Ken Zolot

Ken Zolot is a Senior Lecturer at MIT (Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Mechanical Engineering) and a Professor of Creative Entrepreneurship at the Berklee College of Music. He leads innovative courses—such as The Founder's Journey and Designing Virtual Worlds—and created MIT’s Innovation Teams Initiative. An experienced startup mentor, he co-founded ventures like Rethink Robotics and Egenera, Inc., and has advised numerous organizations, including Techstars and the Deshpande Foundation. Ken holds an MS from MIT and earned his BS in Computer Science and BA in Philosophy from Syracuse University.