Mass Innovation Nights 
June 26, 2017
 
JOIN US IN JULY FOR THE 100TH MASS INNOVATION NIGHT!
A SPECIAL EVENT AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE! 
 
Greetings Innovators!
 
We hope you'll join us for our 100th monthly event, Mass Innovation Nights #100, July 12th from 6:00 - 9:30 pm at the Museum of Science in Boston, featuring the latest in local innovations in space technology!

Draper's Sembler office is sponsoring MIN #100, hosted by the  Museum of Science  and the  Museum of Science InnovatorsSembler is Draper's way of fostering the development of technology entrepreneurs by leveraging their extensive resources and 80+ years of expertise in solving the world's toughest engineering problems.

We have a ton of extra room for this event - so we want ALL of our alumni there. PLUS, anyone who has attended a MIN event and has a story to tell. Did you get a job through Mass Innovation Nights?  Did you meet your co-founder? Or talk with a reporter who wrote the first story on your product? Come and share the story!

We're planning a bunch of special surprises for this event (The Theater of Electricity lightning show! An extra hour to explore the Museum for free! Guest appearances by past MIN alumni! Free validated parking!), so be sure check our website for all of the details! 

Mass Innovation Nights #MIN100 - Space Technology
Wednesday, July 12th from 6:00 - 9:30 pm
Museum of Science, Boston
1 Science Park
Boston

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MIN100 -- NEW FEATURED PRODUCTS
HELP SUPPORT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS
 
Every month the Mass Innovation Nights community helps supports local companies with our free events, social media amplification and newsletter.  We ask you to help spread the word too. Here are some of the products being featured at our next event:


Every week, learn more about some of the products you'll see at our next event.   
 
Accion Systems is pioneering scalable electric propulsion technology that will completely transform what spacecraft can do in and beyond Earth's orbit. 
VALT represents a paradigm shift in launch vehicle technology that specifically targets the space access needs of the fast-growing nanosatellite industry. 
MIN100 HOST AND SPONSORS 
Draper's Sembler office is sponsoring MIN #100, hosted by the  Museum of Science and the  Museum of Science Innovators.
 
Sembler is Draper's way to foster the development of technology entrepreneurs by leveraging their extensive resources and 80+ years of expertise in solving the world's toughest engineering problems.  
 

 

MIN100 EXPERTS   
Nathan Wiedemann 
Draper 
 
Nathan Wiedenmann is the founder and director of Draper's Sembler Office. Sembler is Draper's mechanism for supporting and partnering with startup companies. They are constantly looking for opportunities to partner with great technology startups to tackle bigger and harder problems together.
James Shaw
 
James Shaw is the Director of Central Engineering at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Central Engineering is a major source of the instrumentation used in scientific research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Nathan Therrien
Nathan Therrien is from 
Focusing on the needs of businesses and business owners, at a company level, BIBSMA works to implement commercial insurance and employee benefits plans, as well as addressing the needs of owners and management.
Alan Campbell
Draper
   
Alan Campbell is the Group Lead for the Simulation Lab at Draper as well as a Program Manager within the Sembler Office.
 
Andreas Randow
Andreas has expertise in SaaS, Software & Data Architecture, Mobile Applications, Startups, Big Data / Deep Learning / AI, Data Acquisition & Imaging, and Turnkey Business Development.  
Kim Slater
 
Kim manages Draper's Space Programs for science, commercial and humanitarian applications, and supports Draper in solving important global challenges with innovative solutions. 
FEATURED EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
THIS WEEK

Thursday June 29
Friday June 30
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND

