Entrepreneurship in Action

Biotech - Healthtech Edition

A hands-on journey through the playbook of successful international entrepreneurs at Harvard and MIT.
Over the course of five immersive days, participants will step into the world of real founders who turned bold ideas into thriving ventures within the Harvard-MIT innovation ecosystem. Through twelve in-depth case studies, taught by the entrepreneurs themselves, participants will gain actionable insights, tested strategies, and a deep understanding of what it takes to succeed in the U.S. market. This is not theory — it’s the real playbook, built on experience, and designed to inspire and equip the next generation of global founders.

Overview

Participants engage in a total of twelve in-depth case discussions, each carefully selected to illustrate real entrepreneurial challenges and strategic decision-making in practice.

Each case session lasts 1.5 hours, allowing sufficient time to explore context, debate key inflection points, and examine outcomes in detail. Sessions are led personally by the entrepreneur behind the case, giving participants direct access to first-hand insight into how critical decisions were made under real constraints.

In addition to the classroom experience, each day includes a visit to a distinguished institution within the broader innovation ecosystem, offering participants a closer look at how leading organizations operate and collaborate in practice.

The program is intentionally limited to a small cohort to ensure meaningful interaction, thoughtful discussion, and genuine exchange between participants, entrepreneurs, and institutional hosts.

Case Based

Case-based learning connects participants directly to entrepreneurs who have faced

real-world obstacles, solved hard problems, and built successful ventures.

Participants actively engage by asking questions, debating key choices, sharing experiences and learning entrepreneurial know-how firsthand.

Each case study session is built around a real-world story of an entrepreneur who launched or scaled a venture within the U.S. market, often through the Harvard-MIT ecosystem. Sessions follow a structured, discussion-based format inspired by business schools method. Participants receive a short written case in advance and come prepared to engage in guided analysis, peer dialogue, and problem-solving. The entrepreneur featured leads the session, offering firsthand insights, answering questions, and sharing behind-the-scenes reflections. These sessions are designed to foster critical thinking, practical learning, and rich conversation around the real challenges and decisions faced by founders navigating new markets.

The program brings together case studies from a wide range of industries (biotech, finance, software, retail), based on the real experiences of Spanish-speaking founders within the Harvard–MIT ecosystem. Each case is designed to deliver practical, immediately applicable insight—whether your focus is building in the U.S. market or transferring proven approaches back home.

Who is this program for?

Entrepreneurs
This program is designed for entrepreneurs who want to engage in deep, experience-based conversations with founders who have faced challenges similar to those they may encounter in the future. The discussions focus on solutions that can be applied across different markets and industries, emphasizing transferable decision-making frameworks rather than isolated outcomes.

Participants have the opportunity to explore real hardships, critical choices, and lessons learned directly with entrepreneurs who have built and scaled companies within the Harvard–MIT ecosystem. These conversations go beyond success stories, examining uncertainty, failure, and adaptation in real operating environments.

Beyond learning, the program fosters meaningful relationships with peers and mentors. This close interaction allows participants to build a strong professional network and become part of one of the world’s most dynamic and influential innovation ecosystems.

University leaders
For directors of innovation centers, technology-transfer units, professors, and university leadership, the program offers direct exposure to the epicenter of university-driven entrepreneurship. Participants gain insight into how leading institutions structure innovation programs, support student ventures, and translate research into successful spin-offs. The cases and institutional visits provide practical tools, governance models, and best practices that can be adapted to strengthen entrepreneurial education and commercialization efforts within their own universities.

Corporate leaders and innovation teams
The program is also tailored to corporate professionals seeking to better understand how innovation happens in entrepreneurial settings and how those methods can be applied within established organizations. Participants explore how startups move quickly, manage uncertainty, and make resource-constrained decisions, and learn how to adapt entrepreneurial frameworks to drive internal innovation, new product development, and organizational agility.

Schedule

For May 2026, the program features a selected group of entrepreneurs, including David Lagares, who has raised more than $50 million for his biotech ventures; Santiago Ibáñez, a serial entrepreneur and AI expert; and Jordi Albó, a technologist and founder of an MIT Media Lab–based deep-tech consulting firm.

Application

Applications closed.