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A researcher at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Michael Stonebraker has founded and led nine different big-data spin-offs, including VoltDB, Tamr and Vertica - the latter of which was bought by Hewlett Packard for $340 million.

Now he’s bringing his insights to a new online course being offered this month through edX and MIT Professional Education. Co-taught by long-time business partner Andy Palmer, “Startup Success: How to Launch a Technology Company in 6 Steps” covers topics ranging from generating ideas and recruiting top talent to pitching VCs and negotiating deals - all in the span of three weeks.

A Discussion with MIT CSAIL's Michael Stonebraker

Ashish Thusoo is the co-founder and CEO at Qubole which delivers a Self-Service Platform for Big Data Analytics built on Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle Clouds. The company has raised $87 million from top investors like Charles River Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, IVP, Singtel Inno8, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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