575 Warren Street in Boston's Grove Hall

(formerly the ABCD building)

June is an exciting month for Mass Innovation Nights! Our theme for the June event is African & African-American Founders of Tech Businesses sponsored by Greater Grove Hall Main Streets. We will have 14 super cool products showcasing. Do not miss this event on Wednesday,  June 14th at 6pm at the Thelma D. Burns Building (formerly the ABCD building) in Grove Hall. We hope to see you!

  • Check out the new PRODUCTS and
  • VOTE for your favorites – click on the words VOTE HERE (found on this page to the immediate left) and once on the product voting page, click LOVE IT (only four times)!     
  • RSVP to attend the event on Wednesday, June 14th (free to attend and open to all)    
  • See who else is planning on attending (click the ATTENDEES tab)   
  • Help spread the word – blog, tweet (using the #MIN99 hashtag), like and post!  
  • Support local innovation — network and have fun at the same time! 

Don't miss it — Wednesday, June 14th  6pm-8:30pm for Mass Innovation Nights #99   

CHECK OUT THESE PRODUCTS

Name: Donii
Website: www.donii.org
Twitter: @DoniiCo
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DoniiCo

Description: Donii helps you #GiveBetter. It lets you direct your donated goods to the people in your community who need exactly what you're giving.

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Description: dot Teach has developed low bandwidth video encoding software for chalkboard-style videos. This could be used to provide low bandwidth pre-recorded or live video tutoring. Get in touch if interested.

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Description: Part of our MIN #99 Student Startup Spotlight from Wentworth Institute of Technology's Accelerate Program: OCC Youth Unleashed is a youth led non-profit organization that strives to increase youth engagement in community centers and youth programs across Boston. There are numerous resources in our community but it is difficult to…

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Description: BeautyLynk is an on-location, web-based beauty booking platform delivering salon-quality hair and makeup services to your home, office, hotel, or wherever you may be.

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Description: FABLabs provides support for highly democratized and sustainable advanced micro manufacturing sites and products, including "evangelization", outreach, planning and education.

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Name: Cede
Website: www.barehand.co/cede
Twitter: @BareHandY

Description: Cede is a 3D Action Role Playing game about "Combat Farming" in a post apocalyptic universe! Destroying monsters will burst them into seeds to become vegetation on a desolate and cracked planet.

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Description: People love to take selfies because they feel an irresistible urge to capture their experiences and share with the world. With the MOON Selfie Light, we offer great lighting that is customizable and convenient in a portable package and an affordable price.

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Description: BGN is the 1st Culturally Customized web-based application that helps millennial Women of Color break the cycle of dieting, lose weight and connect with other dieters. BGN's AI platform tailors messaging, nutrition plans, & online group approach to transform clients' health. BGN's mission is to inspire millennial Women of Color…

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Description: The same tech wave that hit the retail industry 15 yrs ago has re-emerged and hit the services industry in the form of the "on demand economy". Consumers are now booking services simply from their smartphones with a few clicks or swipes. Small businesses are the backbone of the US…

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Description: IncluDe are developers, designers, strategists, and most importantly activists. The IncluDe team takes on diverse clients and projects that make a positive impact on the world around them. Together, clients and IncluDe create visually stunning websites for minority-owned businesses and small businesses in general, seeking to create an impressive online…

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Description: Dolume is a consultant group that focuses on managing our clients initiatives and projects using innovative methods and creativity.

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Description: Kids in Tech partners with school districts and after-school youth development providers to offer after-school tech program which are hands-on, semester long experimental learning projects for kids ages 8-14 led by trained educators and STEM professionals .

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Description: UZURI is creating a network of health and beauty centers. Clients come in for beauty services such as hair cuts and spa services, and receive subsided health services and educational material on preventive care.

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Description: Quality Interactions' e-learning research and evidence based courses equip health care professionals at hospitals, health plans, pharma companies and medical schools to more effectively communicate with and care for diverse patients. Their comprehensive approach builds professional skill sets in cross-cultural communication across all levels of any healthcare organization, and represents…

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EXPERTS LIST

Ed Gaskin
Greater Grove Hall Main Streets

@greatrgrovehall

Ed Gaskin is the Executive Director of the Greater Grove Hall Main Streets.  My professional focus is marketing innovation, helping companies incorporate advances from marketing science, technology and engineering into their marketing, (strategy, research, communications, operations and analytics) to improve efficiency and effectiveness as a way to gain competitive advantage and/or…

Winston Henderson
Sankofa, Inc.


