Maximizing Progress: Rising Region ~ The True Size of Africa

Fall 2020 Action @ MIT

Global+Development Ventures, Revolutionary Ventures, CRISIS Solutions, Creators Project, Strategy Dynamics, Vital Cities, Movement Making, Vision 2050, Independent Studies, UROPs

Spring 2020 Action @ MIT

AI for Impact class (f.k.a. Media Ventures & Imaging Ventures), Inclusive Economies class, Venture Dynamics proto-seminar, Vision 2050 discussion group, MIT Creators Project, UROPs & Independent Studies

IAP 2020 Action @ MIT

Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures

Fall 2019 Action @ MIT

Global+Development Ventures, Revolutionary Ventures, Understanding MIT, Sci Fab, Creators Project, Strategy Dynamics, Vital Cities, Movement Making, Vision 2050, Independent Studies, UROPs

Spring 2019 Action @ MIT

AI for Impact, Inclusive Economies, Venture Dynamics, Vision 2050 Discussion Group, MIT Creators Project, UROPs & Independent Studies

IAP 2019 Action @ MIT

Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures

Fall 2018 Action @ MIT

Development Ventures, Revolutionary Ventures, Future Commerce, Independent Studies, UROPs

Spring 2018 Action @ MIT

Media Ventures, Vision 2050 Discussion Group, MIT Founders Project UROP / Independent Study

IAP 2018 Action @ MIT

Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures

Fall 2017 Action @ MIT

Development Ventures, Revolutionary Ventures, Future Law, Future Commerce, Understanding MIT, Vision 2050 Discussion Group, Independent Studies, UROPs

Spring 2017 Action @ MIT

Media Ventures, CityScope Kendall, Scaling Development Ventures, Vision 2050 Discussion Group, MIT Founders Project UROP / Independent Study

IAP 2017 Action @ MIT

Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures

Fall 2016 Action @ MIT

Development Ventures, Revolutionary Ventures, Understanding MIT, Model Cities, Future Commerce, Future Health, SciFab 2050

Spring 2016 Action @ MIT

Media Ventures, Creative Places, Vision 2050 Discussion Group

IAP 2016 Action @ MIT

Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures

Fall 2015 Action @ MIT

Development Ventures, Revolutionary Ventures, Understanding MIT, Future Commerce, Sci Fab

Spring 2015 Action @ MIT

Media Ventures, Engineering Health (a.k.a. Global Health Ventures), City Science Lunches, Vision 2050 Discussion Group

IAP 2015 Action @ MIT

Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures

Interests & Activities

Prime Interests

GlobalTIES, Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, Media Lab India Initiatives, Translational Ventures Offerings, Innovation Ecosystems Offerings, Responsive Cities, Emerging Market Innovations, Development Ventures, MIT Innovation Tours

Extracurricular Interests

MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, MIT Innovation Club, MIT Africa Business Club, MIT SEID, MIT Global Startup Workshop, Muddy Charles Pub

General Interests

International Development Initiative, International Development Guide, Global Health Initiative, Enterprise Forum Global

Joost's Library

David Landes's Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Paul Pollak's Out of Poverty
Norman Augustine's Augustine's Laws
C K Prahalad's Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Richard Florida's The Flight of the Creative Class
Richard Florida's Who's Your City?
Julian Simon's The State of Humanity
Thomas Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Peter Bauer's From Subsistence to Exchange
Jay Forrester's World Dynamics
Julian Simon's Ultimate Resource
David Landes's Unbound Prometheus
Rosenberg & Birdzell's How the West Grew Rich
Pomeranz & Topik's The World That Trade Created
Hernando de Soto's Mystery of Capital
Hernando de Soto's Other Path
Jeffrey Sachs's Common Wealth
Paul Collier's The Bottom Billion
Joel Mokyr's The Lever of Riches
Martin Wolf's Why Globalization Works