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Mass Innovation Nights March 2024 / Innovation Women

March 11, 2024

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COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM AUSTIN

Dear Innovator,


I'm on the road, coming to you live from Austin, Texas and SXSW. As some of you may know, I've been on the board for SXSW Pitch for many years, representing the Boston area. When the call for startups goes out (with early deadlines usually in September), I'll be shouting it out and encouraging you all to apply.


But I digress, I'm in Texas for the Pitch finals but I'm also here soaking up the insights, technology advances and new products/ideas/concepts from around the world. It's an annual trip that helps refresh and inspire me. Plus, tacos for every meal. A+


I have to say that the clocks changing mid-conference is a blast. Ha. Nothing like losing a precious hour when you are already super-tired, trying to cram in a ton of great sessions, events and experiences. Good times.


Bobbie & the MIN Team

LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

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. Here are just a few of this week's features:


Get ready to kick off April with Lioness networking!

📅 Date: April 2nd

🕒 Time: Noon – 1:00 ET


Looking to expand your business network? Lioness Networking is your monthly opportunity to connect with ambitious women like you! Join us for enriching conversations, invaluable advice, and camaraderie. Through a series of engaging breakout rooms and guided discussions, we’re here to provide valuable support for female entrepreneurs. Ready for more inspiration, meaningful interactions and actionable strategies? Register here!

MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!

FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENTS

Golden Seeds Office Hours - March 14


Golden Seeds holds monthly Office Hours and information sessions give entrepreneurs who may or may not yet be ready to apply for funding an opportunity to meet and speak with experienced early-stage investors. One of the Golden Seeds chapter leads will provide a one-hour overview about funding and the Golden Seeds process, followed by 30 minute one-on-one sessions with investors. This event is limited to 16 entrepreneurs, so register early. More information here. 

FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

THIS WEEK - all times in Eastern unless otherwise noted

 

Monday March 11


Tuesday March 12


Wednesday March 13


Thursday March 14


Friday March 15


FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

The Clean Green Challenge is now accepting applications from innovators, students, entrepreneurs, researchers, and startups who are developing solutions in one of two areas. The first is Recycled Materials where applicants will need to address one of the multiple issues surrounding this topic. The second category will be Safer Chemicals where applicants will be focused on topics such as PFAS, pollution, and forever chemical projects. Application deadline is March 13. More information here

Looking for more 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:


  • MassVentures Catalyst/DICES
  • LearnLaunch Fund Accelerator
  • The New England Venture Capital Association Unpitch

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December 18, 2023

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This will be the last MIN newsletter for 2023. We'll resume on January 9, 2024. (OMG, can you believe it's almost 2024?)


This week is the last one before we enter what I think of as the entrepreneurial "Lost Week".


This is the last week of the year, when some companies shut down and others are running on skeleton staffs.


Even if a company is shut down, many entrepreneurs are still busy.


Whether it's putting a final touch on plans for the new year, attempting to close that last big deal or finishing up various paperwork, an entrepreneur's work is never done.


Or is it?


The Lost Week can also be a time for entrepreneurs to catch their breath, take a little time to recover or just rest up in order to most effectively lead the charge in the new year.


Remember that rest and time off are just as valuable as that last deal. Take care of you!


A happy holiday to all our community.


Bobbie & the MIN Team

LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

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. Here are just a few of this week's features:


MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!

FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENTS

The Entrepreneur Forum Mentor Smart Program


The Mentor Smart Program is embodiment of collaborative innovation and entrepreneurial mentorship, serving as an invaluable platform for aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs alike. In a world where the journey to startup success can be challenging and uncertain, this program is a guiding light, facilitating the exchange of knowledge, expertise, and inspiration within a vibrant community of seasoned entrepreneurs. More information here. 

FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

THIS WEEK - all times in Eastern unless otherwise noted


THIS WEEK

 

Monday December 18

·        Educate and Motivate - Small Business Series 5:00 – 6:30 pm

·        North Shore Women Connect Monthly Monday Mixer 5:30 – 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday December 19

·        SBA 8(a) BDP Annual Review Preview 9:00 – 10:00 am

·        Climate Critical Training, Equipment, and Infrastructure Grants Webinar 1:00 pm

·        Fundraising and Cap Table Workshop presented by Fidelity 2:00 - 3:00 pm

·        Accounting for Non-Accountants 5:30 - 7:00 pm

 

Wednesday December 20

·        Learning the Lean Business Model Canvas 12:00 – 1:30 pm

·        THE LINK: Business Networking Lunch 12:30 pm

·        Revolve Nation Boston Entrepreneurs: Networking & Discussion Group 6:00 – 7:00 pm

 

Thursday December 21

·        SBA 8(a) Business Development Program 10:00 – 11:00 am

·        How to Come Up With a Great Business Idea 7:00 pm

·        Technocopia Open Hack! 7:00 – 9:30 pm

 

Friday December 22

·        Coffee & Connections - South Shore Hive - In Person Networking 8:30 – 9:30 am


FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Venture Lane Studio helps B2B software startups find real traction and repeatable success. They transform early stage B2B software companies with outstanding potential into growth stage ventures through a bespoke 3.5 month program and up to $100k investment; using a proven methodology from experienced entrepreneurs, and a world class support network of peer founders and mentors. Applications for the Spring cohort are due by January 18. More information here. 

Looking for more 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:


  • ACCEL – Advancing Climatech & Clean Energy Leaders
  • Export Expo
  • The Local Food Trade Show

MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS  

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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 startups, events and the innovation community. You choose what to share through your social networks. Join us! It's a great way to support the local community and get great content to share. Become a MINion too!
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December 11, 2023

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The Facebook post asked for "recommendations for learning about entrepreneurship and getting a start up launched."


This week's offerings (see below) include "Simple Steps for Starting Your Business" and "How to Open a Business in Massachusetts", among other "basics" events. Once the basics have been covered, there's everything from building a founding team to accelerating growth strategies.


If your dream involves starting a company or growing your existing company, the Boston community is there for you.


Don't wait to tap into the plethora of resources available to you. Check out this week's event, webinars, and educational offerings below.


Bobbie & the MIN Team

LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

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. Here are just a few of this week's features:


MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!

FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENTS

Own Your Numbers: Understanding 409A Valuation and Avoiding Pitfalls - January 24


If you are a CEO or a CFO of a high growth startup, it is vital to understand how to value your company correctly. An IRS Section 409A valuation is an independent appraisal of the fair market value (FMV) of a private company’s common stock that determines the “strike price” for equity. If your company is planning to offer options, you’ll need a 409A valuation. More information here. 

FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

THIS WEEK - all times in Eastern unless otherwise noted


Monday December 11


Tuesday December 12


Wednesday December 13


Thursday December 14


Friday December 15


Saturday December 16


FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

ACCEL – Advancing Climatech & Clean Energy Leaders

BIPOC entrepreneurs: your climatetech solutions can change the world. ACCEL is here to bolster you as you develop critical climatetech solutions by offering access to funding, networking connections, resources, and opportunities that structural inequities put out of reach. This year-long program combines acceleration with a curated curriculum, incubation through a Greentown Labs membership, and extensive mentorship from Greentown and Browning the Green Space (BGS)’s networks of industry experts. Apply by January 5. More information here. 

Looking for more 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:


  • The Atomic Grant program
  • Export Expo
  • The Local Food Trade Show

MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS  

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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 startups, events and the innovation community. You choose what to share through your social networks. Join us! It's a great way to support the local community and get great content to share. Become a MINion too!
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September 25, 2023

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LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

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. Here are just a few of this week's features:


MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!

FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENTS

Women in Tech Boston - October 2-3


Join Women in Tech Boston to explore the most essential technologies in today’s rapidly changing world and learn about the new revolutionary concepts that are radically changing our future in The New Frontier. Celebrate the power of diversity with 1000+ leading women in tech and diversity champions, from global leaders to disruptive startups, to shine a spotlight on the technology, people, and businesses that are driving change. More information here.

FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

THIS WEEK - all times in Eastern unless otherwise noted


Monday September 25


Tuesday September 26


Wednesday September 27


Thursday September 28


Friday September 29


FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Rhode Island Startup Week, September 29 – October 6

Come celebrate the Rhode Island’s entrepreneurs who are shaping our world. Rhode Island Startup Week is bringing together entrepreneurs, local leaders, students, corporations, investors and friends to connect, collaborate and grow through entrepreneurial events. Across the state, Rhode Island’s Innovation Community has come together to showcase their events during this week. Join us to learn, network, and play. More information here.

