class="tle-header__video-caption"> </figcaption> </figure> </header> </div> </section> <section class="tle-section tle-section--alt-layout " > <div class="tle-container"> <div class="tle-section__inner tle-padding"> <header id="ecosystem" class="tle-section__header"> <h2 class="tle-section__title">Ecosystem</h2> </header> <div class="tle-section__content"> <div class="tle-section__description"> <p>MIT’s innovation ecosystem comprises students, faculty, postdocs, and alumni taking part in tailored classes, mentorship, guidance, and activities offered by over 80 innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) organizations across campus. Located in the heart of “the most innovative square mile on the planet,” <a href="https://ihq.mit.edu/" rel=" noopener" target="_blank">MIT InnovationHQ</a> provides a home for MIT’s thriving community of innovators and entrepreneurs, supporting all who pursue ideas with a passion for world-changing impact. From this hub of I&E activity, the ecosystem reaches outward into our regional innovation ecosystem, in part through an ambitious, decade-long redevelopment initiative.</p> </div> </div> <div class="tle-section__resources"> <h5>Top Resources</h5> <ul class="numbered-link-list"> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/resources/" target="_blank">MIT Office of Innovation Resource Guide</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="https://ihq.mit.edu/" target="_blank">MIT InnovationHQ</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="http://sandbox.mit.edu/" target="_blank">MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="http://deshpande.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="https://d-lab.mit.edu" target="_blank">D-Lab</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="https://www.engine.xyz" target="_blank">The Engine</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="http://solve.mit.edu" target="_blank">Solve</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="http://tlo.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Technology Licensing Office</a> </li> <li class="numbered-link-list__item"> <a href="https://vms.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Venture Mentoring Service</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tle-section " > <div class="tle-container"> <div class="tle-section__inner tle-padding"> <header id="impact" class="tle-section__header"> <h2 class="tle-section__title">Impact</h2> </header> <div class="tle-section__content"> <div class="tle-section__description"> <p>Innovations from MIT often address the problems humanity most needs to solve, including sustainable energy, urban resiliency, fresh water, food for all, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and infectious disease. By helping MIT inventors connect with mentors, collaborators, networks, and funding, we help them translate new science into transformative innovation. MIT entrepreneurs make a sizable global impact: The active companies formed by living MIT alumni produce estimated annual revenues on par with the gross domestic product of the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/innovate/entrepreneurship2015.pdf" target="_blank">10th-largest economy in the world</a>. </p> </div> </div> <figure class="image-grid tle-section__image-grid image-grid--single image-grid--1"> <div class="image-grid__inner"> <div class="image-grid__grid-item"> <div class="image-grid__image"> <img class="lazyloaded" data-src="/files/images/201806/iStock-889512900_0.jpg" src="/files/images/201806/iStock-889512900_0.jpg" alt="A stream of water falls into an outstretched hand."> </div> <figcaption class="image-grid__captions" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="image-grid__caption">From clean water technology to medical research, MIT innovations have global impact.  </span> </figcaption> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </section> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> <a href="/" 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