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Our friends at REEL Entrepreneurs (a local media house that has done a piece about CIC and has also worked for the Boston Globe) are preparing to launch a new reality TV show, Million Dollar $tartup to be shown in New England. They’re looking for five Massachusetts startups to participate in this eight week series.
Applications are easy — just a picture and a paragraph about why you’re the next Million Dollar $tartup — but they’re due on Wednesday, March 20th. Submit your application to MDSU2013@gmail.com. The casting call for chosen applications will be on March 23rd.
$TARTUP Requirements:
1. Must be less than 3 years old
2. Cannot have total revenue over $200,000 since inception
3. Must have a product or concept that is a:
viable prototype
in current beta testing
has recently launched
4. Core team size must be between 1-4
$TARTUPS will be rated on:
1. Innovativeness of product/concept
2. Potential to become a “million dollar company”
3. Personality and charisma to engage viewers by REALLY being themselves on camera
$TARTUPS must:
1. Be willing to commit to the 8-10 weeks of the pilot season for filming, challenges, interviews, PR, etc.
2. Offer FULL access for filming of company, personal life, family, friends, advisors
3. Be totally flexible with filming schedules during the pilot season
This Monday morning at 11 AM (just down the street from us at Hack/Reduce), the State of Massachusetts is going to announce a program that every CIC startup client that hires interns is going to want to participate in. Basically, the State will pay a large portion of the cost of Massachusetts interns that you hire. Here’s the catch: you have to apply, there are a limited number of slots, and it is first-come, first-served.
If you are interested, walk a block down the street to hack/reduce on Monday at 11 AM to get the details. (That’s 275 Third Street, Cambridge, MA)
Who will be there:
Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray
Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo
Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki
Pamela Goldberg, CEO, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Patrick Larkin, Director, Innovation Institute at MassTech
Bill Brah, Executive Director, Venture Development Center at UMass Boston
Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective
Tim Rowe, Founder & CEO, Cambridge Innovation Center
Corporate Outreach Partners, including:
§ Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC)
§ Venture Development Center at UMass Boston
§ Massachusetts Innovation Technology Exchange (MITX)
§ New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) &
§ Massachusetts High Technology Council”
Edwards Wildman Presents – Using Online & Mobile Branding, Distribution, Selling, and Promotion
Tuesday, 3/12, noon – 1:00 pm
4th fl, Kathmandu room
Interested in doing business via online, mobile or digital media? Come and learn about key legal issues associated with using digital and mobile channels for marketing campaigns. Topics include: The Legal Overlay of the Digital World, Digital Compliance and Privacy, Branding and Trademark Protection, Advertising and User-Generated Content. Pizza and Drinks Provided!
During this time, we will be focusing on action areas including the upcoming Sustainability unConference during Earth month, a double-sided printing campaign and the next round of the 30 Day Trash Challenge. All are welcome. Before our meeting, at 3 PM on Tuesday, we will be taking a tour of the the Genzyme Center’s LEED Platinum building around the corner. If you are interested in joining us, RSVP to sflanigan@ecomotion.us. We will be meeting in the CIC lobby at 2:45PM.
Pain Points in Healthcare
Wednesday, 3/13, 6:00 – 8:30 pm
5th fl, Havana room
The role of social media is the healthcare industry is both convoluted and ever changing. How do we utilize useful tools of communication responsibly? How do we navigate pitfalls like privacy and misinformation? Come to learn about the many benefits and complications of social media in healthcare from our panel.
Top Startups Wanted: MassChallenge 2013 Info Session
Thursday, 3/14, noon – 1:00 pm
5th fl, Havana room
Benefits include world-class mentorship & training, a driven community of fellow entrepreneurs, $10M+ in in-kind deals and $1M+ in grants with no equity taken. Applications open from February 13 – April 3. Please join us for a lunch time info session.
How to Grow Your Workforce When You Are Short on Time and Money: An Entrepreneurs Guide to HR Law
Thursday, 3/14, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
5th fl, Havana room
HR Lawyer Judy Polacheck teaches you how to make employment decisions in a lean, quickly-changing business environment. After learning about the laws and best practices, you will be better equipped to hire your first employee or to expand from 1 to 10, 20 and beyond.
Are you a ping-pong master? This is your big chance to prove your skills!
Join KPMG, WilmerHale, and Jones Lang LaSalle for the 2013 SPINvitational Tournament. Hosted at MassChallenge and in cooperation with the Kendall Square Association and the New England Venture Capital Association, the tournament has an Innovation District vs. Kendall Square theme. Reserve your spot because space is limited.
The Boston Japanese & English Language Club is for people who are interested in improving their Japanese. People with all levels of fluency are welcome to join this event, and practice Japanese in a friendly and relaxed environment.