Looking for more 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:


  • TiE ScaleUp
  • Women In Tech Boston
  • Boston Fintech Week

MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS  

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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 startups, events and the innovation community. You choose what to share through your social networks. Join us! It's a great way to support the local community and get great content to share. Become a MINion too!
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December 5, 2022
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It's the last month of 2022. You've completed 11 out of 12 months. You're in the homestretch. 2023 is just around the corner!

December 2022 also comes with a mega dose of reality and apprehension. Lots of nervousness about markets, inflation and a possible recession. We've watched as several tech firms have done rounds of layoffs (most, if not all, of them managing it better than Twitter, who could not have possibly handled it worse.)

Nervous? You're not alone. (Although numerous experts have said that tech layoffs like we are currently seeing are more of a reaction to previous overzealous hiring.)

Let's look on the bright side:

  • Hiring just got easier. If you've been trying to hire over the last two years, your time is now. Post those awesome jobs.
  • Times of adversity is when Boston shines. 2008 is when I started my first company. Entrepreneurs filed a whopping 5.4 million new business applications in 2021, surpassing the record set in 2020 of 4.4 million. Tough times often bring out the latent entrepreneurs.
  • The Boston startup and entrepreneurial community is here to help you. (That picture above is from the Venture Café at the CIC and shows off all the great things to come from meeting in 2023.)

Bobbie & the MIN Team
MIN ALUMNI NEWS
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:

MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
Critical Elements for Trademark Success - December 6

This area of IP law is actually fraught with many pitfalls and misunderstandings. For each field in the trademark application form, there are pages and pages of rules, much of which are not intuitive. This session will give entrepreneurs and founders the information they need to create, use, and protect strong trademarks by discussing the concepts of distinctiveness, proper trademark use, and enforcement of trademark rights. More information here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Monday December 5

Tuesday December 6

Wednesday December 7

Thursday December 8

Friday December 9

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Driving 2043 is an early-stage startup accelerator designed to advance electric vehicle adoption in the U.S. Through this program early-stage startups will have a unique opportunity to advance the development of their product, hone their business model and demonstrate product market fit through training and 1-2-1 advising from leading automotive, EV, cleantech and startup leaders. Applications are due December 7. More information here. 
Looking for more 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:

  • The MASS AWIS Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Impact (IEI) Program
  • Advancing Climatetech and Clean Energy Leaders (ACCEL)
  • MassCEC Accelerator Funding Program
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU
We're hiring! Our group (5 companies - Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights, Innovation Women, My Speaker Leads and Lioness Magazines) has several positions open. Check out our careers page.

  • Media relations

Learn more or send us a resume. Let's talk! (We are a flexible operation with a combination of full and part-time remote positions.)
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HARD TRUTHS FROM THE MASS CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN


This week our team visited the Mass Conference for Women. It was the first time in three years that the event was back in person (albeit with a limit on tickets to keep the crowds at bay. They only had 6000 attendees versus the usual 12,000.)

The speakers have always been the strength of this annual mega conference. The next day, no one is spending any time talking about the exhibits, the box lunch, the resume review, or even the networking (usually a mainstay of conferences and events).

It's "OMG, Viola Davis; she's amazing. You know she grew up around here, right?" It's, "Did you hear Misty Copeland reading from her book and talking about her mentor?" It's sharing the finer points of speeches and conversations with Jameela Jamil, Tabitha Brown, Reese Witherspoon, and more.

But celebrities aside, when it comes down to bringing all the real feels, it will be hard to beat this year's fireside chat with Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett, PhD, Lead Scientist in COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Development, TIME Hero of the Year & an advocate for Diversity in STEM. When you hear arguably the most accomplished scientist of our time talking Imposter Syndrome, it hits hard.

Then she says IT: “It’s very hard to achieve something if you’ve never seen someone like you achieve it.”

If we ever doubt the importance of what we are doing here - all of us, collectively -- this is it. Every time we get a woman on a stage to share her story, we are helping others see what she has achieved. And when they see what she achieved, they too can achieve it, and more.
Bobbie and the Innovation Women team
SPEAKER FRIENDS FRIDAY STARTS SOON
Join us on Zoom - today at 8:45 am EST for introductions

Join us today (and every Friday) our Speaker Friend Fridays on Zoom. With so many awesome speakers, authors, event managers, podcasters and others joining us lately, we needed a bit more time.

We do as many introductions as we can and then jump into discussion at 9:00 am. Bring your questions, topics and victories to share. Event managers always welcome too!

Too early for you? Doesn't work with your schedule? Join us TODAY for First Friday Speaker Friends noon Eastern/9:00 am Pacific. It's the first Friday of every month.
UPCOMING WEBINAR
Niche Marketing to Build Your Business
Featuring Pamela Sams
December 14th, 2022, 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
How can one distinguish themselves in a competitive marketplace? Pamela Sams believes one way is to cultivate a niche, or specialty, in a market unoccupied by others. Niche marketing is the combination of both your strengths and your passions and sharing them with others. Studies have shown that developing a niche helps increase referrals and boosts overall productivity and profitability. The saying goes: “There is riches in niches.” Register here!
LIONESS MAGAZINE FEATURES
Lioness for the Female Entrepreneur is our digital magazine for women who are starting (or thinking about starting) companies. Get the latest news, tools and resources to launch and scale startups. This week you can read great articles like:

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK
If you are a recent college grad or a young professional, “The Graduate’s Guide to Money” is the complete guide to help you dive into the real world with the knowledge to be financially smart now and in the future. This practical guide is essentially “money talk made easy.” As a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and CPA, Tana Ackerly Gildea knows the money pitfalls, problems and priorities to consider when starting out. Read the feature on Lioness!
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES
Every week our speakers get brand new opportunities and there are even more on our website - more than 60 this week! Below are some of the NEW opportunities:

  1. Balkan's Biggest Startup Conference 2023 October 27 2023 Kamchia Bulgaria Deadline 7/27/2023 - Startup
  2. World Class Digital Transformation & Innovation in Corporate America 2023 March 20-21, 2023 Portland, OR Deadline 12/20/2022 - Business Leadership
  3. 2023 ASHHRA Annual Conference and Exposition April 23 - 25, 2023 Charlotte, NC Deadline 1/23/2023 - Human Resources
  4. 65th Annual Western Association of Graduate Schools Conference March 26-29, 2023 Portland, OR Deadline 12/15/2022 - Higher Education
  5. International Congress of Plant Pathology 2023 August 20-25, 2023 Lyon, France Deadline 2/15/2023 - Environmental Services

Become a Speaker - get opportunities like these, a profile on our site and more for only $120/year!
EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
FEATURED EVENTS
ESG For Marketing & Communications - December 6-7
ESG Can Be A Daunting Prospect For Internal Communicators. This 2-day conference is designed from the Marketing & Internal Communications point of view. The essential takeaways provide an informed roadmap to shape your communication strategy in 2022 & beyond. More information here.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Chloe Capital Founder Fellowship New York 2023
Chloe Capital will host a four-month accelerator for tech founders of early-stage companies from diverse, underrepresented, and historically marginalized backgrounds located in New York City. They are specifically seeking companies building tech products and services in Climate, Education, and Health. Applicants should be Seed or Series A stage and ready for investment. Deadline to apply: December 16. More information here.
IFundWomen • Johnnie Walker First Strides Grant Program
As part of the First Women campaign, Jane Walker and IFundWomen have teamed up to help create more opportunities for women to achieve their goals. Jane Walker will be funding a total of 30 groundbreaking women-owned businesses through the end of the year. Businesses will be selected across the Entertainment & Film, Music, Sports, STEM, Journalism and Hospitality industries to receive a $10K grant plus one year of premium coaching service through IFundWomen. Deadline to apply: December 31. More information here.
Springboard Enterprises Life Sciences Innovation Program
Springboard’s Life Sciences Innovation Program is for women-led companies seeking funding, networking opportunities, and strategic partners in the life sciences and healthcare industries. Deadline to apply: January 20. More information here.
MENTOR OPPORTUNITIES




October 3, 2022
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Dear Innovator,

I spent the second half of last week in Austin, Texas. (I was a speaker at the North America Forrester Technology & Innovation summit.) It's the first time I have been in Austin in person since the 2019 SXSW.

I am on the advisory board for SXSW Pitch, the annual SXSW startup contest. South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as "South By", is an annual conglomeration of music, film, and interactive media festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin. SXSW Pitch is part of the "interactive" portion of the event.