Winston Henderson is Vice President, General Counsel of Nano Terra, Inc., a Boston-based nanotechnology company with life science and non-life science divisions, and advisor of C2Sense, Inc., Sankofa, Inc. and other technology companies. Prior to Nano Terra, Winston was Corporate Secretary of Surface Logix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical and drug development…

Walter Callender
Práctico Innovation

@PracticoTeam

Founder and Chief ThinkerA seasoned technology, strategy and entrepreneurial executive. Early internet pioneer including launch of Plural professional services and Founder of C2 Strategy. Startup advisor to several tech product companies.

Derrick Duplessy
Duplessy Foundation

@DDuplessy

Derrick is addressing the stress and anxiety of startup life with Scream Club. Hosting the Purpose Rockstar Podcast has allowed him to teach 60,000+ people in 120+ countries to create meaningful careers. Derrick has been featured on Boston.com, Boston Globe, CBS talk show "The Doctors" and NPR.

Marv Jones
KinergyPower


Marv Jones Jr, is a life long Boston resident having grown up in Roxbury. He attended Higham High Mass as a Metco student and attended UMass Boston and Boston University Met College. Marv had an extensive 30 year career in Mortgage Banking until he joined KinergyPower, an American/Canadian alternative energy…

Beth Williams
Roxbury Technology Corp


Elizabeth (Beth) Williams President & CEO, Roxbury Technology Corporation Beth Williams is the President and CEO of Roxbury Technology LLC (RTC), a Boston based distributor of re-manufacturered toner and ink cartridges and an authorized distributor of LED lighting products. Additionally, Beth has begun a small advisory and consulting practice to…

Glynn Lloyd
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation


In 1990, after graduating from Boston University, he became one of the inaugural members of Teach for America, teaching 5th grade in Louisiana. Upon returning to Boston, he decided to pursue an innovative approach to community economic development by creating community owned and operated enterprises. Glynn founded City Fresh Foods…

Boston Ujima Project
Boston Ujima Project

@UjimaBoston

The Ujima Project was launched in the spring of 2015 after a year-long cross sector study group involving 40+ leaders invested in Boston’s low income communities of color. Hosted by the Center for Economic Democracy, Boston Impact Initiative and City Life / Vida Urbana, the group studied strategies for our…

