by aijanisakova | Jan 21, 2020 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, Mentoring, Startups
by Juan Morales, Tyme Wear Five years ago, I decided to leave Venezuela to pursue a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering at Boston University. I considered several options, but thought Boston would offer me the greatest exposure to high-tech and top notch research...
by aijanisakova | Oct 25, 2019 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program
by William Brah You can start a company on a visa as long as the visa permits you to engage in business. In general, a student visa isn’t one of these. The challenge is the amount of time it takes to get a work visa after you graduate even if you are qualified. While...
by aijanisakova | Aug 22, 2019 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, Startups, Student Successes
by Thras Karydis, DeepCure Little longer than a year ago, I was sitting at my desk at the MIT Media Lab, reflecting on whether I had taken the right decision. Earlier that day, I had officially stopped my PhD at halftime, to join my lab mate and adviser in founding...
by aijanisakova | Jul 13, 2018 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, Innovation, Startups
by Himanshu Agrawal Verbotics AI is building a fully automated medical coding and auditing system. This will bring down the time to encode a medical record from 5-20 minutes to ~200 milliseconds. We aim to not only help hospitals code quickly and more accurately but...
by aijanisakova | Jun 18, 2018 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, Startups
by Felix Huettenbach Since founding my startup called W8X I have had conversations with numerous other entrepreneurs and the only question that is hotter than “How is fundraising going?”, especially among international entrepreneurs is “What VISA are you on?”. B1/B2...
by william.brah | Jun 27, 2017 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program
Earlier this month, five digital health “winners” were announced at the inaugural PULSE @ MassChallenge. The top prize of $100k was awarded to SyncThink, Inc. which assesses visual attention – the most common deficit after a concussion. Cancer diagnostics company...