Boston Area Sustainability Group – Unintended Consequences
Tuesday, 3/5, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
4th fl, Venture Cafe
We’ve got great ideas for solutions, but our systems knowledge is insufficient. The result is that our best intentions create new problems. Time is short and we all need to learn a boatload, fast. One of BASG’s explicit goals is that we learn as much as we can from each other, where the very diversity of the group is one of our most valuable assets. Come join the discussion, or hang out and listen.
The Boston Quantified Self is hosting the first ever Ideas to Action Meetup with the goal of inspiring ideas, initiatives, experiments, and potentially even business concepts by way of self tracking. Throughout the course of the night, we will propose 2 or 3 topic areas for group discussion. Our main discussion topic will be presented by SyncStrength: What are the most useful ways to represent user data?
Village Capital VentureWell is holding their penultimate event: a venture forum for the 16 cleantech and mobile teams in this unique peer-selected capital accelerator program. On Thursday, March 7, at 4:00 at CIC, YOU can choose which teams you like. On Friday the startup teams will be making their own selection, choosing which two of their peers will receive $50k of investment each. More Info & RSVP
Boston Startup Weekend
Friday, 3/8 – Sunday, 3/10
5th floor, C3 Space
Startup Weekend: Sensored! brings together entrepreneurs to go from idea to prototype in just 54 hours! Beginning Friday evening, individuals pitch ideas and teams form around those ideas; since this event is all about sensors, we’ll focus on concepts that use the sensors in mobile devices like laptops, phones, and tablets. For example, an iPhone 5 includes sensors for ambient light, proximity, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and many more. Clever teams may even figure out how to use something not typically considered a sensor, like the speaker, the microphone, etc. A 25% discount is available for CIC clients with the code “CIC”.
This week at Venture Café, we welcome visitors from Johns Hopkins University – as well as guests from local Greater Boston organizations – who can connect you with promising ideas and help you take them to market. Meet and chat in one-on-one and group conversations with guests from:
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
International Entrepreneurship Center
Village Capital / Venture Well
FluidicMEMS
For more details, check out this week’s Venture Café blog. See you at the Café this Thursday!
Friends at CIC: Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC and a sophisticated supporter of technology, will be in town this week for a conversation with the innovation community. He’ll be here on Wednesday, March 6th at 3:45-4:45pm at the MIT Stata Center, Room 32-123. I’ve been asked to extend an invite to CIC clients. More information is available here. I was fortunate to have dinner with Julius last year, and I found him far-thinking about the intersection between technology and policy in an increasingly wireless world. Notably, he has supported strongly Open Internet and Net Neutrality principles in the US, he has fought efforts at the global ITU level to pass rules that would enable governments to control their domestic Internets more tightly, has acted to increase the amount of unlicensed spectrum available to improve services like WIFI, and under his leadership the FCC blocked the acquisition of T-Mobile by ATT, arguing that competition favors consumers. Who knew there was so much cool stuff that the FCC could do? It is expected that a new FCC Chair will be appointed sometime later this year, and there is rife speculation about who it might be.
Rumor has it that you can’t raise money for a consumer startup in Boston, you can’t hire talent for a consumer startup in Boston, and the Boston scene in general is very weak for all things consumer. Come hear Eric Paley from Founder’s Collective and Matt Lauzon, founder of Gemvara, discuss the facts and myths about the Boston consumer startup scene, and bring your own questions about how to build a B2C company in New England.
The purpose of this meetup is to create mentorship relationships at all programming skill levels. As a learner, this is an opportunity for you to bring a programming project or tutorial and receive guidance from one of the mentors that will be roaming the room. Our hope is that these meetups will spawn ongoing relationships between mentors and learners. If you’d like to mentor, please email briandant414@gmail.com.
Join us on our first Demo Day for the new version of @Holla. A “Social Communications” App that lets you communicate in new ways and naturally on streams or channels in your work, life, play and interests.
The Boston Japanese & English Language Club is for people who are interested in improving their Japanese! People with all levels of fluency are welcome to join this event, and practice Japanese in a friendly and relaxed environment.
In this class, we’ll cover what we’ve learned from experience about the honest, content-driven way to get your site in the browsers of the users who are looking for it. There are no silver bullets – just clear advice on title tags, meta tags, urls, keywords, site organization, and most importantly, content. It’s not a magic potion, just a recipe for reaching your site’s best potential; these elements combined won’t help you game Google, but they will work with Google to get you closer to where you want to be.
Venture Café Special Events – Thursday, February 28th:
Friends,
This week, Venture Café is about survival. Join us to learn how to survive South by Southwest, how to navigate tax season, and how to return from entrepreneurial near-death experiences.
Learn survival skills from:
Adam Rosenberg, founder and entrepreneur
George Mabry, consultant, mentor and angel investor
Ed Culhane, tax expert specializing in startups and high-tech companies
SXSW alums Tim Rowe, Jesse Bardo, Dan Allred, Chris Howard and Melissa Ablett
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture Café affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time. A hand-stamp and a name-tag is needed to get service at the bar.