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Sandra Casagrand Bay State Banner http://baystatebanner.com @ BayStateBanner
Melvin B. Miller Banner Publications http://www.baystatebanner.com @@bayst
Sandra Casagrand Banner Publications Inc. www.baystatebanner.com @@baystatebanner
Andrew Sharpe Authentic Caribbean Foundation Www.authenticcaribbeanfoundation.org
Brother Lo Black Economic Justice Institute bejii.org @beji2014
Brother Lo Black Economic Justice Institute bejii.org @beji2014
Priscilla Flint-Banks Black Economic Justice Institute bejii.org @bejii2014
Priscilla Flint-Banks Black Economic Justice Institute bejii.org @bejii2014
Marcelous ExpressCuts 10.18 Www.expresscuts1018.com @Expresscuts10.18
Joelle Jean-Fontaine Kreyol www.iamkreyol.com @iamkreyol
Dean Ebozue Sophomore Limited Www.sophomorelimited.bigcartel.com @Sophlimited
olawumi Akinwumi AfroDesiaCity Event Marketing www.afrodesiacity.com @AfroDesiaCity
Jordan Yarboro JLL jll.com/boston @JordanYarboro
Abhishek Syal
Liora Beer Artmorpheus http://www.lab584.org/contact/ @fairmount_lab
Musa Pam Plateau Asset Management http://www.pam.biz @SurvivedStroke
Ellie Tiglao Industry Lab http://industry-lab.com @@industrylab
Christopher E Davis GenOne Technologies LLC
Erica Davis Madison Park Development Corporation
Walter Callender Practico Innovation www.practicoinnovation.com @Practico Innovation
Lindsay Joseph Greater NOW
Elizabeth Singletary Bread Boston www.makebreadboston.com @breadboston
Jemuel Stephenson Fab Wright Origins fabwrightorigins.com @designerjem
Joshua Mendes Yesufu Joftware Inc. Http://joftware.com
Laurisa Neuwirth @@laurisaneuwirth
Andrew Ott CodeSquad www.codesquad.org @Ottokar8
Curtis Rollins
Ivan tavares
Sarah Perkins Oracle
Brad Powell Awesome Videomakers http://awesomevideomakers.com @bradpowellvideo
Vladimir Levin Saldlab LLC http://www.cae-fidesys.com @CAE_Fidesys
Kimberly Lyle
Justin Springer Outside The Box Agency @otbagency
Lynette. Perry City Life Vida Urbana http://www.clvu.org
charity cochran murphy
Ari Geier
Jarrad Glennon Workbar workbar.com @workbar
RAFAEL ULLOA El Planeta Media www.elplaneta.com
Mitcheka Jalali LaPlui
bruce bickerstaff Roxbury Trust Fund
stephen roche the victory institute
Nadine Dorcena Catholic Charities/Haitian Multi-Service Center
Theodora Hanna Tech Goes Home http://www.techgoeshome.org @techgoeshome
Roy Thompson Li Sheng Technologies lisheng-technologies.com
Damon Magnuski PeopleHedge http://www.peoplehedge.com @peoplehedge
Carsten Schwerm Nitro Digital nitro-digital.com @sportislife
Paige Scott Reed Anderson & Kreiger LLP andersonkreiger.com
Jose Luis Rojas Boston Private Bank http://bostonprivate.com
Martine Cadostin and Daniel Rivera Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center http://www.harvardstreet.org
John Griffith MITRE http://www.mitre.org @griffith12345
Vladimir Charlemagne 7 Hills Software http://7hills-software.com
Tyissha Jones-Horner
Jordan A Swain Bradford Swain www.bradfordswain.com @www.twitter.com/iamjordanswain
Jamie Bradley Sophwell Inc http://www.sophwell.com @sophwell
Steve Horan Farley White www.farleywhite.com
Nancy Smith Boston Public Health Commission www.bphc.org
Ira Morgenstern Samira's Homemade
Angela Williams-Mitchell Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center www.mcaec.org
Angela Williams-Mitchell Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center www.mcaec.org
Tiffany Ramos Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) http://bostonabcd.org @@bostonabcd
Melvin A Vieira Jr RE/MAX Destiny (The Vieira Group) www.PropertiesForSaleInBoston.com @soldhouses
Sharon Hinton Black Teachers Matter
Vinko Buble
Vladimir Levin Saldlab LLC http://www.cae-fidesys.com @@CAE_Fidesys
Mike Barker Phillips Academy @@BigBark44
Danielle Joseph WRMS http://wrms.org @wrms
Betsy Cowan City of Boston www.boston.gov/departments/economic-development @betsymcowan
Edwidge Lafleur Center for Women & Enterprise - Eastern Massachusetts www.cweonline.org @@cwetalk
