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May 13, 2021

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Dear Innovator, Register now to join us for Mass Innovation Nights #135, next Thursday, May 20 from 4 - 6 pm, live online! We're featuring 6 AWESOME new high-tech products which can be used by the Department of Defense and others - it's called "dual use". Each company is a finalist and eligible to part of $60,000 in grants from the UMass Lowell Small Business Innovation Research Center of Excellence. Three finalists will each receive a $20,000 grant from UMass Lowell. Stacy Swider, director of the UMass Lowell Research Institute will be talking with Rich Julien from Amazon Web Services. Speak LIVE with the entrepreneurs during our networking breakout. Meet other members of the innovation community! Ready to join us? Take a moment to register here. Help us spread the word about this event by using this Click-to-Tweet link! --Bobbie and the MIN team

MIN135 FEATURED PRODUCTS

HELP SUPPORT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS The Mass Innovation Nights community supports local companies with our free events, social media amplification and newsletter. We ask you to help spread the word too. Here are the products being featured at MIN135:

Light Sense Tular Analog Photonics

Bionet Sonar 14Bis Gencores

MIN135 EXPERTS

Stacy Swider UMass Lowell Research Institute Stacy is the Director of the UMLRI SBIR Center of Excellence.

Rich Julien Amazon Web Services Rich leads Public Sector Venture/Startups - National Security and Space for Amazon Web Services.

Register for Mass Innovation Nights #135 - Virtual Event

Thursday May 20, 2021 4:00 - 6:00 pm Mass Innovation Nights 135 Join Us Online! Presentations kick off at 4:00 pm!

REGISTER TODAY!

#MIN135 will feature: Pitches from all of our innovators! Virtual trade show booths! Meet and chat with the entrepreneurs! Video networking! Meet new people! Talk about jobs and new business!

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Have you joined our "gaggle" yet? MIN alum GaggleAMP helps us manage our social media amplification program. We send members content to share about the startups we help every month. You choose what to share through your social networks. Join us! It's a great way to support the local startup and innovation community. Become a MINion too!

COVID forced Bev Hepting to move her speaking coach career online. In this webinar, she will discuss the difference in techniques between speaking to a live audience, speaking from a stage with an audience in the room, and giving online speeches.   You'll learn: ·    How to have meaningful conversations with your online audience. ·    How to engage people online realizing they have many distractions around them.   About Bev: Bev Hepting is an award-winning, international TEDx speaker and coach who works with business owners, transforming their businesses by clarifying their messages. This allows them to speak in public with confidence and clarity. She is an experienced speaker who engages her audiences and ensures they get great value, new learnings, and have a lot of fun with her talks.   After 20 years of working in the nonprofit world, empowering disadvantaged people to have a voice, she realized she wanted to run her own business. She wanted to use all her skills to empower women to be the best they could be. This took her to Toastmasters, where she won awards and competitions; and on to self-employment, helping women in business find their voice and speak in public with confidence and clarity.   Register Sign up for Innovation Women     PLUS: Save the date   Ask An Event Manager with Event Strategist Liz Caruso   April 14, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET   Learn more   Liz King Caruso is an event strategist, consultant and speaker. As CEO of Liz King Events and techsytalk, she has helped countless thought leaders grow their audience and sell their products through in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Liz is a big-picture person - passionate about tying events into an overall sales and marketing strategy and being efficient at every point of the process. Technology is her niche and she's obsessed with helping organizations of every size leverage technology to produce more engaging and seamless event experiences.   Have a question for Liz? Let us know here.     This Week's Must-Reads   The A-To-Z List Of Tips For Your Next Video Interview   We’re not talking about a job interview but rather when someone wants to hear your story and they want to record an interview with you. In today’s virtual-only world, that means you are probably hopping on a video conferencing platform and the conversation will be recorded.   Read   What Scientists Know About Virtual Meetings   Business leaders around the world struggled to keep their organizations alive during the economic shutdown that impacted at least half of all existing commercial ventures, and universally shuttered schools and government offices, as the coronavirus swept across entire continents.   Read     Event Managers: Looking for great virtual speakers?   Today, more and more of our speakers are eschewing the stage and spending their time on Zoom! If you're looking for a speaker for a virtual event, sign-up for a free account on InnovationWomen.com.   We have literally hundreds of speakers on a wide variety of technical, entrepreneurial and professional topics. We're working with AnswerStage to give our speakers a way to showcase their expertise as virtual speakers. You can see a collection of these videos on YouTube or view the individual videos on the speaker profiles on our website.   Join to find speakers     Join us at Lioness Magazine   Lioness for the Female Entrepreneur is our digital magazine for women who are starting (or thinking about starting) companies. Lioness gives women the latest news, tools and resources to launch and scale startups. Lioness is the newest member of the Innovation Women family. This week you can read great articles like: ·    What You Should Know Before Joining Clubhouse ·    Remote Work: Prepare for Office Re-Entry   Learn more     Sign up for My Speaker Leads   My Speaker Leads delivers an easy-to-use and sort spreadsheet containing 100+ leads for speaking opportunities direct to your inbox every week. Add them to your CRM. Use this service ($19.99/month) to supplement your own research or speed it up. My Speaker Leads is all about helping you gain momentum in your speaking career! Professional speakers often work with a virtual assistant or a sales person to follow up on leads like these.     Past Webinars   Ask an Event Manager: Profitable Live Online Events Featuring Bill Sell   Ask an Event Manager: Women In Tech Summit's Gloria Bell Featuring Gloria Bell   Ask an Event Manager: Talk with INBOUND’s Laura Moran Featuring Laura Moran   Philanthropy: Why Whisper When You Can Roar? Featuring Rita Fuerst Adams     CONTACT US info@innovationwomen.com   Visibility = Opportunity   A visibility bureau for innovative, entrepreneurial and technical women   Stay Connected!   ‌ ‌ ‌