Looking to develop speaking and leadership skills? The Eloquent Entrepreneurs are a group of energetic and supportive professionals working together to become better public speakers and better leaders. Please join us at our next meeting, guests are always welcome.
McCarter & English Presents – Bookkeeping for Emerging Companies
Wednesday, 2/20, 9:30 – 11:30 am
5th floor, Havana room
Proper bookkeeping should be at the top of an entrepreneur’s to-do list, because failing to keep good records can have significant legal and economic consequences for a company, and can even hurt the company’s chances of raising capital. Guest speaker Leslie Jorgensen of Supporting Strategies will discuss the fundamentals of proper bookkeeping and how to develop good bookkeeping habits.
Join BOSTON+acumen as we take a closer look at the issues of water access, water rights and the increasing commoditization of this necessary resource. Today, more than 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world’s population, face water scarcity. This panel, The Price of Water: Right vs. Commodity, will explore the progress and challenges of implementing sustainable technological innovation, and the responsibilities of investors and organizations towards the global water crisis.
Please join us for the next United 4 Defense gathering. Come learn about COAT, a Command and Control Network Analysis tool. COAT uses social network analysis to uncover the “social life” of information — in this case email traffic in a command center. Our featured speaker will be Adilade CEO Jeff Cares. Sushi and Sapporos will be served.
Advanced Backbone.js Techniques
Tuesday, 2/19, 7:00 – 8:30 pm in Mexico City, C3
Most real world applications are far more complex than the typical “To Do List” examples and tutorials, but Backbone provides little guidance on how to manage the structure and complexity of such applications. With this class, we’ll explore some common techniques for managing this complexity, and come up with a few ideas of our own. More Info & RSVP
Writing Apps for Windows 8
Thursday, 2/28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Learn how to develop apps for the WIndows 8 operating system, using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. More Info & RSVP
Intro to Java Programming
Tuesday, 3/5, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Get an introductory lesson in Java, one of the most widely used programming languages in the world (and fastest growing, in terms of users). While not required, some programming experience is recommended. More Info & RSVP
Start Here : Resources for Startups
Wednesday, 3/6, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
New to Boston, or new to startups in general? Start here. This special event will bring together some of the most knowledgeable people in town to talk about the resources available for startups in Boston and Cambridge. More Info & RSVP
How to Teach Yourself to Code
Monday, 3/11, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
This class will demystify the process of learning to code, introduce students to key online resources and guideposts, and explain how to seek out experts for advice. The instructor will also share his own experiences with learning to program, and offer helpful tips and pointers for those just getting started. More Info & RSVP
Getting Started with WordPress
Wednesday, 3/13, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
This class will cover the basics of getting your site live quickly, and look at best practices for selecting a website design, content strategy, using the WordPress dashboard, and integrating SEO. More Info & RSVP
Venture Café Special Events – Thursday, February 21st:
Join us at the Venture Café this week to connect with the Swiss start-up scene, to get help launching your business, and to hang out, tell stories, make friends, and be surprised.
Our program this week includes opportunities to chat one-on-one with:
Mark Allio, Massachusetts Small Business Development Center
Jennifer Jordan, Vice President of Mass Ventures
The Swiss Start-Up Monitor
Medical Insights, a Swiss medical content provider
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture Café affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time. A hand-stamp and a name-tag is needed to get service at the bar.
Share your story with the startup community while developing the skills to deliver the perfect pitch. Pitchladder is a fun, new way to meet other startup folks and improve your pitching skills!
Transforming our Future: Multicultural Marketing
Tuesday, 2/12, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
5th floor, Havana room
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs Boston Chapter invites you to their 2013 Annual Kickoff event -Transforming Our Future: Multicultural Marketing. We have lined up an excellent group of panelists that specialize in the multicultural marketing field and with our moderator, Dr. Jorge Riveras steering the discussion,we guarantee that it will be an unforgettable event.
Join with fellow tech enthusiasts, start-ups, small and large businesses for a fun social event and a chance to learn what is on the agenda for tech on the state, local and national level. Come hear more about the things that the tech community will be focusing on in 2013 and ways we can work together to promote innovation and reduce barriers to success.
Most professionals use LinkedIn passively, only increasing their usage while looking to hire or be hired. Many successes people cite from LinkedIn are ones that came from just being at the right place at the right time. However, as a 200 million person self-updating data set of professional credentials, relationship maps and business actions, LinkedIn is a powerful tool to be used skillfully and proactively in any role where relationships are helpful to success.
Perfect Pitch Workshop with Linda Plano
Friday, 1/15, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
5th floor, Havana room
Are you frustrated with how hard it is to get others to understand why they should be as excited about your business as you are?
Translate your value proposition into a compelling and engaging pitch to investors or customers by attending the 1-day “Perfect Pitch” Workshop with Linda Plano.
General Assembly is a global network of campuses for individuals seeking opportunity and education in technology, business, and design.