Reggie Nunnally Black Economic Council of Massachusetts www.BECMA.Org
Sumia Hussain MassChallenge masschallenge.org @sewmeasweater
Kofi Callender Smarter in the City www.smarterinthecity.com @@smarterinthec
Cayman Somerville Greentown Labs
Elizabeth Barno Greentown Labs www.greentownlabs.com @@GreentownLabs
Abhishek Bali Dassault Systemes
Brian Keith Committee to Elect Brian Keith http://www.briankeithforboston.org @BrianKeithforD7
Rachel O’Neil Dassault Systemes www.3ds.com @ONeil_HRinLaw
Lashaun Middleton Miss blackhartford 2017 https://instagram.com/p/BTzgqpQlEX3/
Wadi Muhammad Greater Grove Hall Main Streets
Howie Hecht Appanite AdsSciences www.appanite.com/adssciences @howiehecht
Isabel Torres
David Deeter Innovation Women
Tom Belanger Sterling Planning Group SterlingPG.com
Paul Zagaeski Common Caches ccaches.com @paulzagaeski
Jasmine Mclamb MobileStrain MobileStrain.com @MobileStrain
Angela Pitter LiveWire Collaborative www.livewirecollaborative.com @angelapitter
Tom Libby Deep Core Data https://www.deepcoredata.com @DeepCoreData
Donalyn Stephenson FABLabs For America FABLabsForAmerica.org @FABLabs4America
Robert Newton Robert E. Newton EA
Bob Gleason RedTail Solutions
Stephen Gilman Boston Main Streets
Nancy Smith Boston Public Health Commission www.bphc.org
Alex McLaren Auugustus Trading
Vladimir Levin Saldlab LLC http://www.cae-fidesys.com @@CAE_Fidesys
Michael Melignano Compass Point
Chris Schildt PolicyLink www.policylink.org @SchildtChris
Dan Eder @daneder
Joe Biggins Atlantis Technology Corp www.atlantistech.com @joebiggins
Andrea Hayes
Meg Cantwell
Gabe Ficht Jinn
Waseem Shabout Jinn Tech Http://waseemshabout.com @Wshabout
Adrian Townsend Summit Alliance Advantage www.summitallianceadvantage.com
Patrick Hall Targeted Resources https://www.linkedin.com/company/targeted-resource
Carsten Schwerm Nitro Digital http://www.nitro-digital.com @sportislife
Abubakar Jalloh Cue Biopharma https://www.cuebiopharma.com/ @AbuGlyco
Ashley Fullard
Deb de Sherbinin Perk Consulting
Sandra Thaxter Small Solutions http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org
Leora Rifkin BREAD @breadboston
Gary J. Ainsworth Arc Completa, Inc. WWW.ARCCOMPLETA.COM @@gja
Stephen Zarubaiko Law Office of Stephen Zarubaiko
Ian Hiltz Launch Capital @hilt_zie
Erica Moise Venture Trapital
Devra Sari Zabot Conductor Productions https://conductorproductions.com/
Chris Nahil Message and Medium LLC www.message-medium.com @cnahil
Mario Castaneda Blue Sail Consulting http://www.bluesailconsulting.com @Marioc1
Scout O’Beirne Proper Orange www.properorange.com @properorange
Andreas Randow Proper Orange www.properorange.com @properorange
Crystal Woody Carlton PR & Marketing @@cleigh31
Aadhi Manivannan
Wendy Mercier Aflac www.aflac.com
Morgan UGo Smoothies Incorporated www.ugosmoothies.com
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Raymond Hamilton
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JAMES A WILLIAMS james a williams cpa llc
Maureen Mansfield, ALM MANSFIELD LAW ~Protect Your Passion~ http://facebook.com/MANSFIELDLAW.ProtectYourPassion.781.369.2020 @MaureenManALM
Attorney & Patent Attorney William Mansfield MANSFIELD LAW ~Protect Your Passion~ http://facebook.com/MANSFIELDLAW.ProtectYourPassion.781.369.2020 @patentmansfield
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Ashana Richards ARC ARC-growth.com @Ashanar
Sam Nguyen Gordon College
Matthew Felgate
Al Willis CommunityFlow https://communityflow.info @alwillis
Jermaul Williams
Charles A Ritchie NA
David Buzzeo Haemonetics www.haemonetics.com @@DavidBuzzeo
Jamie Bush Bush & Company www.bushandcompany.com
Jamie Bush Bush & Company www.bushandcompany.com
Tessa Misiaszek, PhD Hult International Business School hult.edu @tessgallant
Kara Miller City of Boston Www.we-bos.com @@bostonKara
Andres Echeverri Quality Interactions, Inc. http://www.qualityinteractions.com
Robyn Gibson REG Solutions
Andrew Tarsy Temple Israel of Boston Tisrael.org @andytarsy