Since 2009, SXSW Pitch participants have received $14.5 billion in funding. Before the pandemic it was not unusual for me to meet up with Boston area startups at the Austin airport. They would be coming home with big checks under their arms. Literally. They hand out these giant checks and who doesn't want to take the giant check home to share with their team, family and friends.

Apply now to showcase your #startup in front of industry experts, high-profile media professionals, and investors in Austin next March! 2023 SXSW Pitch will feature 40 Interactive technology companies from eight different categories: Artificial Intelligence, Voice, & Robotics; Enterprise & Smart Data; Entertainment, Media & Content; Food, Nutrition, & Health; Future of Work; Innovative World Technologies; Metaverse & Web3; and Smart Cities, Transportation & Sustainability.

Boston has a great track record at SXSW Pitch - let's keep it going!

Bobbie & the MIN Team
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:

MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
The Ins and Outs of Scaling a Food Business - October 6

Join Branchfood and a panel of experts to learn about the key components of scaling a food business. We will talk about identifying and partnering with co-manufacturers, what to look for when evaluating and working with distributors, and the importance of legal agreements that govern your relationships with partners, retailers and others. More information here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Monday October 3
·        Basics of Starting a Business 1:00 – 4:00 pm
·        Barracuda Bowl 3:30 – 8:00 pm
 
Tuesday October 4
·        Steps to Start a Business 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        Why & How to Certify Your Business as "Women-Owned" 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        Structuring Your Company 7:00 – 8:30 pm
 
Wednesday October 5
·        Starting a Business 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        Bookkeeping Tips for Tax Season 3:30 – 5:00 pm
 
Thursday October 6
·        GET READY- For Government Contracting 9:00 – 10:00 am
·        The Ins and Outs of Scaling a Food Business 10:00 - 11:00 am
·        Business Foundation: Financing a Business 12:00 pm
·        How Can Small Businesses Win the War on Talent? 12:00 – 1:30 pm
·        Latino Small Business Summit 1:00 – 8:30 pm
·        EnergyBar: Go Make 2022 Kickoff 5:00 – 8:00 pm
·        The 2022 Eddies Innovation Showcase 5:00 - 7:00 pm
·        Go Make 2022 Kickoff Event 5:00 – 8:00 pm
·        Chilean Startup Showcase 6:00 – 7:00 pm
·        Innovation and Investment Landscape in Latin America 7:00 – 7:30 pm
 
Friday October 7
·        Planning for Growth: Taking Your Business to the Next Level 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
The latest edition of the FORGE Product Development Grant program will award non-dilutive grants up to $25,000 in partnership with the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2). The winning startups will be able to use the FORGE Product Development Grants to address a specific product development challenge critical to the company’s ability to scale and reach the marketplace. The application deadline is October 28, 2022Learn more here.
Science Clubs for Girls - Call For Mentors
Science Clubs for Girls is looking for additional Volunteer Mentors for their in-person Science Clubs at Mother Caroline Academy! If you or someone you know is studying or working in a STEM field and interested in becoming a role model for young scientists and developing the next generation of diverse leaders, apply today! More information here.
Looking for more 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:

  • The WICxTop100 spotlight campaign
  • Women in Tech World Series
  • EmPower Massachusetts
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU
We're hiring! Our group (5 companies - Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights, Innovation Women, My Speaker Leads and Lioness Magazines) has several positions open. Check out our careers page.

  • Media relations

Learn more or send us a resume. Let's talk! (We are a flexible operation with a combination of full and part-time remote positions.)
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July 5, 2022
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According to the JPMorgan Chase’s 2022 Business Leaders Outlook Pulse survey released last week, business leaders are feeling less than optimistic.

The organization surveyed more than 1500 business leaders in late May and early June and only about 1 in 5 business leaders (19 percent) say they are optimistic about the national economy for the year ahead. This is down from 75 percent a year ago and represents the lowest percentage recorded in the 12 years of the survey. The global economic outlook is even worse with only 9 percent expressing optimism.

This undoubtedly reflects pricing pressures, boosted interest rates, supply chain and hiring issues. The cost of doing business is on the rise. 

Last week I attended a small group discussion in Boston where various entrepreneurs, investors and local media discussed the local business status quo. What will draw business here? Or retain workers from the plethora of local colleges and universities - around 100 if you look regionally.

It was the usual range of topics: housing costs, transportation, nightlife, and weather. (Another recent study said you need to earn more than $180,000/year to afford to own an average house in Boston.) That was enough to give optimism a kick in the teeth.

So where is the enthusiasm and optimism? According to the JPM Chase survey, business leaders continue to feel optimistic about their own companies and their chances for growth and (less so) profitability.

It's all about control. What are things you can do something about? Where can you shift your strategies? Expand into a new market? Introduce a new product? Make a new connection or partnership?

What's YOUR plan for the second half of the year?

Bobbie & the MIN Team
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:

MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
Own Your Numbers: Create Financial Projections & Show Traction for Funding - July 12, 10:00 am

We get it. Numbers are not everyone’s fave. As much as you may not want to hear this, it’s crucial for you, the founder, to have a good understanding of your financials and be able to tell an enticing story of your business to get investors onboard. Join our ‘Own Your Numbers’ interactive bootcamp to create your financial projections for investment, and to learn about how to gain & show traction of your (pre-revenue) startup. Find out more and register here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Tuesday July 5
·        How to Find Product Market Fit Quickly 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
·        SMS Marketing 101- For Local Businesses 5:00 – 6:00 pm
 
Wednesday July 6
·        How to Outsource Development of Your App 5:00 – 6:00 pm
 
Thursday July 7
·        Branchfood's July 2022 Community Table 12:00 pm
·        BE+ Building Tech Forum 2022 5:00 – 9:00 pm
·        Meet the Makers: Any Given Day 7:00 pm
 
Friday July 8

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
TiE Boston Women Pitch Competition
TiE Boston Women are calling for Female Founders in the New England Area to apply for the TiE Boston Women Pitch Competition. Finalists will receive high-touch training in key areas of pitch readiness, prize money, and more. Applications are due TODAY, July 5. More information here.
Northstar Campus Grants and Pitch Day Competition
UMLRI’s Northstar Campus Pitch Day returns for its 3d year to showcase some of the Boston startup ecosystem's most exciting, innovative and cutting-edge technology. This year’s first of two Pitch Day events will be taking place August 11th, 2022 at the Northstar Campus.  The Northstar Campus goal is to remove barriers to engagement and accelerate defense innovation, serving as the center of gravity for the New England startup and venture communities, academia, and local and federal partners, to support the Department of Defense. Application deadline is August 4. More information here.
Looking for more 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:

  • Techstars Boston Accelerator
  • Techstars Crypto Boston
  • The SCORE Northeast MA Women’s Business Summit
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU
We're hiring! Our group (5 companies - Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation NightsInnovation Women, My Speaker Leads and Lioness Magazines) has several positions open. Check out our careers page.

  • Media relations
  • Sales

Learn more or send us a resume. Let's talk! (We are a flexible operation with a combination of full and part-time remote positions.)
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June is
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION MONTH
This month, we're sharing a series of tips to hone your communication skills.
Keep Your Message
PRACTICAL
There are four basic aspects of effective communication. The first is to keep your message practical.

Two things to consider when assessing your public speaking skills and presentations: 

  • Do you provide tangible takeaways that include realistic, timely goals? 
  • Are you offering advice/messaging that fits the audience? (Including expert vs. novice)
Innovation Women offers practical first steps to take if you are interested in pursuing a career in public speaking.

This article reviews "Seven Questions to Ask Yourself" before you begin public speaking. This article provides insight for those just getting started. (Public speaking is for everyone, not just C-level executives.)

Beyond free articles like this, we offer a wide array of classes, small group sessions, and recorded material (asynchronous learning). Our members have access to even more.
Effective Communication Also Involves Being:
FACTUAL
CLEAR & CONCISE
PERSUASIVE
OUR SPEAKERS GET ACCESS TO EVEN MORE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
By joining Innovation Women, you get access to resources beyond what you see on the external site. Our (new) Green Room keeps Knowledge Session recordings and articles in one convenient location on the platform. There are even more in-depth materials for choosing presentation format and getting started with public speaking.
The Innovation Women platform was designed to archive all of your speaker materials, from your speaker biography to the abstracts of your signature talks, and attract event managers who invite you to speak. In addition, you can also browse our exclusive database of speakers yourself. Who do you want to share the stage with?
Our Kickstart Cohort Program is a four-hour program spread out over a month. This program offers you a place to test your message, hone your brand and get feedback on your signature talk. Make sure your message makes sense in a room full of speaker friends. Next class starts September 7.
Visibility = Opportunity
Visibility Bureau for Technical, Entrepreneurial & Professional Women.