The launch of GA’s next intensive training program, Intro to Rails, has been delayed due to instructor conflict; however enrollment is still open. Those interested in learning more or signing up should follow this link and click the button that says ‘Request More Info’. To see some past students’ final projects from this program and others, click here.
Intro to PhoneGap : Building Apps with HTML5
Tuesday, 2/12, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
This class will serve as a simple and practical introduction to the PhoneGap platform; it will cover the theory behind PhoneGap, pros and cons (as compared to direct development), and how PhoneGap can be used to design and implement mobile apps. More Info & RSVP
Advanced Backbone.js Techniques
Tuesday, 2/19, 7:00 – 8:30 pm in Mexico City, C3
Most real world applications are far more complex than the typical “To Do List” examples and tutorials, but Backbone provides little guidance on how to manage the structure and complexity of such applications. With this class, we’ll explore some common techniques for managing this complexity, and come up with a few ideas of our own. More Info & RSVP
Writing Apps for Windows 8
Thursday, 2/28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Learn how to develop apps for the WIndows 8 operating system, using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. More Info & RSVP
Intro to Java Programming
Tuesday, 3/5, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in 101 Main
Get an introductory lesson in Java, one of the most widely used programming languages in the world (and fastest growing, in terms of users). While not required, some programming experience is recommended. More Info & RSVP
Venture Café Special Events – Thursday, February 14th:
Hello Café-goers! Did you stop by the Café last week? If so, please share your experience with us. Your feedback is crucial for our ongoing efforts to improve Venture Café events and operations.
This Thursday, we’re following up on our HackKendall night from last year. Cambridge City Council’s Neighborhood and Long Term Planning Committee will be in the Café asking you to “Weigh in on the Future of Kendall Square.” We hope you join us for this great event and the others on our schedule:
Weigh in on the Future of Kendall Square with the Cambridge City Council
YouthCITIES mini-hack
Remote Management of Software Development with William Dvorak
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture Café affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time. A hand-stamp and a name-tag is needed to get service at the bar.
This is to let you know about an event I’m co-organizing with Google, the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, Venture Café, and the Kendall Square Association, amongst others. This is a fun social event for entrepreneurs and innovators to talk about what is on the agenda for tech on the state, local and national level. As Congress and the President, State Legislatures and Governors, Mayors and City Councils gather to discuss their agenda for 2013, it’s time for those of us who care about the tech economy and the tech sector to gather to talk about our policy agenda for 2013. This includes topics such as patent reform to defeat trolls, and visa reform to allow more of the world’s entrepreneurs to build their businesses in the US.
This event will take place at CIC on February 12, 2013 from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. It will be catered courtesy of Google. This event is free but an RSVP is required here.
This event occurs at the Venture Cafe. Any non-CIC-client visitors must comply with Venture Cafe attendance policies (see http://bit.ly/vc-credo for more details.)
Looking to develop speaking and leadership skills? The Eloquent Entrepreneurs are a group of energetic and supportive professionals working together to become better public speakers and better leaders. Please join us at our next meeting, guests are always welcome.
Sustainability Collaborative
Tuesday, 2/5, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
11th floor, Singapore room
Some very exciting items are on the agenda for Earth Day/Week at the CIC including a Sustainability unConference and green Venture Cafe on April 25th, 2013. Folks, this is going to be epic! Looking forward to discussing further: what interesting resources, ideas, or solutions have you stumbled upon lately?
BASG Presents – What is Systems Thinking?
Tuesday, 2/5, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
4th floor, Venture Cafe
Our format for the evening begins with informal networking followed by quick introductions all round before several lightening-speed presentations from knowledgeable folks. Using the 5-minute IGNITE-style format, our speakers will share their perspectives on systems thinking and then open the discussion. We’ll end the discussion with time left for more networking and brainstorming future topics.
Come and listen to a best selling author and keynote speaker for Google, Facebook, Nokia, Sony, and Starbucks! Erik Qualman will speak on the topic of Future Trends In Digital Media. He is the author of Socialnomics and Digital Media. Erik has advised & been a keynote speaker for Google, Facebook, Nokia, Starbucks, TEDx on Gen Y motivation, digital leadership, digital media and future trends.
By invitation only! To request an invitation, please call Vena at (310) 359 9667 or send an email to Vena@VKWinc.com.
McCarter & English Presents - “Had I only known …” – Lessons from Serial Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, 2/6, 9:30 – 11:30 am
5th floor, Havana room
George Santayana famously said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In this program, a panel of successful serial entrepreneurs will share some of their past mistakes and what they wish they had done differently. Panelists include: Jean Hammond, Jim Alvarez, and James Alexander.
Hackathon: Develop Your Dream Predictive Analytics/BigData App
Saturday, 2/9, 1-5pm
5th floor, Havana room
This is a meetup to prototype your ideas before going to VCs or for seed funding. We will focus on machine learning APIs (from Google, BigML, BPA EyeQ, and so on). No need to learn those complicated math or gymnastics of matrices. This is also your way to find a co-founder, good developers, and some good feedback.
