In a process that has taken place for more than 60 years at MIT, this week a group of students gathered to practice entrepreneurship at a whirlwind pace designed to mimic the steep learning curve required to start a company. MIT’s course 15.390 (New Enterprises) has been held every year since 1961 — a time when entrepreneurship education was little more than an obscure idea. Indeed, many people believe New Enterprises is the oldest entrepreneurship course in the country, and its mark on both the Institute and the greater Boston…
