Co-Founders David Reich & Matt Albrecht of AssuredLabor.com

I interviewed AssuredLabor co-founders Matt Albrecht and David Reich (the middle two pictured above, winning the MIT ESC = Executive Summary Contest this past Fall 2007!) about their tremendous progress over this past year building up their labor-market-making venture! Assured connects responsible, vetted worker with trustworthy employers (and vice-versa). I first got to know the team when they were my students in the joint Media Lab / Sloan School elective Developmental Entrepreneurship / Development Ventures seminar in Fall 2007. Their initial focus was the Brazilian favela labor market generally. More recently, they have honed in on the Brazilian migrant community here in Boston-metro and, even more specifically, on the core services of cleaning and moving. They are launching their Boston Beta shortly!

Chuck Eesley of MIT Sloan TIE Group

I interviewed MIT Sloan doctoral student Chuck Eesley who shared what he's learned during his studies on innovators and entrepreneurs!

Jose Gomez-Marquez of IIH.mit.edu

I hosted multi-company entrepreneur Jose Gomez-Marquez on my HighTechFever TV show tonight. Jose co-founded both Aerovax and XoutTB prior to his most recent role co-founding and directing Innovations in International Health (IIH) @ MIT. The Aerovax Drug Delivery System is a device for mass delivery of inhalable drugs and vaccines to remote populations. The X out TB program aims to increase TB therapy adherence in developing countries using novel diagnostics and mobile technology. And IIH targets a growing portfolio of innovations spanning fields of work including Vaccines, DisabiliTech, Maternal & Infant Health, Diagnostics, Telemedicine, Therapeutics, Surgical Tools, ICT and more. Especially cool about Jose is the fact that he is a three-time MIT IDEAS Competition winner. And being from Honduras is really helping firm up the concentration of activities happening between MIT and Central America generally.

Matt McGann of MIT Admissions

I was very pleased to host Matt McGann, Associate Director of MIT Admissions, on my HighTechFever TV show tonight. I've known Matt since his own undergrad days at the Institute and it was eye-opening to learn about his current role. He and a dozen or so colleagues travel the US and world to spread the word about MIT, attract some 13,000 or so applications, and go through the daunting task of selecting some 1,500 for admission. Ultimately 2/3 chose MIT, leading to a class of about 1,000. And this year's crop -- the Class of 2012! -- are landing in Cambridge in about a week. Of course Matt and colleagues have moved on -- they're now thinking about the Class of 2013! Anyone interested in Matt's further opinion on things should check out his MIT Admissions Blog!