Innovation Women Newsletter #356
May 27, 2022
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THE GREEN ROOM IS OPEN - WELCOME SPEAKERS
Ta-da! Welcome to our new Green Room - a special place just for speakers! We've stocked it liberally with comfy sofas, hot tea with lemon and honey, and a 24-hour concierge who will cater to your every whim.

Not really.

The Innovation Women Green Room IS stocked with useful and educational content. We have articles. We have videos. We're sharing videos and articles like these:

  • How to get started with public speaking
  • How to build your signature talk
  • How to build your speaker toolkit
  • Exclusive content - backstage Q&A with event managers
  • Getting paid to speak and How much should I charge

And we'll be adding more every week.

If you want to up your speaking game, or are just getting starting, we're here for you. Join us today! (We'll be hanging out in the Green Room during our weekly Zoom call. Join us for a tour.)

Join us today at 9:00 am Eastern for our weekly Friday Zoom. And, then join us on Clubhouse, today and every Friday at 3:00 pm Eastern.

Bobbie and the Innovation Women team

P.S. No one really knows why the backstage waiting room for speakers is called a "green room". (Although I have read all kinds of wild theories.)
NOW BOOKING JUNE KICKSTART COHORTS
Want to make the most of your Innovation Women membership and turbo-charge your speaking career? Join one of our Kickstart Cohorts! These 4-week programs are a great way to get started. You get:

  • Live, small group guidance on maximizing your IW membership.
  • Help increasing your speaker presence to gain more visibility and clinch speaking gigs.
  • Recorded tutorials and bonus information in an email after every meeting.
  • Book now for June. Our next cohorts for individuals will start in September.
UPCOMING WEBINAR
How to Use Discovery to Maximize Sales - Featuring Diane Helbig, June 1, 2022, 12-1 pm ET
Sales is not about selling. Rather it is about learning. In this webinar we explore the importance of discovery as well as how to use it throughout the sales process. Getting out of sales mode and into curious mode is essential for business growth. Face it - no one likes a salesperson. However, everyone likes the person who is genuinely interested in learning about them, their successes, their challenges, their needs. Register here!
LIONESS MAGAZINE FEATURES
Lioness for the Female Entrepreneur is our digital magazine for women who are starting (or thinking about starting) companies. Get the latest news, tools and resources to launch and scale startups. This week you can read great articles like:

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK
If you’re an entrepreneur who isn’t trapped by an official company policy, you have the power to design your parental leave your way. Turn to “The Expecting Entrepreneur: A Guide to Parental Leave Planning for Self Employed Business Owners” to ensure that your plan is flawless. Arianna Taboada, author and founder of The Expecting Entrepreneur, is an expert in parental leave. Her book guides business owners to prepare for parenthood and keep their businesses from languishing in the background. Read the feature on Lioness!
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES
Every week our speakers get brand new opportunities and there are even more on our website - more than 60 this week! Below are some of the NEW opportunities:

  1. American Chiropractic Association Engage 2023 January 25-28, 2023 Washington, D.C. Deadline 6/13/2022 - Alternative Medicine
  2. 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting March 2-5, 2023 Washington, D.C., and Online Deadline 6/16/2022 - Information Technology and Services
  3. Special Event 2023 March 27–30, 2023 Orlando, FL Deadline 7/31/2022 - Events Services
  4. 2022 Drury University Nonprofit Leadership Conference 10/14/2022 Springfield, MO Deadline 7/15/2022 - Nonprofit Organization Management
  5. American Physiological Summit 2023 April 20-23, 2023 Long Beach, CA Deadline 6/3/2022 - Medical Practice

Become a Speaker - get opportunities like these, a profile on our site and more for only $100/year!
EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
FEATURED EVENTS
Find the full list of events and networking opportunities on our website!
The NFT Street Fair - May 28
​The NFT Street Fair will bring together NFT artists, collectors, investors, brands, influencers, project founders and enthusiasts building the NFT, Blockchain, Crypto, Metaverse and next evolution of Web 3.0. More information here.
ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES
FORGE, the nonprofit that helps bridge the gap between startups and manufacturing, announced the opening of a new grant for cleantech startups with female and non-binary leadership. The latest edition of the FORGE Product Development Grant program will award grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 in late June. The application deadline is June 3, 2022. More information here.
IFundWomen Entrepreneur of the Year 2022
IFundWomen Entrepreneur of the Year is their biggest annual funding program that rewards and celebrates extraordinary women entrepreneurs who have proven product-market fit, driven growth, and demonstrated a meaningful impact through their businesses. Through this one-of-a-kind funding program, qualified entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to win a $100,000 equity investment, access to premium educational resources, and cash grants! Applications due June 8. More information here.
Comcast RISE
Comcast RISE was created to invest in the success of Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, Asian American, and woman-owned businesses by providing valuable and practical support. 42% of businesses in the U.S. are owned by women, with more than 1,800 new businesses being started every day. That’s nearly five times the national average. Comcast RISE will distribute 500 grants totaling $5 million. Applications due June 17. More information here.



May 23, 2022
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Dear Innovator,

Kudos to the Startup Boston Week team for committing to a hybrid 2022 Startup Week!

September 19th - 23rd, SBW2022 is hosting more than 80 sessions and 250+ speakers and has said there will be both in-person and online options.

Hybrid (with the option to be there in person or remotely) is the way to go. It allows everyone to participate whether they are comfortable in-person or still limiting in-person interaction.

While registration has already started (RSVP now), the event won't take place until the fall and who knows what we will be dealing with then.

But hybrid and online events options are about more than dealing with the latest plague - did someone say Monkeypox?

Not everyone can afford to take a few hours off to travel into Boston. Not everyone has access to transportation to get them there. Not everyone can cope with crowds, public transportation, and whatever else you have to manage to get to an in-person event. Online events and hybrid events allow us to be even more inclusive in the Boston Innovation and Startup ecosystem.

Thanks, Startup Boston Week!


Bobbie & the MIN Team
MIN ALUMNI NEWS
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:

MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
Entrepreneurship Is for You: A Conversation with Entrepreneur Danny Warshay - May 23, 5:30 pm ET

Join Innovation Studio for an evening conversation with entrepreneur, Brown professor, and author Danny Warshay moderated by Dan Gertrudes. Warshay will discuss his latest book SEE, SOLVE, SCALE, a proven and paradigm-shifting method to unlocking the power of entrepreneurship. Find out more and register here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Monday May 23
·        Business Plan Basics 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        The Effective Elevator Pitch 2:00 pm
 
Tuesday May 24
·        Soup to Nuts : Ingredients of a Business Plan 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        You Created a Business Plan, Now What? 1:00 pm
 
Wednesday May 25
·        NAICS, PSC, FSC and Forecasts 10:00 – 11:00 am
·        Make Better Business Decisions with Google Analytics 10:00 – 11:00 am
·        Health Connector for Business 10:00 – 11:00 am
·        MA SBA Virtual Café: National Inventors Month 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        Exploring Small Business Administration (SBA) Resources 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        Business Plan Basics 1:00 – 2:30 pm
·        Creating Your Business Plan for Success 1:00 – 3:00 pm
·        Wine Wednesday Entrepreneur Networking with Caldwell 6:00 – 8:00 pm
 
Thursday May 26
·        Basics of Starting a Business 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        Supply Chain Management for Your Business 10:00 am
·        Creating Your Personal Brand 12:00 – 1:30 pm
·        SBA AANHPI Heritage Month Webinar 1:00 – 2:00 pm
 
Friday May 27
·        Accounting for Non-Accountants 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
FORGE, the nonprofit that helps bridge the gap between startups and manufacturing, announced the opening of a new grant for cleantech startups with female and non-binary leadership. The latest edition of the FORGE Product Development Grant program will award grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 in late June. The application deadline is June 3, 2022. More information here.
Looking for more 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:

  • The InnovateMass program
  • TECHSPO Boston
  • The 10G Challenge
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU
We're hiring! Our group (5 companies - Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights, Innovation Women, My Speaker Leads and Lioness Magazines) has several positions open. Check out our careers page.

  • Media relations
  • Sales

Learn more or send us a resume. Let's talk! (We are a flexible operation with a combination of full and part-time remote positions.)
MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS  



March 28, 2022
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Dear Innovator,

We're less than a month away from the next Maine Innovation Nights (see below for details), and we're looking into potential events for the Mass Innovation Nights community. We've also started to get out and about, in a limited fashion.