March 15, 2021     Hi, just a reminder that you're receiving this email because you support local entrepreneurs. You signed up for the newsletter when you RSVPed for one of our events or signed up on our website. Don't forget to add info@innovationnights.com to your address book so we'll be sure to land in your inbox! No longer wish to receive our emails? Click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of this newsletter.   Click here to share this newsletter!   ‌ ‌ ‌     Dear Chutze Chou,   Welcome back to your work week. Did you remember to adjust your clocks? If you are reading this right when it appears in your in-box, it's about 8:30 am EDT. If you think it's 7:30 am, adjust now! (With today's technology so many of our tools automatically update but some of us still wake to the buzz of a simple, non-connected device.)   In just a few minutes we're going to be signing in to our weekly startup/entrepreneurial conversation. We'll be talking with Rochelle Nemrow, a serial entrepreneur and startup advisor. In February 2020 Rochelle sold her second company, MIN alumni FamilyID, and spent 6 months on an effective transition. Now she works with various startups as they scale. Join us as we talk about building company culture and more.   Last week we talked with Stephen Blumberg, founder and COO at Kyrus. You can read more about that conversation here or listen to the recording here.   We moved our conversation with entrepreneur and startup advisor/supporter Antonio Dixon, director at SolarFi to next week (March 22).   You can join us every Monday morning at 9:00 am on Space*! Click here to download the Space app on your mobile device. Look for the Mass Innovation Nights space and join us here.   We also have some awesome entrepreneurial articles on Lioness, our alumni news and the list of great events we share every week.   Bobbie and the MIN Team     Join the Conversation   *Space is a Boston area startup focused on the exciting (and hot) audio-only segment. Space wants to be the easiest way for creators to create engaging audio content in partnership with their community.  Join Space today and look for the Mass Innovation Nights community. Want to be our special guest for a future event? We're looking for Boston area entrepreneurs, investors and supports. Talk to us!     MIN ALUMNI NEWS   ·    MIN79 Unruly Studios is partnering with the Leilehua complex of public schools in Wahiawa, Hawaii     JOIN US AT LIONESS MAGAZINE   Lioness for the Female Entrepreneur is our digital magazine for women who are starting (or thinking about starting) companies. Lioness gives entrepreneurs the latest news, tools and resources to launch and scale startups. Every week we have great features like these: ·    Lioness Innovators: Dr. Liang Schweizer ·    #RecommendHER Campaign Provides Free Advertising for Women-Owned Businesses ·    New Logo Supports Canadian Women Entrepreneurs     THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES     Monday March 15 ·        Weekly drop-in on Space/Boston startup discussion 9:00 – 10:00 am  Tuesday March 16 ·       QuickBooks Desktop for Beginners 9:00 – 10:00 am ·        Intro to Government Contracting 10:00 – 11:00 am ·        Using PowerPoint with Zoom, Keep People Focused on Your Message, Not the Slides 10:00 – 11:15 am ·        How to Open a Business in Massachusetts Legally 10:00 – 11:30 pm ·        HR Essentials: Employee Retention/Engagement 11:45 am – 1:15 pm ·        When Does Venture Capital Become Toxic For Startups? 