General Assembly is a global network of campuses for individuals seeking opportunity and education in technology, business, and design.
February Highlights:
GA’s next intensive training program, Intro to Rails, will be kicking off on February 25th. If you’re interested in learning more or signing up, follow this link and click the button that says ‘Request More Info’. To see some past students’ final projects from this program and others, click here.
Managing Remote Development Teams
Monday, 2/11, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Learn how to outsource programming talent (either domestically or abroad), and how to effectively hire, onboard, and manage the talent that you find.
This class will serve as a simple and practical introduction to the PhoneGap platform; we’ll cover the theory behind PhoneGap, pros and cons (as compared to direct development), and how PhoneGap can be used to design and implement mobile apps
Saturday, 2/16, 1:00 – 5:00 pm in Mexico City, C3>
Functional programming is becoming increasingly popular among mainstream software developers, as it aims to help reduce complexity and aid in issues of concurrency and parallelism. This workshop will provide a basic introduction to Functional programming, and go over key principles of functional programming like immutability, referential transparency, type systems, abstraction and polymorphism, and concurrency and parallelism. More Info & RSVP
Other Upcoming Classes, Workshops, and Events
Advanced Backbone.js Techniques
Tuesday, 2/19, 7:00 – 8:30 pm in Mexico City, C3
Most real world applications are far more complex than the typical “To Do List” examples and tutorials, but Backbone provides little guidance on how to manage the structure and complexity of such applications. With this class, we’ll explore some common techniques for managing this complexity, and come up with a few ideas of our own.
This Thursday, MBBP is holding a panel discussion on the funding landscape for 2013. Our very own Tim Rowe will be one of the panelists! If you are seeking venture funding this year, this event should not be missed. We hope you join us for this great event and the others on our schedule:
Office Hours with Joe Caruso
Brian Malkin Legal Office Hours
Series “A” Venture Investing in 2013: Will We Turn the Corner?
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture Café affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time. A hand-stamp and a name-tag is needed to get service at the bar.
CIC is pleased to announce that a new lease has been signed for 52,000 square feet of space on the 1st, 14th and 15th floors at 101 Main Street in Cambridge. 101 Main Street is two doors down from CIC’s current home at One Broadway. The new location is owned by RREEF Real Estate, the real estate investment business of Deutsche Asset Management.
We have seen strong continuing interest from the CIC community to grow here in Kendall Square, as well as interest from many others not currently located at CIC. This new space will create increased space options and amenities for our current and future clients and most importantly, the space will create more opportunities for entrepreneurs to collaborate and flourish.
This is a 33% increase in our total space and brings us to a total of 207,000 square feet in Kendall Square. Occupancy of the new space will begin in early March.
CoronaSDK Boston Meetup: The Mobile App Dev Landscape
Thursday, 1/31, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
4th floor, Bangalore room
Dr. Brian Burton, author of several books on mobile game development, will be in town so join us for snacks, drinks, and a great discussion of some of the many gaming platforms available to us — not just CoronaSDK but Titanium and others. What will best suit your needs as a game developer? More Info & RSVP
Future Trends in Digital Media
Tuesday, 2/5, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
5th floor, Havana room
Come and listen to a best-selling author and keynote speaker for Google, Facebook, Nokia, Sony, and Starbucks. Erik Qualman will speak on the topic of Future Trends In Digital Media. He is the author of Socialnomics and Digital Media. Erik has advised & been a keynote speaker for Google, Facebook, Nokia, Starbucks, and TEDx on Gen Y motivation, digital leadership, digital media and future trends.
By invitation only. To request an invitation, please call Vena at (310) 359 9667 or send an email to Vena@VKWinc.com.
*** POSTPONED TO February 14 *** This Thursday, we’re following up on our Hack Kendall night from last year. Cambridge City Councillor Leland Cheung will be in the Café asking you to “Weigh in on the Future of Kendall Square.” We hope you join us for this great event and the others on our schedule:
[Postponed to February 14] Weigh in on the Future of Kendall Square with Cambridge City Council
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture Café affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time. A hand-stamp and a name-tag is needed to get service at the bar.
If you aren’t familiar with MIT’s E-Lab, it’s a course that pairs teams of MIT and Harvard students with local startup companies. The students get exposure to real business issues startups face, and the companies get free consulting help. It’s a win-win.
The way it works is that a group of students (a mixture of MBAs and engineering and science grad students) is assigned to each company. This student team will spend time learning about the company, analyzing its key issues, and generating solutions. At the end of the semester, students propose a final presentation for the host company with solutions and a custom-tailored action plan.
Host companies are are typically tech-focused and intellectual property-based, have fewer than 40 employees, and have received at least one round of outside funding. Companies usually come from (but aren’t limited to) fields like cleantech, life sciences, mobile, and Internet.