A few suggestions for in-person events, both for attendees and organizers. Remember, super-spreader is a bad look for anyone. This first batch is for organizers:

  • Require vaccinations or testing. Check at the door. No waving anyone through. Use some of the great tools out there to collect vaccination verification. Be the hard a** and help the entire community stay safe.
  • Hybrid allows people to participate even if they can't attend in person. Make sure you have a producer in charge of the online experience. This isn't a set it and forget it kind of thing.
  • Some attendees are still nervous - help them out and be the example. Hand sanitizer readily available. Demonstrate the "wing bump" or whatever handshaking replacement you want to advocate for.
  • Warmer weather is coming and there are a lot of great outdoor locations for events.

Event attendees? These are for you:
  • It may still be ingrained on your soul but remind yourself that there are handshake alternatives. Wave hello. Tip your hat. Tap your feet. Bow. Whatever works for you. I'm thinking that with the return of Netflix's Bridgerton, maybe curtseys will make a return appearance.
  • Bring the vaccine card or whatever other evidence you need to reassure the event organizers. And your co-attendees.
  • Don't feel so hot? Stay home. Seriously. I get COVID, the flu or a cold from you, I'll be coming for you. I've spent the last two years without a respiratory illness; can we keep it up?
  • Be kind. No comments. If someone's wearing a mask or not coming in for the group hug, that's their right and they've got their reasons...which are none of your business.

Bobbie & the MIN Team
MIN ALUMNI NEWS
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:
MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
MassTLC Virtual Career Fair - March 29, 4:00 pm ET

Looking for a job? MassTLC can help! Join their March 29th virtual career fair and meet with great companies such as NETSCOUT, Blinkforhome, Centric Consulting, InterSystems, Rapid7, Zipcar, and more. Find out more and register here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Monday March 28
·        Pitch Like a Pro with CWE & 1 Worcester Homes 5:30 – 7:30 pm
 
Tuesday March 29
·        Local Food Trade Show of New England 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
·        How to Open a Business in Massachusetts Legally 10:00 – 11:30 am
·        Women's Business Summit 12:30 – 5:30 pm
·        MassTLC Virtual Career Fair 4:00 – 6:00 pm
 
Wednesday March 30
·        Access to Capital - Business Line of Credit 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        Legal Considerations for Starting Your Business 12:00 – 2:00 pm
·        Let SEO Make You Money While You Sleep 5:00 – 6:30 pm
 
Thursday March 31
·        Exploring Small Business Administration (SBA) Resources 9:00 – 11:00 am
·        Women's Money: Growth and Transformation 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        HBS New Venture Competition Finale 2022 6:00 – 7:00 pm
 
Friday April 1
·        BPMA Mentorship: Mastering the Product Job Interview 8:00 – 9:30 pm
·        Office Hours - CWE RI - Virtual Live 9:00 – 10:30 am

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
MAINE INNOVATION NIGHTS
Are you a new or existing Maine business owner launching a new product or service? UpStart Maine Innovation Nights is coming up on April 26th at the Maine Challenger Center in Bangor and online! Apply to be a presenter here.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
IMPACT from M2D2 is a 12-week accelerator program that uses a unique 1:1 approach and is created to connect startups with resources needed for commercialization. Selected companies will have the opportunity to engage with sponsors' specialized research calls to help advance their business. Application deadline extended to March 29. More information here.
Looking for more 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:

  • MIT Hacking Medicine Grand Hack
  • Boehringer Ingelheim’s Boston Innovation Prize
  • 2022 Emerge MA Candidate and Campaign Manager Training
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU
We're hiring! Our group (5 companies - Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights, Innovation Women, My Speaker Leads and Lioness Magazines) has several positions open. Check out our careers page.

  • Media relations
  • Sales
  • Social media marketing
  • Interns

Learn more or send us a resume. Let's talk! (We are a flexible operation with a combination of full and part-time remote positions.)


March 14, 2022
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Dear Innovator,

Thirteen years ago, we started the run up to the first Mass Innovation Nights event. (Our official 13th anniversary will be in April.) We signed up for @MassInno on Twitter and started to connect with what would be our community. Over the years we did a lot of tweeting, and connecting!

Two years ago, we all abruptly went home to work. The Mass Innovation Nights event at Brandeis in March 2020 quickly became a virtual event. Not much of a run up. Not much of a plan but we had a great virtual event, one of many over the pandemic.

The next Innovation Nights event will be Maine Innovation Nights, April 26, 2022 in Bangor, Maine. You'll also be able to attend virtually. See below for more details.

Bobbie & the MIN Team
MIN ALUMNI NEWS
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:
MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
Connected Things: Living on the Edge (#CT22Edge) - March 21, 10:00 am ET

The Connected Things Conference has always fostered connection, enabling the stakeholders in our ecosystem —technology executives, seasoned and early-stage entrepreneurs, investors, and members of the IoT ecosystem —to network and develop valuable business relationships and learn about new initiatives from leaders at IoT startups and established industry players. Find out more and register here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Monday March 14
·        SBA Virtual Café: Women's History Month 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
 
Tuesday March 15
·        The Basics of Email Marketing 9:00 – 10:30 am
·        Tech Toolkit for Coaches & Entrepreneurs 4:00 pm
·        Build Your Company with Strategic Alliances 7:00 – 8:30 pm
 
Wednesday March 16
·        How to Change the Gender Pay Gap 9:00 – 10:00 am
·        Pricing to Thrive 10:00 – 11:30 pm
·        Leadership and Creativity 12:00 pm
·        Marketing on a Shoestring 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        Russia Sanctions & Export Controls Update 12:00 – 1:30 pm
·        Brands That Attract 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        Choosing the Right Website Platform 12:00 – 1:30 pm
 
Thursday March 17
·        Basics of Starting a Business 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        Golden Seeds Boston Office Hours 9:00 am – 12:15 pm
·        Social Media Made Simple 12:00 – 1:30 pm
·        Steps to Start a Business 12:00 – 2:00 pm
 
Friday March 18
·        USPTO: Intellectual Property 101 9:00 – 10:00 am
·        How’s Your Social IQ? 12:00 pm

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
MAINE INNOVATION NIGHTS
Are you a new or existing Maine business owner launching a new product or service? UpStart Maine Innovation Nights is coming up on April 26th at the Maine Challenger Center in Bangor and online! Apply to be a presenter here.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS



January 24, 2022
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Just a quick story and request. During my junior and senior years in college in New York, I spent a lot of time in Boston (looking for a job, planning my move here, etc.)

Before I returned to New York each time, I would buy a gallon of Brigham's vanilla ice cream (sometimes chocolate too) and the Boston Sunday Globe, and bring them back for my Public Relations professor and his wife. They had moved from Boston and missed it terribly. My professor had helped me get a summer job in Boston and it felt great being able to do something nice in return for him.

Next week, we'll return to our regularly scheduled programming, commentary on the Boston startup scene, but this week I'm asking for YOUR HELP. We're hiring. We did just add another writer to the team - woo-hoo - but I also need:

Bobbie & the MIN Team

P.S. Thanks in advance!
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:
MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
How to get a job at the FDA - January 24, 5:45 pm ET

Are you interested in getting a job at the FDA? MASS AWIS is hosting an exciting panel discussion with current and former FDA employees. Register today to get insights and advice on how to prepare for a position at the FDA! Find out more and register here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Monday January 24
·        Social Media Made Simple 12:00 – 1:30 pm
·        The Effective Elevator Pitch 2:00 pm
·        How to Get A Job at the FDA 5:45 – 7:15 pm
 
Tuesday January 25
·        Leveraging LinkedIn 9:00 – 10:30 pm
·        Business Plan Basics 1:00 – 2:30 pm
·        Social Media Trends (Planning for 2022) 2:00 – 3:00 pm
·        Legal Considerations for New Business Owners 5:00 – 6:00 pm
 
Wednesday January 26
·        Data Driven Insights: A Look Ahead 9:00 – 10:15 am
·        Always-On Marketing 11:00 – 11:40 am
·        Pricing Your Products and Services 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        Building Business Credit 12:00 pm
·        Exploring Small Business Administration (SBA) Resources 12:00 – 1:00 pm
·        Steps to Start a Business 3:00 – 4:00 pm
 
Thursday January 27
·           Legal Considerations for Starting Your Business 9:00 – 11:00 am
·           Business Plan Basics 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
·           Business Foundation - Learn How to Sell Better 12:00 pm

Friday January 28

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
BoardWise Board Professional Expert Certification
Serving as a board director is both an honor and a duty. This program equips directors with an understanding of their responsibilities, the current and emerging challenges and trends they face, and the fundamental knowledge and skills they need to be capable contributors to public, private and advisory boards. Arm yourself for success with this highly interactive program and secure a level one board certification. Next session begins March 4. More information here.
Looking for more 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:

  • The Massachusetts Export Center’s Export Expo
  • TiE University Global Pitch Competition
  • MassBioDrive
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU
We're hiring! Our group (5 companies - Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights, Innovation Women, My Speaker Leads and Lioness Magazines) has several positions open. Check out our careers page.