12:00 pm ·        Now is the time to Launch! Women Entrepreneurs virtual Panel 1:00 – 2:00 pm ·        Debt Relief Options for COVID-19 Impacted Businesses 3:00 – 4:00 pm ·        How to Use Strategic Alliances to Build Your Company 7:00 – 8:30 pm ·        Panel Discussion: Non-Linear Career Trajectories in Science 8:30 – 10:00 pm   Wednesday March 17 ·        QuickBooks Desktop for Beginners 9:00 – 10:00 am ·        Creating an Effective Social Media Strategy 9:00 – 10:30 am ·        Restaurant Employees: Build a Team to Align w/ Your Business Goals 10:00 – 11:15 am ·        Cash Flow Your Way to Break Even 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ·        Techstars Virtual Meet and Greet 12:00 pm ·        Barriers to Entry in USG Contracts: Accounting Systems 1:00 – 2:00 pm ·        Pitch Deck Workshop: Build a 12-Slide Pitch Deck for Investors 1:00 – 3:30 pm ·        A Global Urgency - Maternal & Neonatal Healthcare 5:00 – 7:00 pm   Thursday March 18 ·        How to do business with the Federal Government as a Small Business 8:00 – 9:30 am ·        QuickBooks Desktop for Beginners 9:00 – 10:00 am ·        Social Media Made Simple 9:00 – 10:30 pm ·        Business Planning - The Simpler Way 12:00 – 1:30 pm ·        How to bring innovation to your business with AR x VR 1:00 – 2:00 pm ·        Straight Talk: Hear From Franchise Brand Representatives 1:00 – 2:15 pm   Friday March 19 ·        Business Plan Basics 11:00 am – 12:30 pm   Saturday March 20 ·        2021 INSPIRE STEM Gala presented by NSBE Boston 6:30 pm   FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!     RESOURCES FOR BOSTON-AREA ENTREPRENEURS   Looking for our featured accelerator information, pitch contests, design contests, funding sources, or other resources for local entrepreneurs? Head over to our blog page for an updated listing of the latest events and resources from organizations like: ·    Commonwealth Hydropower feasibility and construction grants ·    OneValley’s Female Founders Scholarship ·    Visible Hands     MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS PARTNER   INBOUND 2021 - October 12-14, 2021 INBOUND's purpose is to provide the inspiration, education, and connections that attendees need to grow their businesses. INBOUND is an annual experience uniting super curious, question-asking professionals with game-changers in marketing, sales, customer success, and more. The education sessions are boundless. More information here.     INNOVATION WOMEN   Innovation Women is our database of awesome women speakers.  If you are looking for great speakers for your next event, we make it easy to find them. Event managers, claim your free account today. Technical, entrepreneurial and professional women get more visibility for your company or your career. Every time you speak in public you connect with potential customers, partners, investors and influencers. Our goal is gender-balanced panels and equal visibility opportunities. Sign up today!     MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS     GaggleAMP.com BIBSMA.com     JOIN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AMPLIFICATION PROGRAM TODAY     Have you joined our "gaggle" yet? MIN alum GaggleAMP helps us manage our social media amplification program. We send members content to share about the startups we help every month. You choose what to share through your social networks. Join us! It's a great way to support the local startup and innovation community. Become a MINion too!     CONNECT WITH US   MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   INNOVATION WOMEN ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   CROWDFUNDING INNOVATION ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