If you’re interested in serving as a host company (you don’t have to have a specific project in mind yet), you can register through the course website. Once you’ve registered and received approval for your project, you will be able to view student profiles and reach out to those you are interested in. Please see below for complete details:
Registration: Click here to apply to be an E-Lab host company.
Deadline: January 31 — act soon!
More info on the E-lab can be found here.
Questions: Contact elab-ta@mit.edu or 617-378-7693.
Stop by the 11th floor and take in the beauty of colorful paintings by one of our own members of the CIC community!
Lauren G. Levine is a Brockton native. She studied painting at Massachusetts College of Art, has been a resident of Jamaica Plain for over 15 years and is an active member of the Boston arts community. Illustrating the progression and development of her work in recent years, the pieces being shown here at CIC are a selection of paintings and oil pastels completed between 2009 and 2012.
Lauren is also a Bodyworker in the Boston/Cambridge area, and one of CIC’s Massage Therapists.
Looking to develop speaking and leadership skills? The Eloquent Entrepreneurs are a group of energetic and supportive professionals working together to become better public speakers and better leaders. Please join us at our next meeting, and feel free to check out the Toastmasters Video!
In this meeting, we will continue with the theme of waste, personal accountability, and action. The agenda will include: Share and Tell – What interesting resources, ideas, or solutions have you stumbled upon lately? As well as: Joel and Everett and the 30 day waste challenge and taking action at CIC!
Introducing Blog2Book: A Simplified Process to Help you Publish
Wednesday, 1/23, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
5th floor, Havana room
With the help of Shareist, a new writing, content management, and sharing platform, and Merrimack Media’s self-publishing services, it’s never been easier to become a published writer. With a click, your content can become an ebook, and then with our design work, a paperback which we will publish, distribute and help you promote.
Please join us for the 1st Defense Tech Innovation Gallery thrown by the growing United 4 Defense networking group formed in Kendall Square in 2012. The Gallery will consist of New England based defense industry related companies who will showcase their pioneering solutions and their 2013 and beyond initiatives. Following the U4D credo, the atmosphere will be casual and open, and delicious local food and seasonal brews will be available.
Future Trends in Digital Media
Tuesday, 2/5, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
5th floor, Havana room
Come and listen to a best selling author and keynote speaker for Google, Facebook, Nokia, Sony, and Starbucks! Erik Qualman will speak on the topic of Future Trends In Digital Media. He is the author of Socialnomics and Digital Media, and was recently voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling. Erik has advised & been a keynote speaker for Google, Facebook, Nokia, Starbucks, TEDx on Gen Y motivation, digital leadership, digital media and future trends.
By invitation only! To request an invitation, please call Vena at (310) 359 9667 or send an email to Vena@VKWinc.com.
Venture Café Special Events – Thursday, January 24th:
Hello everyone,
I hope you were able to make it to the TCN Upstart Roundtable or to the TiE Angels Roundtable last Thursday. In the Café this week, Carrie Stalder (founding manager of Venture Café) and Kevin Wiant will represent the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge. The MIT-EF is a volunteer organization focused on educating, connecting, and inspiring the innovation community. Join us this Thursday to learn more about MIT-EF or to attend one of our other events:
Massachusetts Small Business Development Center – Office Hours
MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Info Table
Company Valuation Roundtable with WTAS
City Of Cambridge Resource Table
Negotiation From Weakness Seminar with Michael Gordon
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture Café affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time. A hand-stamp and a name-tag is needed to get service at the bar.
McCarter & English Presents: Immigration and Citizenship Issues for Non-US Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, 1/16, 9:30 – 11:30 am
5th floor, Havana room
Some of the most successful “American” companies were founded by immigrants, but U.S. immigration laws make it difficult for foreign nationals in the United States to work for the companies they founded. In this program, Amy Haberman of McCarter & English will discuss current visa options for foreign-national entrepreneurs and the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform.
Boston Image Processing & Computer Vision Group Meetup
Wednesday, 1/16, 7 – 9 pm
5th floor, Havana room
In the Boston area, there are many meetups that cover a large range of engineering topics. However, none are about image processing or computer vision. The Boston Image Processing and Computer Vision Group (BIPCVG) meetup fills this gap by providing an opportunity for the image processing/computer vision community to network, socialize and learn.
Join us for a demo of our web based software that makes it easy to manage your cap table and option vesting. Other equity management tools include modeling various exit scenarios. The software was developed by a former Venture Capitalist who will be giving the demo so come with questions! Lunch will be provided.
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JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS:
Starting this Thursday (1/17), GA will be running a 12-week intensive course in user experience and user interface design on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 – 8 pm. The class will be taught by Emily Dunkle, UI designer at MIT Technology Review, and Dani Nordin, founder of the zen kitchen. To find out more about the course, click here.