  • Media relations
  • Sales
  • Social media marketing
  • Interns

Learn more or send us a resume. Let's talk! (We are a flexible operation with a combination of full and part-time remote positions.)
MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS  



January 10, 2022
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Dear Innovator,

I spent some end of the year time looking at different projects I had done over the year and their impact on the community. (Side note: highly recommend this activity for anyone involved in the entrepreneurial and innovation economy space. What kind of impact did you have 2021?)

Maybe this is why I was so entranced with a project from GaggleAMP. (GaggleAMP is an award-winning employee advocacy platform designed to help marketing, sales, and internal communications teams increase brand reach and employee engagement. GaggleAMP is our social media amplification partner and a two-time MIN alumnus.) 

In December GaggleAMP let us know that they would donate $1 for every active user in customer programs in the month of December to Feeding America (or our regional equivalent). A January follow up message let us know that they had donated 100,000 meals to families during the holiday season! THAT'S community impact.

Right now I've run out of fingers on my two hands to count the number of friends and family who are COVID-positive or isolating due to exposure. A lot of these exposures are holiday related but as we get back in the business and professional swing of things post-holiday, I'd like to ask you to look at a different kind of community impact. Do you really need to meet in person? Does that event really need to be in person? I think we all know the answer.

Be careful and aware of your community impact,

Bobbie & the MIN Team
MIN ALUMNI NEWS
  • #MIN18 alum LogMeIn CEO Bill Wagner is stepping down, and will be replaced by Mike Kohlsdorf, who has been part of LogMeIn's board since August 2020.
  • MIN founder Bobbie Carlton contributed a viewpoint article to the Boston Business Journal which ran in the December 31 edition.
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features:

MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
Money & Metrics: Using Lean Canvas to Evaluate Your Business for Long Term Growth - January 18, 1:00 pm ET

In this interactive webinar, the Capital Network will introduce you to the Lean Canvas method to help you get a clear picture of all the pieces of your company. You’ll build your own lean canvas to break down and analyze your business model, and set yourself up for long-term growth. Find out more and register here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
 
Monday January 10
·        Basics of Starting a Business 1:00 – 4:00 pm
 
Tuesday January 11
·        Marketing Trends 2022 9:00 am
·        Business Plan Basics 9:00 – 10:00 am
·        Next in Tech: 2022 Forecast 10:00 – 11:00 am
·        How to Become Women Owned Certified with SBA 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        So, You Want to Start a Nonprofit 12:00 pm
·        Steps to Start a Business 1:00 – 2:30 pm
·        Building Community through Technology 2:00 pm
·        Exploring Entrepreneurship & Steps to Start a Business 5:30 – 7:30 pm
 
Wednesday January 12
·        Capabilities Statement 2-part mini-series 9:00 – 10:00 am
 
Thursday January 13
·        Exploring Entrepreneurship & Steps to Start a Business 9:00 – 1:00 am
·        Basics of Starting a Business 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
·        Snacks with an Expert: Kick Start your Company HR! 4:00 – 5:00 pm
·        Business Plan Basics 6:00 – 7:00 pm
 
Friday January 14
·        Accounting for Non-Accountants 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
·        Cloud Implementation and Cyber Security 12:00 pm

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
The AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator delivered by MassRobotics is a four-week technical, business and mentorship accelerator opportunity open to robotics startups from around the globe. The program will provide resources to a select cohort of startups seeking to use AWS to help them solve their robotics development, deployment and management challenges. Applications are due January 16, 2022. More information here.
Looking for more 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:

  • The AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator delivered by MassRobotics
  • The Massachusetts Export Center’s Export Expo
  • The Draper Competition for Collegiate Women Entrepreneurs



September 13, 2021
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Dear Innovator,

So excited to journey to Bangor, Maine this week to meet up with the Maine Innovation Nights team for their first event. You can join us too, without the long drive from Massachusetts. We'll have a small, COVID-19-aware and wary group who will be putting on a hybrid event.

The event will officially kick-off at 4:00 pm. If you sign up for a FREE ticket, you'll get more information on the detailed agenda and how to get connected to the stream(s). I would also remind you to follow Mass Innovation Nights on TwitterLinkedIn and Facebook. I'll be live tweeting and sharing videos and pictures through as many channels as I can single-handedly manage.

And for those who are wondering why I'm heading to Maine when our name is MASS Innovation Nights...

  • We have previously had companies from all over New England join us at Innovation Nights in the Boston area.
  • We have previously had other Innovation Nights events in other places too...for example, maybe you remember our events in New Hampshire, Connecticut or Western Massachusetts?
  • We want to spread the "crowdpromoting" method. The goal is to help communities grow their economies by supporting local entrepreneurs and startups. And we can help!

See you on Tuesday!
Bobbie and the MIN Team
UPSTART MAINE INNOVATION NIGHT
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. Help by sharing information about the event. Click to Tweet, or join our Gaggle!

Want to launch with us? We're looking for innovative products from Boston-area entrepreneurs. Submit your product today!

Here are the products being featured at Upstart Maine Innovation Night:
Find out more about our featured products:
Do you have a Gluten Sensitivity? Box of Maine spent time researching these Maine Made Products to be able to offer a Gluten Free Box of Maine.
Bub 'n Mutha's is a gourmet dry rub with a Maine attitude.
Nugget is a bookmarking application specifically designed to simplify note taking in online meetings.
Kind Mind is a social emotional learning curriculum for lifelong resilience.
SledTRX is an information center, acting as a trip planner for snowmobile riders.
Profit Decoder provides business owners with an accessible, guided experience to decode their numbers and unlock profitability.
DiriGoHydro is an affordable, safe, and effective energy and cleaning solution for people and the planet.
Tree Free Fire makes all-natural portable campfires that are easy-to-use, scentless, and safe
ALUMNI NEWS
LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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. Here are just a few of this week's features :

NEW MIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Are you running events of interest to startups and entrepreneurs in the Boston area? Submit your events to the NEW Mass Innovation Nights community calendar! For years we have been promoting local events to the community and now we have a better way to collect the information from you! Just fill out the form on our website, and we'll add your event to the community calendar on our website, and in our weekly newsletter!
FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENT
NSIN Defense Innovation Accelerator – Cohort Showcase Day September 14, 12:00 pm ET

The NSIN Defense Innovation Accelerator (DIA) powered by FedTech pairs teams of entrepreneurs with cutting-edge Department of Defense inventions to assess the commercialization potential of the technologies and generate solutions to real-world problems for the Department. Teams work closely with the DoD inventors, mentors, and coaches during an intensive four-month program that culminates with a Showcase Day that is open to the public. Find out more and register here.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Monday September 13
·        Learn the Basics of Google Ads 10:00 – 11:00 am
·        Basics of Starting a Business 1:00 – 4:00 pm
·        Start Smart Class [Fall 2021] 6:00 pm
 
Tuesday September 14
·        Cross-Border Payments & Coffee 10:00 am
·        The Digital Side of Starting a Business 10:00 – 11:00 am

 

Innovation Women Newsletter #319

September 10, 2021

 

 

Hi, just a reminder that you receive this email because you are a member of the InnovationWomen.com community. Maybe you enjoyed one of our BrightTALK webinars. Maybe you signed up on our website. Don't forget to add info@innovationwomen.com to your address book so we'll be sure to land in your inbox! No longer want to learn more about the exploits of our awesome speakers and/or get our sweet list of opportunities? Unsubscribe at the bottom of the page.

 

 

WHAT I TOLD AD AGE ABOUT SXSW


Last week, Ad Age, one of the leading publications for advertising and marketing executives, came calling, looking for me to comment on how SXSW might be facing boycotts because of the Texas abortion bill.

 

I had also started to see some comments from companies about the situation in Texas. Some were putting forth announcements that they would cover employee expenses if they were fined for getting an abortion. Others were talking about moving offices or no longer doing business in the state. And yes, some were talking about pulling out of SXSW.