Thursday July 6
Friday July 7
Thursday July 13
Monday July 17 
Wednesday July 19
Tuesday August 8
Wednesday August 9
Wednesday August 16
Friday November 3
ALUMNI NEWS
  • MIN97 - Robotics alum Tertill was featured in Business Insider, CNET, My9NJ and more.
  • Several Mass Innovation Nights alumni are part of the list of finalists from BostInno's Coolest Companies list.  Our alumni include: Acquia, Applause, Carbon Black, CoachUp, Drizly, Fortified Bicycle, Freight Farms, GeoOrbital, Insightsquared, LogMeIn,VirgalGains, WordStream and YesWare (probably missed someone!) and sponsors/partners ezCater, TripAdvisor, Toast, and LogMeIn. 
  • Great article from the Bay State Banner about our last event, with lots of new alumni.
LAUNCH YOUR NEW PRODUCT WITH MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS!   
 Mass Innovation Nights is a new product showcase. Every month we help at least 10 new products get great visibility through social media, our website and our newsletter. For upcoming events,  we are looking for IoT and Analytics products, and tech products from women founders for our upcoming 4th annual Women Founders event . Submit your product today!  
INNOVATION BREAKFAST  
Friday morning from 8:30 - 10:00 am, join us at Workbar Arlington, 1167 Massachusetts Ave in Arlington. (Free Parking!) Supported by the creators of Mass Innovation Nights, Innovation Breakfast one-on-one or small group meetings allow us to help connect local entrepreneurs, business people and investors. 
CROWDFUNDER OF THE WEEK   
Many people struggle to learn how to use charcoal, and even for experienced users the process is long and tedious. Antares aims to make these charcoal frustrations a thing of the past. Antares is a two-in-one charcoal grill and chimney, a complete grilling system that works in any weather. The chimney stores the charcoal in a well-ventilated space, with a pocket for kindling under the charcoal bed. Support this project today!  
APPLY TO TECH SANDBOX UNPITCH
Apply to pitch in front of a panel of qualified Investors.
Lucky seven companies compete to get selected!
A panel of qualified investors listens to the five minute pitches (along with up to 10 slides) of the selected startups. They each give feedback (10-15 mins. total) and then vote on whether they'll each grant a follow on meeting, do an introduction to another investor or useful party, or pass at this time. Application deadline is June 29. More information here.
   
APPLY TO THE BABSON WIN LAB
The Babson College Women Innovating Now (WIN) LabĀ® is an eight-month long program designed specifically for high-growth women entrepreneurs that accelerates their entrepreneurial paths. The WIN LabĀ® invests in women, empowering them to disrupt, experiment, and build successful businesses on their own terms.
The WIN Lab recognizes that women build businesses differently. Through innovative programming the Lab invests in the development of its residents, enabling them to test, disrupt, and innovate. Once WINners are ready to grow, the Lab provides the road map, expertise, inspiration, and community needed to successfully scale ventures. Application deadline is June 30. More information here.
MIT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION - MARKETING INNOVATION
You've created an innovative new product or service that could revolutionize your industry, but do you know how to successfully bring it to market? Are you prepared to assess market opportunities? Will customers readily understand the value of your innovation? This program is designed to provide executives who already have deep technical or functional experience with a thorough review of key marketing concepts as they relate to new innovations and new products. The next session is on July 11-12. Enter Referral code MITEE15 on the program application to save 15%. More information here.    
APPLY TO HUBWEEK DEMO DAY
HUBweek Demo Day, on October 14th, gives dozens of Massachusetts early stage, high impact companies a chance to demonstrate their products, ideas and impact to a new and wider audience. By selecting talented companies from across the area's universities, accelerators and incubators and bringing them all to one place, HUBweek 2017 will display a cross-section of the best of Greater Boston's startup ingenuity. Application deadline is July 27. Apply 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 innovative women, sign up today to get more visibility for your company or your career. You know every time you speak in public you connect with potential customers, partners, funders and influencers. No more all-male panels, no "token woman". Our goal is gender-balanced panels and equal visibility opportunities.  Sign up today!
CORPORATE SUPPORTERS 
MASS INNOVATION NIGHTS SOLUTION PARTNERS  
 

AMPLIFY CONFERENCE
AMPlify on June 15-16 is the first and only marketing event addressing the unique challenges associated with leveraging employees and stakeholders in your content and digital marketing strategies. Learn how employee advocacy and amplification can help your organization improve lead generation and brand awareness. Over two days in June at the AMPlify Conference in Boston you will learn how companies like IBM, Hertz, Motorola Solutions, TD Bank, Pepsico and Colonial Life (and many more!) use these tools. More information here
UPDATE: SPONSOR/HOST A MIN EVENT   
 
Most of our 2017 calendar is claimed by hosts/sponsors but we do have a few months left. Hurry and claim your events today. We are looking for experts and sampling tables, and two more hosts.  Sponsors receive:
  • Special recognition in our weekly newsletter and website
  • A month's worth of KILLER social media action
  • The host role at our live events
  • "Favored nation" status for years to come
Please contact us immediately especially if you are interested in recruiting (we deliver loads of job seekers right to your office), SEO benefits, and lots of local visibility.  Don't have space to host 200-300+ attendees? We have loads of potential space options too!

NEW: Talk to us about the  Innovation Women Lounge . This two-day event will connect you with professional women in the Boston market and provide a number of unique marketing and visibility benefits as part of HubWeek.