Venture Café Special Events – Thursday, January 17th:
Come by the Café for a drink this Thursday. We have some great events including TCN Upstart Roundtable with Dustin Dolginow. If you have questions about getting funding or operating a startup, he is the person to ask. Dolginow worked in finance on Wall Street, co-founded Social Swipe, an online platform for generating reviews at social venues and is now a Principal at Atlas Venture as well as a Wrangler at Angellist.
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture cafe affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time. A hand-stamp and a name-tag is needed to get service at the bar.
It was great to see Kendall Square featured on WGBH’s “Greater Boston,” hosted by Emily Rooney. In addition to showcasing a bit of Kendall Square’s history and growth, the segment highlighted CIC’s own Tim Rowe, who was interviewed alongside Bob Buderi, founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief at Xconomy. In addition, CIC client Ambient Devices was featured extensively.
If you didn’t have a chance to see the segment, you can see it here! Happy viewing!
On February 12, WPI Venture Forum, a collaborative that serves technology entrepreneurs with relevant resources, will host its annual Five Minute Pitch Contest, an event that has become an integral part of the Venture Forum’s commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and the growth of technology-based businesses. Entrepreneurs who are either contemplating starting or are currently running an early stage technology venture might consider applying. The Pitch contest is designed to generate investment interest for participating entrepreneurs. In the final round, applicants are evaluated and critiqued by a panel of expert judges, as well as by the Forum audience. Current CIC client Andy Goloboy serves on the Program Committee for WPI Venture Forum and will be a first round judge. You can learn more about the event at http://www.wpiventureforum.org/fiveminute.html, or you can reach out to Andy directly at andrew.goloboy@g-cpa.com.
Are you looking to grow your company’s team? Perhaps you’re on the quest for talented interns? If so, consider showcasing your company at the Harvard innovation lab’s 3rd Annual Start-Up Career Fair. Last year, the fair showcased over 100 companies and attracted more than 800 (undergrad and graduate) students! Details are below:
Boston Area Sustainability Group 2.0 Event
Monday, 1/7, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
4th floor, Venture Cafe
The new managers of BASG, Carol Baroudi and Bob Pojasek, are inviting you to the inaugural event of BASG 2.0, with a new format using IGNITE presentations followed by open-mike discussion. Sustainability involves looking at new ways to help organizations meet their responsibilities for environmental stewardship, social well-being and economic prosperity. Please join us — BASG 2.0 is an equal opportunity/idea group! More Info & RSVP
Sustainability Collaborative
Tuesday, 1/8, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
11th floor, Singapore room
The goal of this bi-weekly gathering is to provide the community with a platform for collaboration and connection around the ideas and principles of sustainability. Open for all to chime in with ideas, feedback key resources and insights.
Boston Quantified Self Show & Tell #11
Tuesday, 1/8, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
5th floor, Havana room
Please come join us for a fun night of self-tracking presentations, sharing ideas, and showing tools. If you are self-tracking in any way — health stats, biofeedback, life-logging, mood monitoring, biometrics, athletics, etc. — come and share your methods, results and insight.
Web Start Women Presents: Version Control with Git
Tuesday, 1/8, 6:15 – 8:30 pm
14th floor, Charles room
If you’ve been building sites purely via FTP up to this point, this 3-class series is going to revolutionize your web development workflow. First, we’ll get you set up with a local development environment, which means you’ll be able to run and make edits on your entire site from your own computer, separate from your server. Then, we’ll show you how that local environment gets tapped into a main repository where you store a copy of your code (we’ll use Github.com). This is where version control comes in, because Git keeps a record of all your code changes and who made them. Finally, your polished changes get pushed to your live server for the world to see.
Neo4j World Wide Tour – 1st Stop Intro to Graph Databases
Wednesday, 1/9, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
5th floor, Havana room
Join in for the first stop on the Neo4j 2013 World Wide Tour with Pernilla Lindh! She loves spreading graph love, knowledge of NoSQL, Graphs and Neo4j. How do you get from here to there? With a graph. Join us to learn how.
Edwards Wildman Presents: The Art & Science of the Venture Capital Term Sheet – Be Prepared
Thursday, 1/10, noon – 1:00 pm
4th floor, Kathmandu room
Are you gearing up for VC financing? Whether you are negotiating your first term sheet or your 10th, you are going to want to hear these lessons learned!
This two class series gives you a solid foundation in website building. First, we get you set up with the (free) software you’ll need. Then we dig right into HTML, learning about tags and putting together pages. With that behind us, we talk about some of the finer points of HTML and cover the nuts and bolts of getting your work online. This course is the perfect precursor to our CSS Basics class (taking place at the end of the month) and a prerequisite for almost every other class we teach.
Art of Living Presents: Music and Meditation Mixer
Friday, 1/11, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
5th floor, Havana room
Join us for an evening of scintillating music, soulful meditation, and an introduction to powerful techniques that will increase your well-being through: reduced stress, improved health & well-being, more ease & joy in personal relationships, improved self-esteem, greater creativity and clarity of mind, and a deeper sense of community. The session is being offered by the Art of Living Foundation, a non-profit organization engaged in service initiatives across 153 countries.