 

Full disclosure - I'm on the advisory board for SXSW Pitch, the startup contest at SXSW. (We promote this GREAT opportunity in this newsletter and others.) I help find other advisors and judges. I spend most Thanksgivings judging dozens of startup applications. I attend SXSW. I have applied to speak there this year. I see SXSW as an organization that does a good job on diversity, gender equity and inclusion on stage.

 

Boycotting the stage (boycotting events) is usually a no-win situation for women. We need these stages in order to voice our opinions, share our stories and, in this case, shout from the rooftops.

 

SXSW (as a physical event) adds an estimated $350M to the local Austin economy. Our participation is part of that contribution. Other events and organizers have attempted to apply political pressure to a region by pulling an event out of an area (Georgia and MLB.) But SXSW is a local organization and pulling out of Austin is probably impossible for them.

 

Here's what Ad Age included of what I provided, "All too often, these situations devolve into no-win possible for women. The stages we need in order to voice our concerns are the ones we’re forced to turn away from because someone politicized our right to make our own decisions about our bodies."

 

JOIN BOBBIE ON ZOOM NOW AND CLUBHOUSE LATER

 

Join me on Zoom at 9:00 am Eastern TODAY (Friday) for our weekly group Zoom chat. Every week we offer great networking and knowledge-sharing about events and public speaking. (It's not just speakers who attend - all are welcome.) Click the link to join me online.

 

You can also join us TODAY at 3:00 pm Eastern (noon Pacific) on Clubhouse. Look for the Innovation Women club there too!

 

Bobbie and the Innovation Women team

 

P.S. Do you LOVE Innovation Women? Join us! Our parent company is hiring writers, media relations people and sales/business development types.

 

 

 

 

INNOVATION WOMEN WEBINARS

 

Ask an Event Manager with Subscription Show’s Kathy Sexton

 

Kathy Greenler Sexton is the CEO of Subscription Insider, a media company uniquely focused on the business of subscriptions. Kathy is a recognized expert in subscription business models, market strategy, brand development and information products.

 

Wednesday September 22, 2021, 12-1 pm ET - Register here!

 

 

SEE OUR SPEAKERS IN ACTION

 

Check out what our speakers are up to! You can find more upcoming Innovation Women talks on the Events page of our website! PLUS: Check out this month's featured speakers on our website!

 

Christina Inge presents Business Model Generation for Brandeis Innovation on October 20.

Dr. Charmain Jackman presents "Tackling Mental Health: Touchpoints Across a Lifetime" at the Women's Health Innovation Summit on September 15 in Boston. 

 

 

Krista Morrissey will be appearing on The Connect Show with Jon and Tracy September 14. She will also present Exploring Self Awareness & Self Care on September 22 in Brookfield WI.

Michelle Tillis Lederman presents Get Known, Get Connected, Get Ahead for the Alumni Learning Consortium on September 21.

 

Monique Russell will be speaking at these upcoming events: Sistas in Sales Summit, September 16-17; the Women on the Move Summit on September 16 in Morrow GA; and will present "Boldly Break Through: How to Create Change and Own Your Transformation" at the Salesforce Grace Hopper Afterparty on September 29.

Sheri Fitts will be speaking at these upcoming events: "Competing for Plan Sponsor Mindshare with Digital Emotional Intelligence (digitalEQ)" at NAPA 401(k) Summit in Las Vegas on September 13; "How to Build Your Personal Brand" at

Wealth@Wor(k) in Nashville on October 25; "Stand Out: Amplify Your digitalEQ" at

MDRT EDGE in Philadelphia on November 8; and "Your Personal Brand and Digital Emotional Intelligence (digitalEQ)" at AFP 2021 in Washington DC on November 9.

 

 

Speakers - Do you have an upcoming speaking engagement, cool article you wrote, new book, news? Email us or use the "promote yourself" button on your speaker profile so we can share it in upcoming newsletters, on our website, and our social media!

 

 

LIONESS MAGAZINE AND INNOVATION WOMEN -

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK

 

The Female Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating Your Own Website in a Weekend - Ruthann Bowen

 

The Female Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating Your Own Website in a Weekend is the go-to playbook for the DIY lover who desperately desires a professional website without breaking the bank. This no-nonsense, how-to guide kicks overwhelm to the curb making it easy to create your own website in a weekend. Discover insider professional tips and tricks showing you how to design a website that attracts, converts and grows your business. Read the feature on Lioness!

 

 

GREAT STAGES: TWITTER SPACES, CLUBHOUSE, LUNCHCLUB

 

Innovation Women hosts special programs on various platforms. Interested in joining us? We have a wide variety of platforms and programs.

 

1.  Follow @WomenInno on Twitter for Twitter Spaces chats

2.  Follow BobbieC on the Clubhouse app and join the new Innovation Women club. We have weekly meetings, Fridays at 3:00 pm EDT.

3.  Have you tried Lunchclub? One-on-one meetings to expand your network.

 

 

SAY 'HELLO' TO SOME OF OUR NEW SPEAKER MEMBERS

(Psst Speakers - fill in your profile to get included here.)

 

Welcome to these new Innovation Women members!

 

Susan Lovelle - Raleigh NC, Wendy Perdomo - Hasbrouck Heights NJ, Satoya Smith - Atlanta GA, Shaun McAndrew - Raleigh NC

 

Thanks to these Innovation Women members for renewing their membership!

 

Mary Churchill - Boston MA, Courtney Temple - Washington DC, Adrienne Garland - New York NY, Irene Katzela - Toronto Canada, Jessica Lesesky - Raleigh NC, Todd Cohen - Philadelphia PA, Jennifer Gjulameti - Boston MA, Samantha Quinones - New York NY

 

 

Find out more about our new and returning members on our blog!

 

Every week we welcome our new and renewing members in our newsletter. (Well, at least the ones who add their picture and fill out the profile right away.) Event managers can invite these speakers (and others) to speak at their events by signing up for a free account on the Innovation Women website.

 

 

SIGN UP AS A SPEAKER TODAY: GET MORE VISIBILITY

 

Every week our speakers get brand new opportunities and there are even more on our website. Below are some of the NEW opportunities

 

1.  2022 PHIMA Annual Conference April 25-26, 2022 Lancaster PA Deadline 11/1/2021 - Hospital and Health Care

2.  2022 North American Snow Conference April 10-13, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA Deadline 10/8/2021 - Recreational Facilities and Services

3.  241st ECS Meeting May 29 – June 2, 2022 Vancouver, BC, Canada Deadline 12/3/2021 - Chemicals

4.  6th International Conference on Infection Diseases: Control and Prevention May 27-28, 2022 Vancouver, Canada Deadline 10/1/2021 - Hospital and Health Care

5.  Buildings 2022 May 11-12, 2022 Chicago, IL Deadline 9/30/2021 - Construction

 

Become a Speaker - get opportunities like these, a profile on our site and more for only $100/year!

 

 

JOIN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AMPLIFICATION PROGRAM TODAY

 

 

Have you joined our "gaggle" yet? GaggleAMP helps us manage our social media amplification program. We send members important content to share in their social media accounts. You choose what to share through your social networks. Join us - it's a great way to support your fellow Innovation Women! AND get cool content for your channel.

 

 

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:

 

·    7 Grants and Money Resources Built for Female Entrepreneurs

·    Lioness Powerbrokers: Yasmin Ferrine of Visible Hands

·    Is the New Cinderella Too Heavy Handed?

 

 

MY SPEAKER LEADS DELIVERS SPEAKER LEADS, OF COURSE

 

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. Professional speakers often work with a virtual assistant or a sales person to follow up on leads like these. My Speaker Leads is all about helping you gain momentum in your speaking career!

 

 

FEATURED EVENTS

 

You can now find the full list of the latest events and networking opportunities on the Events page of our website!

 

WITS Virtual Summit - The Women in Tech Summits will educate, inspire, and connect women in technology — and are now virtual for 2021. Innovation Women Members can save 25% on registration for WITS Virtual Summits with discount code IW25. Fall 2021 Virtual Summit October 20-22, 2021 - register here. WITS is also celebrating its 10th anniversary on October 22. If you are interested in attending (either in-person or virtually), buy a ticket now!

 

Also check out events like these:

 

·    26th BCS SPA Software in Practice conference

·    PPMA Annual Conference 2021

·    Future of SaaS Festival

 

 

ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES

 

Babson College’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) is pleased to offer the Black Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (BWEL) program, a virtual action tank designed by and for Black Women entrepreneurial leaders to provide an experience and the resources to propel their businesses and professional growth forward. Find out more and apply here.

