Innovation: It takes a village

Lori Valigra, Boston

Stirring the pot: centre director Leon Sandler.

Leon Sandler knows the joy of cooking the perfect stew: he’s the head chef stirring the best pot of ingredients – venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, grad students, business people – made to nurture today’s promising ideas into tomorrow’s cutting-edge companies.

Sandler, who is executive director of MIT’s Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, is a model of efficiency, working with a hired staff of only two. The rest of those involved in the centre are volunteers, including typically...

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