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JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS:
FREE Info Session : User Experience Design
Tuesday, 1/8, 6:00 – 7:00 pm in Bogota
Join us for a free information session about our upcoming intensive course in UX and UI design, launching January 17th. Learn about the course’s content, meet the instructors, and discover what it means to be a student at GA. One lucky attendee will qualify for a $500 scholarship towards their tuition!
Taxation for Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, 1/9, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
This class will focus on the unique issues faced by start up companies and the individuals who are self-employed for the first time. Students will learn about general taxation, bookkeeping and compliance requirements, entity structures, and the deductibility of expenses.
Introduction to Google AdWords
Thursday, 1/10, 7:00 – 8:30 pm in Mexico City, C3
A gentle introduction to AdWords that will walk through the AdWords interface and explore campaign structure, reporting, keyword match types and quality score. In addition, it will cover how to set up a new campaign, landing page basics, and how to measure and optimize your campaign’s success.
Introduction to HTML5 : API Programming
Sunday, 1/13, 1:00 – 5:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Curious about HTML 5? Learn how to use the APIs that are part of the new HTML5 specification to create the next generation of web sites. More Info & RSVP
HTML5 and CSS Basics
Tuesday, 1/15, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Want to learn how to add and update the content on existing web pages, or apply styles from an existing stylesheet? Students will code content for web pages using the latest version of HTML, and will learn how to update and manipulate pages on remote web servers. No prerequisites.
Intro to Data Science : NewSQL vs NoSQL
Thursday, 1/17, 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Watch the debate! David McFarlane of Akiban Technologies and Bob Buffone of Yottaa will discuss how big data is increasingly a challenge for operational systems as businesses are pushed to deliver insight and action in real-time. Students will also participate in an interactive session focused on real-world use cases.
Drupal Demystified
Sunday, 1/20, 1:00 – 4:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Get your feet wet with Drupal in this half-day workshop; students will learn how to discover and use existing modules, choose and customize a theme, and decide when and how to write modules. More Info & RSVP
Fireside Chat: Jonathan Kay, Founder of Apptopia
Tuesday, 1/24, 7:30 – 9:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Join us for an informal chat with Jonathan Kay about how developers can make a living by selling their mobile applications, how non-technical people can get involved in mobile applications (without actually developing the apps themselves), and what his views are on the future of the mobile app marketplace. More Info & RSVP
Building Web Apps with Backbone.js
Saturday, 2/2, 12:00 – 4:00 pm in Mexico City, C3
Learn the basics of building client-side web applications with the powerful Backbone library. Discover how to avoid common pitfalls and leverage consistent best practice approaches for building rich and robust web applications that live in the browser.
Venture Café Special Events – Thursday, January 10th:
Has it been chilly enough outside for you? Warm up at Venture Café this Thursday. If you are planning on joining us, please remember to sign in by the entrance and wear your name tag. We like to know the name of everyone we provide a drink to in the Café and while we are hard at work developing our psychic powers, we need to rely on paper and ink for now.
Please note: CIC, C3 and Critical Mass clients are all Venture cafe affiliates. If you haven’t already, please enter your affiliate code at the login kiosk next time (don’t worry we have a cheat sheet).
Edwards Wildman Presents – Using Online & Mobile Branding, Distribution, Selling, and Promotion
Sustainability Collaborative
Pain Points in Healthcare
Top Startups Wanted: MassChallenge 2013 Info Session
Boston Area Sustainability Group – Unintended Consequences
Boston Quantified Self – Ideas to Action Meetup
Village Capital/ VentureWell Venture Forum
Boston Startup Weekend
Web Start Women: Practical & Realistic SEO
Toastmasters – Eloquent Entrepreneurs
McCarter & English Presents – Bookkeeping for Emerging Companies
The Price of Water: Right vs Commodity
United 4 Defense
General Assembly
Perfect Pitch Workshop with Linda Plano
Future Trends in Digital Media with Erik Qualman
CoronaSDK Boston Meetup: The Mobile App Dev Landscape
Stop by the 11th floor and take in the beauty of colorful paintings by one of our own members of the CIC community!
Lauren G. Levine is a Brockton native. She studied painting at Massachusetts College of Art, has been a resident of Jamaica Plain for over 15 years and is an active member of the Boston arts community. Illustrating the progression and development of her work in recent years, the pieces being shown here at CIC are a selection of paintings and oil pastels completed between 2009 and 2012.
Introducing Blog2Book: A Simplified Process to Help you Publish 
, the segment highlighted CIC’s own Tim Rowe, who was interviewed alongside Bob Buderi, founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief at Xconomy. In addition, CIC client 
Neo4j World Wide Tour – 1st Stop Intro to Graph Databases
Art of Living Presents: Music and Meditation Mixer