 

SXSW Pitch returns on March 12-13, 2022 for its fourteenth year to showcase some of the global startup ecosystem's most exciting, innovative, and cutting-edge technology! The event provides an outlet for companies to present the latest ideas in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics & Voice; Enterprise & Smart Data; Entertainment, Gaming & Content; Extended Reality & Immersive Technology; Future of Work; Health, Wearables & Wellbeing; Innovative World Technologies; Smart Cities, Transportation & Logistics; Social & Culture to a panel of industry experts, early adopters, and representatives from the Venture Capitalist / Angel community. Applications are due November 11. Find out more and apply here.

 

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. The two-year Activate Fellowship provides the most promising science entrepreneurs the funding, technical support, networking, community, and time they need at the outset of their entrepreneurial journey. And Activate does not take a stake in their startups. Activate Fellows receive: A yearly living stipend of $80,000 to $110,000 plus a health insurance stipend and travel allowance. Each project also receives $100,000 of research support at the host laboratory; Access to world-class research facilities in Berkeley, CA and Boston, MA; A program of intensive entrepreneurial training, mentorship, and networking. Attend a webinar and find out more about how to apply here.

 

 

MENTOR OPPORTUNITIES

 

Join the hundreds of women who've all experienced personal and career acceleration by taking part in the Ruth Handler Mentorship Program for WIT. Form meaningful connections, deepen your industry knowledge and gain the professional development skills you need to lead and succeed. More information here.

 

 

INNOVATION WOMEN AMBASSADORS

 

Our local ambassadors help spread the word about Innovation Women's mission. Want to help us spread the word in your area - contact us and say, "I want to be an Innovation Women Ambassador!"

 

Michelle Tillis Lederman - NJ, Nancy Shenker - AZ, Laraine McKinnon - CA, Catalina Valenzuela - FL, Adrienne Garland - NY, Lori Richardson - MA, Tina Adolfsson - MA, Miracle Olatunji MA, Pearlie Oni - DC, Julia Geisman - MA, Kyri Allison - RI, Candice Benson - NH, Tuija Kauppinen - Finland, Ilhiana Rojas Saldana - MA, Felicia Barlow Clar - DC, Janice Dru-Bennett - MA/RI, Debbie Pickus - IL Yolanda Payne - GA, Chinyere Almona - Nigeria, Kelley Connors - MA, Aiysha (AJ) Johnson - NY

 

 

CONTACT US

Innovation Women

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entrepreneurial and technical women

 

 

 

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May 17, 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.

 

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Dear Chutze Chou,

 

It's been WAY too long since we've each other so I hope you'll join us this Thursday for our 135th Mass Innovation Nights event! Read on to learn more about the special Mass Innovation Nights event in partnership with UMass Lowell's Research Institute! They are giving away a total of $60,000 - $20K to each of three companies.

 

Come to meet the finalists and join us for some great networking. PLUS, we'll have a chat with Rich Julien of AWS. You'll even have the ability to speak directly with the entrepreneurs. It will be just like old times - minus the traffic and parking fees. The snacks/drinks are definitely BYOB. I'll be hanging out afterwards for the after-party. Looking forward to raising a glass to the winners.

 

Bobbie and the MIN Team

 

P.S. See below for details on joining me this morning on Twitter Spaces.

 

 

Today (Monday) our weekly drop-in will be hosted on Twitter Spaces. I'll be hosting the audio-only chat on Twitter starting at 9:00 am EDT. How do you join me?

 

You'll need the Twitter app on your smart phone and you will need to follow my Twitter account @BobbieC.

 

Once you are following the account, click on home in the Twitter app and look for my picture surrounded by a purple cloud at the top of the screen. (See image to the right.) Then, click in to join the conversation. It's that easy.

 

 

 

 

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!

 

 

#MIN135 will feature:

·     Pitches from all of our innovators!

·     Meet and chat with the entrepreneurs!

·     Video networking! Meet new people! Talk about jobs and new business!

 

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.

 

Want to launch with us? We're looking for new products for upcoming Mass Innovation Nights events - Submit your product today!

 

Here are the products being featured at MIN135:

 

Advanced Silicon Group is developing LightSense™, which provides fast, sensitive measurements of proteins in solution at significantly lower costs than the incumbent ELISA technology.

Tular from TargetArm is a device that enables launch and recovery of both rotary and fixed wing drones from any moving vehicle, autonomously, at speeds over 65mph.

 

Bionet Sonar developed HydroNet Underwater Networking Technology, wireless systems powered by artificial intelligence for harsh, extreme, and hostile environments.

Analog Photonics specializes in the development of photonic circuits for customers worldwide in growing markets such as automotive, industrial, consumer, medical and defense, among others.

 

14bis Supply Tracking provides innovative, trustworthy and complete supply chain and logistics solutions to the Aerospace and Defense industries.

Gencores provides a platform that reduces the risk of concussion with customizable, smart, shock-absorbing helmet inserts.

 

Mass Innovation Nights #135, is this Thursday, May 20 from 4 - 6 pm, live online!

 

Our 6 featured new high-tech products are "dual use", which means they can be used by the Department of Defense and others. Each company is a finalist and eligible for 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.

Please help us spread the word about this event by using this Click-to-Tweet link!

 

 

MIN ALUMNI NEWS

 

·     MIN81 alum Fling Golf appeared on ABC's Shark Tank on Friday May 14

·     MIN87 alum Botkeeper was listed on Inc. Magazine's Annual List Of Best Workplaces For 2021

 

 

LIONESS MAGAZINE: GREAT ARTICLES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

 

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. Here are just a few of this week's features :



·     Looking for Cash? Apply to These 8 Accelerators and Grants

·     Alex Ostebo, Founder of Kameo: Helping the Entertainment Industry Survive During a Pandemic

·     The New Normal is Now: How Can You Embrace It?

 

 

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

 

 

Monday May 17

·        Weekly drop-in on Twitter Spaces/Boston startup discussion 9:00 – 10:00 am

·        Business Continuity and Ownership Transition Options 1:00 – 2:30 pm

·        The Effective Elevator Pitch 2:00 pm

 

Tuesday May 18

·        Tapping Into the Restaurant Revitalization Fund 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

·        SWOT Analysis - A Powerful Management Tool 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

·        Steps to Start a Business 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

·        Selling for Owners and Non-Sales people 12:00 pm

·        Straight Talk: Hear From Franchise Brand Representatives 1:00 pm

·        Getting Relief for Shuttered Venue Operators 2:00 – 3:00 pm

·        Staffing for Explosive Growth and Beyond #ENET3018 7:00 – 8:30 pm

 

Wednesday May 19

·        Understanding Cash Flow and How it Affects your Business 9:00 – 11:00 am

·        Starting a Business: What You Need to Know 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

·        Simplifying Social Media for Small Business 1:00 – 2:15 pm

·        Own Your Raise: Creating a Fundraising Strategy for Female Founders 1:00 – 3:30 pm

·        Investing in an Internship Program 2:00 – 3:00 pm

·        Robotics and AI Virtual Career Fair 4:00 – 6:00 pm

 

Thursday May 20

·        Federal Government Contracting 8(a) Program Webinar 8:00 – 9:30 am

·        PEKO Masterclass: From Prototype to Production - Hosted By FORGE 10:00 – 11:00 am

·        A Carbon Neutral Future: The Electrification Ecosystem's Impact on Business and Technology 12:00 – 1:00 pm

·        Make Better Business Decisions with Google Analytics 12:00 – 1:00 pm

·        Mass Innovation Nights #135 4:00 – 6:00 pm

 

Friday May 21

·        Spring into Startups: A How To for Taking the Plunge 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

 

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT OUR BLOG!

 

 

RESOURCES FOR BOSTON-AREA ENTREPRENEURS

 

Looking for more 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:

·     The ‘Next Steminist’ scholarship program

·     Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2)

·     NSIN pitch competition

 

 

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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!

 

 

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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
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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:
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UMass Lowell Research Institute
Stacy is the Director of the UMLRI SBIR Center of Excellence.
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!
#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!
JOIN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AMPLIFICATION PROGRAM TODAY
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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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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 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

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

CONTACT US

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Stay Connected!

 

 

 

 

March 15, 2021

 

 

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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

 

 

 

*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  

 

 

 

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!

 

 

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February 1, 2021
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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 NetworkThe 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
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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:
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
 
Wednesday February 3
·        BSB Series: Exploring Growth Opportunities 10:00 am – 12:00 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
·        Branchfood's February Community Table 12:00 – 1:00 pm
 
Friday February 5
·        Innovation Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 am
·        #StartupMoves Virtual Job Fair / Career Expo 11:00 am – 2:00 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  
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.

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