February 1, 2021 Hi, just a reminder that you're receiving this email because you support local entrepreneurs. You signed up for the newsletter when you RSVPed for one of our events or signed up on our website. Don't forget to add info@innovationnights.com to your address book so we'll be sure to land in your inbox! No longer wish to receive our emails? Click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of this newsletter. Click here to share this newsletter!  ‌  ‌  ‌ Dear Innovator, Last week’s Boston Startups in Space conversation (9:00 am Monday mornings - join us!) covered some of our “favorite” startup topics: Pitch decks Virtual events Networking during a pandemic Manufacturing partners And, my personal favorites, referrals and recommendations. Here are some of mine: Have I told you recently about Forge? Forge is there to help startups with physical products navigate the journey from physical prototype to commercialization and impact at scale. Then there’s The Capital Network. The Capital Network provides practical, hands-on education and personalized mentoring from investors and experts. They are there to help demystify the funding process for early-stage entrepreneurs. Scott Kirsner's (Innovation Leader and Boston Globe) new book, Innovation Economy: True Stories of Start-Ups, Flame-Outs, and Inventing the Future in New England, is out today. Learn what makes the New England ecosystem tick — from robotics to machine learning to synthetic biology to sneakers.  Check out our virtual events calendar, new partnership, and new opportunities below. --Bobbie and the MIN team JOIN US AT LIONESS MAGAZINE Lioness for the Female Entrepreneur is our digital magazine for women who are starting (or thinking about starting) companies. Lioness gives entrepreneurs the latest news, tools and resources to launch and scale startups. Every week we have great features like these: Form 1099 Changes for Tax Year 2020 Deborah Frieze Empowers Boston Through Funding Initiative From Google to Her Own Businesses: Meet Dulma Altan THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Monday February 1 ·        Weekly drop-in on Space/Boston startup discussion 9:00 – 10:00 am ·        Basics of Starting a Business 1:00 – 3:30 pm   Tuesday February 2 ·        The MA Advantage: Tapping Tech Diversity through Alternate Talent Pipelines 12:30 – 2:30 pm ·        Term Sheets, Negotiations, Contracts & Deal Structure #ENET3011 7:00 – 8:30 pm   Wednesday February 3 ·        BSB Series: Exploring Growth Opportunities 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ·        Inspired Leadership – Fostering Creativity for Yourself and Your Team 12:00 – 1:00 pm ·        Simplifying Social Media for Small Business 1:00 – 2:15 PM ·        Advances in Technology for Cardiovascular Diseases 4:00 – 6:00 pm   Thursday February 4 ·        Small Business Resource Forum 9:00 – 10:00 am ·        Introduction to the State of Massachusetts Contracting for Small Businesses 10:00 – 11:00 am ·        Branchfood's February Community Table 12:00 – 1:00 pm ·        WEBINAR | Understanding Angel & Venture Term Sheets: A Play In 2 Acts 2:00 – 3:30 pm ·        Understanding Business Insurance for the Small Business Owner or Solopreneur 4:45 – 7:00 pm   Friday February 5 ·        Innovation Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 am ·        #StartupMoves Virtual Job Fair / Career Expo 11:00 am – 2:00 pm ·        Shopify: Best Practices for Ecommerce Stores to Drive Sales 12:00 – 1:15 pm FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG! RESOURCES FOR BOSTON-AREA ENTREPRENEURS Looking for our featured accelerator information, pitch contests, design contests, funding sources, or other resources for local entrepreneurs? Head over to our blog page for an updated listing of the latest events and resources from organizations like: Carbon to Value (C2V) accelerator cohort Greentown Labs' The KAITEKI Challenge  The Massachusetts Next Generation Initiative (MassNextGen)  NEW MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS PARTNERS Michelle Wax from American Happiness Project is releasing the American Happiness documentary on February 25th and we'd love to see you at the virtual premiere! She traveled to all 50 states capturing how everyday Americans create more happiness in the everyday, regardless of external circumstances. Join us at the premiere to connect with Americans across the USA and watch the documentary for the first time. Feel free to click this link to watch the trailer and grab your ticket! Shoobx is committed to increasing equity in the innovation ecosystem. To further this goal, Shoobx waives first year subscription fees for underrepresented founders. Equity. And Beyond. Shoobx helps companies position themselves for successful exits by combining equity management, corporate governance, fundraising tools, and documentation into one collaborative platform. INNOVATION WOMEN Innovation Women is our database of awesome women speakers.  If you are looking for great speakers for your next event, we make it easy to find them. Event managers, claim your free account today. Technical, entrepreneurial and professional women get more visibility for your company or your career. Every time you speak in public you connect with potential customers, partners, investors and influencers. Our goal is gender-balanced panels and equal visibility opportunities. Sign up today! MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS   GaggleAMP.com BIBSMA.com JOIN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AMPLIFICATION PROGRAM TODAY Have you joined our "gaggle" yet? MIN alum GaggleAMP helps us manage our social media amplification program. We send members content to share about the startups we help every month. You choose what to share through your social networks.