Welcome to the MIT Bootcamps Open channel! We created this space to share with our community what is currently inspiring us in the world of entrepreneurship (and beyond) and to stay engaged with our community. While our team may currently reside in the greater Boston area, we are committed to nurturing our community's human potential from all over the globe.
Comment on this post and tell us where you’re from, what is currently inspiring you, and something you're passionate about.
I'll go first! My name is Mariah - I am from a tiny town in Washington state called White Salmon. I am currently reading Between the World and Me and I am inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates - his writing is powerful and making me think critically about what change I can enact in my life to move our world forward more equitably. Lastly, my friend and I started a weekly newsletter to our friends and family, focused on reflecting on the current state of our world in a sometimes funny, sometimes serious manner.
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Hey everyone, this is Rafaella Mazza.
I'm from Brazil and participated on the 8th bootcamp, in Rio de Janeiro! #MICROPHONE
I'm an agronomist passionate about finance, modeling and impact business strategy on the sector.
I've just began to read Nassim Taleb, it is a bit dense and contains a lot of criticism, but I feel like I'm learning something new!
This is the third month of working from home due to the quarantine, Brazil is going through a lot right now: becoming the new epicenter while politicians go full wild mode.
Thank you for creating this channel. After our meet up in SP last year, I really missed a place for us all to connect - and now we have it!
Hi Rafaella! great to emeet . Nassim Taleb is a good choice in this time .. which one you are in
Hey Siddhartha! Nice to meet you too. I'm beginning with Skin in the Game, but it actually has a lot of references to the previous books! So I guess I will go back to them afterwards.
Hi Rafaella! So nice to meet you - we are very excited about connecting with all of you as well. While we may not be able to have a SP meet up, maybe we can work on some other sort of virtual gathering. :)
Hi Rafaella,
Hope you are doing well and safe. Good to see you here! :)
Hey Everyone,
Hope fellow Campers are in good health and great shape.
I am Sid from India and batch of 2018 MIT- Harvard healthcare innovation Bootcamp Boston.
I am empowering Healthcare professionals to learn anytime, anywhere & practice evidence-based medicine on DailyRounds platform. Scaled the userbase of DailyRounds to 1 million+ healthcare professional in 3 years. I count Product based innovations & executing growth strategies in healthcare as my core expertise. With an attitude to learn it all and implement the learnings to solve real-world problems to create a healthier society is my core motivation.
Also, find joy in mentoring various healthcare startups. In the past have mentored at MIT Hacking Medicine Grand Hack SF 2019 & member of the judging panel for UCSF Digital Health Awards 2019, 2020.
I am passionate about merging healthcare & technology. I am a fan of newspapers, science fiction & travel. In this Quarantine Time, I am learning gardening and cooking while reading " Superforecasting " by Dan Gardner and Philip E. Tetlock
Hi Sid! Nice to e-meet you. I can't wait to hear more about your products! What are you learning about gardening? I am moving in September and hope to have a small raised bed..
Experience our products here >. bit.ly/NeuroGlia
I am learning indoor gardening with plants that clean the air. Apparently NASA has done some research on different types of such plants and I can feel the difference.
Where are you moving to by the way
I am just moving from one home in Boston to another. This one will be a little bit larger with some outdoor space - hence the garden. It's always great to be able to feel the difference of what you're doing. What plants are you growing?
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the invite and for this great initiative. I am Wasim (aka Doc Waz) from Class 1 Bootcamp.
I am from Chennai, India, a doctor by profession, was a co-founder at Techmed before moving out last June to to work on my new venture. I continue to practice medicine, while trying get my new venture up and running.
I have an alter ego that writes a food blog tracking food history and things like that! :-)
Hi Wasim! Nice to meet you. Where can I read your food blog?
Hey Valeria, thank you and likewise.
My food blog is called GRUBWAZ. Here is a link to a popular dish's history tracked. https://www.grubwaz.com/2019/01/the-politics-of-biriyani_3.html
Hope you enjoy it. :-)
Hi Wasim! It's nice to hear from you again. Woot woot! I am so looking forward to reading this. I already love this line, "One man’s biriyani is another man’s tomato rice."
Ha ha....
Hi All! This is Valeria Rodriguez from 2019 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in #Brisvegas, Australia. I'm from Mexico and during quarantine I've doing some home-brewing! My background is in Biotechn Engineering and interestingly, during university I did some fermentation processes in the laboratory but never really produced a beer! Which is the most basic and old application of biotechnology.
I've also been attending online conferences that normally I wouldn't be able to, regarding molecular biology and venture capital. So it has been really interesting to see research and applications for COVID from all over the world. Do you have any recommendations for conferences, webpages, youtube channels?
While this is in the context of Indian Investors, the VC who invested in my previous company where I was a co-founder, runs a series called MATRIX MOMENTS on youtube. Simple VC talk about real life scenarios.
Hi Valeria!
MIT is running a series of hackathon/challenges re: COVID: https://covid19challenge.mit.edu/. The next one actually focuses on LatAm.
And I know Harvard Medical School has had a bunch of seminars re: COVID as well.
Finally, so many MIT (and I'm sure other universities) events have been moved online and are freely available. Check out what's going on at MIT here: https://calendar.mit.edu/
Hi Valeria! WOW! That is awesome, how many batches have you made? I have a friend here who recently took up home-brewing and he has gifted us with a few IPAs... They've been delicious, although a bit 'earthy', especially his first few. Do you have any online conferences/channels that you would recommend?
