Profile

Acquire the latest knowledge on Boston's technology, innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem;
Evaluate potential partnerships from business networking sessions, and site visits
Evaluate the business opportunities
Create a business strategy for implementation

What You'll Learn

This programme is focused on experiential learning and incorporates case studies workshops, panel discussions, site visits and class presentations to enable participants to achieve the following:

Boston is a global technological innovation hub, especially in Healthtech, Edtech, Fintech, & Robotics. Boston is famous for being the place where young entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Drew Houston (Dropbox) started their companies. The well-known start-up accelerator YCombinator started in Boston. In June 2022. Amazon opened its Boston Tech Hub where 2000 Amazon staff work on inventing and innovating on behalf of customers. This programme will update business owners and senior management on the latest technogical innovations & collaboration opportunities in Boston:
Understand the latest technology, innovation and entrepreneurship landscape in Boston;
Visit Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to learn about its technology and innovation ecosystems including MIT Media Lab, and to explore collaborations with its technologies & spinoffs
Visit Harvard University to learn about their technology & innovation ecosystems including Harvard Innovation Labs, and to explore collaborations
Understand the dynamism of Boston and foreign investment incentives;
Benefit from business networking sessions with Boston tech leaders (business owners & senior management)
Design a business strategy for implementation