Hey everyone!
Jaffly here, medical doctor but aspiring entrepreneur in health-tech/digital health/sustainability.
I was part of the Healthcare Innovation Bootcamp in 2019 - such a great learning experience!
I'm currently working as part of the COVID response (front-line rather than tech however), but am really keen to work with anyone on an idea that will change the world.
On the sustainability front, I am actually working on an idea that helps SMEs monitor and reduce their carbon impact and really keen to talk to anyone interested in this area!
See you all around :)
Jaffly
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jafflychen/ [edited by author]
Hi Jaffly, nice to see you here! How are things in Australia? So amazing to here you are on the front lines for COVID-19 response. We are grateful for our health heroes, like you.
Hi Mariah! Hope you are doing well yourself :)
Thanks for the kind words! Australia is doing remarkably world, hopefully we're the next New Zealand. Come visit when you're able to!
Nice to meet you Jaffly and happy to know that I'm not the only doctor here interested in health-tech. :-D
Hi Everyone,
This is Prottoy from 2018 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Rio de Janeiro #MICROPHONE
I am originally from Bangladesh but I live in Melbourne, Australia, which is home now.
I am an IT Consultant (Salesforce to be specific) and a hustler. I have co-founded a beauty startup "VIVIS" which provides health, beauty & wellness products from global brands to women consumers in Bangladesh. I am passionate about Technology (Blockchain, Automation etc) and Social Entrepreneurship.
I have recently finished reading " Shoe Dog" and "Made to Stick", both are amazing books and highly recommended.
Thanks to MIT Bootcamp Team for this initiative and I am really happy to be a part of it. Cheers!
Hi Prottoy, nice to e-meet you! I loved reading Bowerman and the Men of Oregon (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164230.Bowerman_and_the_Men_of_Oregon) but I have not yet read Shoe Dog. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I have very fond memories around Eugene and Nike as a brand and as the epicenter of sportswear (and more, of course).
Hi all,
I'm Pascal, originally from Germany but am living in Australia since about 1,5 years with an entrepreneur visa. I've participated in the Brisbane Bootcamp in early 2019.
I'm inspired by the beauty of our planet and people who're genuinely positive and helping others, by couples who're living happily together and seeing how they're interacting and serving each other. But most of all, by people who follow their dreams and create the life they desire, be it as a baker, facility manager, entrepreneur or a career in a large corporate environment - as long as people are true to themselves, are who they really are and enjoy what they're doing.
I'm passionate about healthy food, outdoor activities, mindfulness, helping others, psychedelics as treatment, cooking, travelling, learning about other cultures, building teams and team dynamics and collaboration on a global scale.
After having a massive impact on our business due to the current crisis, I'm aiming for a radical pivot and building a new team for it. With the pivot, we're helping startups to go to market quicker with their tech product for less money and help them to build their tech team in-house after hitting the market and when they're ready to bring on board the first developers.
Cheers, Pascal
Hi guys, my name is Gabriel José Storti, I am an entrepreneur with practical and theoretical experience in technology startups, Class 4 of the MIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.
I was the founder and CEO of the startup Obajá, an online supermarket that allowed you to schedule the time you want to receive your purchases in your time, from 90 minutes (which we ended your activities last year).
During the startup, I worked daily on challenges involving a huge volume of data and integrated equipment both in terms of logistics, inventory, and financial transactions.
I have extensive experience in sales, negotiations, development of technical, commercial and legal contracts.
I have a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), and theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of Computer Science, Database (Algar Telecom), big data, IoT, robotics, construction and operation financial data centers (from Wall Street Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, among others in the Americas), high-density data centers, power electronics (NYU), electrical power systems and economic and financial analysis of non-financial companies ( UNICAMP), and operations management, both in Brazil and the United States.
Great to gather up once again!
Hi Gabriel, it's nice to e-meet you! Wow, that a feat. What are you working on now?
Mariah, nice to meet you! Currently I'm responsible for the entire account (operations/sales/etc) of one of the largest hyperscale data center providers in the world, which have a site in Brazil.
I noticed you enjoy reading books (so do I). Which were a few of the best books you have read?
Hi everyone, hope everyone is safe! I'm Shamyl from Pakistan, and I was part of the Technology and Innovation Bootcamp in Tokyo 2019. I'm co-founder and CTO of www.learnobots.com working on changing the status quo of current education systems. Right now I'm working to scale an MVP which is an eLearning platform for STEM at scale. I'd love to collaborate with other bootcampers and find areas of mutual interest and collaboration.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Hello Everyone, I'm from LA and am starting my own venture, Weclikd Inc. I worked some time in venture and investments before starting my own startup. Our beta is out https://www.weclikd-beta.com.
I find joy in mentoring startups and created a database that is useful for new entrepreneurs seeking funding at https://knockout.capital/resources.
I'm looking to connect with anyone for a quick conversation and potential collaborations.
Hallo Everyone,
My name is Giovanni, I come from Italy and I joined Bootcamp seven in Brisbane. I am interested in the field of the aerospace industry and I currently looking for an opportunity in it. I remain at your disposal to share thoughts, ideas and concepts. Warm regards!
Israel! Glad to be here!