Abhishek Bali Dassault Systemes www.3dexperiencelab.com
Alysia Ordway Boston Private Industry Council www.bostonpic.org @alysia_od
Andy Cahill Wentworth Institute of Technology https://wit.edu/accelerate
Sina Aumoeualogo Wentworth Institute of Technology https://wit.edu/accelerate @WITXLR8
Rickie Thompson MassPep MassPep.org
Kari Heistad Diversity Dashboard DiversityDashboard.biz @DivDashboard
William Walker The Fairland Company, Inc. http://fairland.biz @tfcbill
Janet Egan http://eganwriter.blogspot.com @hammerchick
Donald T Mitchell Prince Hall Grand Lodge
Lakeisha Gilliard Covenant Creations Full Service Salon, LLC Covenantcreationshaircovenantcreationssalon.keishadreams.com
Stephanie Crepeau Accelerate, Wentworth's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center @constructcrepes
John Linehan
Jwuanita Core
Eddie Jenkins
Vinieta Lawrence
Bob Hector
Sister Virginia Morrison
Bruce Bickerstaff
Sydney Janey
Charles Bradley
Karenlyn Bunch
Wadi Muhammad
Jaymes Leveque InTheBean www.inthebean.com @ITBdigitalads
Alessandra Brown Venture Café Foundation, Roxbury Innovation Center Roxburyinnovationcenter.org @roxburyinno
Kevin Bynoe United Housing Management LLC
Troy Boutelle Bentley and Thermo Fisher
Hashim Siraji Progressive African Network, Inc. http://www.proafricannet.org @ProAfricanNet
John McGovern Operations Expertise LLC @w1jmc
Jermaine Tulloch A Family Affair Catering & Events - Boston www.FamAffairBoston.com
Lauren Perna MassBio
Cheryl Straughter
Justin Real RealPlay www.realplay.us
Jariana Olukoga FoundersWire Http://www.founderswire.com @@founderswire
Moe Alhassan Boston University bu.edu @MoeAlhassan
Ashley Platt
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Keith Castle Green Castle Promotional Products www.greencastlebusiness.com @greencastlebiz
Tory Lam Wentworth Institute of Technology https://wit.edu/accelerate
Kerry Bowie Msaada Partners http://www.msaadapartners.com @MsaadaPartners
Beverley Spence Foundation for a Green Future
Joseph Bell Black Economic Justice Institute www.bejii.org
Sherly Veras
Ketline Leonard AboveGreatnessEvents www.abovegreatnessevents.com @abovegreatness
Sheila Blalock Black Economic Justice Institute www.bejii.org
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Priscilla Flint-Banks Black Economic Justice Institute bejii.org @@beji2014
Mercedes James
Lucinda Rodrigues Home Market Foods, Inc.
erica davis Madison Park Development Corporation
Athena Wang Canopy City @Athena XL Wang
Tom Libby Diversified Sales Solutions, Inc. www.diversifiedsalessolutions.com @CEO_DSSI
Stanley McConnell Keyes North Atlantic Keyesweb.com
Dr Nteri Nelson Academy Kemetic Education & Wellness, Inc. http://www.rrrk.net
Genevieve Legros
Gregory Davis Metro Boston Alive Inc.
Angela Liu New England Venture Capital Association https://hackdiversity.com/ @Hack_Diversity
Abby Furey Mayor's Office of Economic Development, Boston
andy jacques Pulse 24/7 www.pulse247.net @pulse_247
Chris Dunker
Ross Goldman
Steve Garfield SteveGarfield.com SteveGarfield.com @http://twitter.com/stevegarfield
Vladimir Levin Saldlab LLC http://www.cae-fidesys.com @CAE_Fidesys
Sabita Mohandas QMocha www.qmocha.com
Tyson Bolling The Cystem thecystem.com
James Jackson The Committee To Elect James Jackson Www.jamesjackson.org @@BeBostonsChange
Rachel Fagen MassChallenge @rachelfagen
Trina Ruffin Ruffin Mobile Educational Services Incorporated
LV Randolph III Cambridge Argillite www.cambridgeargillite.com @LVRIII
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Brian Brady Kuoll Kuoll.com @Bbrady
Chris Michel Occ Youth Unleashed http://www.occyouthunleashed.com @OCC Youth Un
Kendra Taylor First Immuno-Consulting http://www.firstimmuno.com
Tatiana Urban FinTech Sandbox http://fintechsandbox.org/
Nina LaNegra Aili Radio ailirox.wordpress.com @ailiroxbury
MARLENA CARTER DIAZ Care Management Temporary Staffing Agency, Inc. www.cmtstaffing.com @marlecrt
Daniel Irvin D Irvin Photography http://dirvin.com/ @OfficialD_iRvin
Joel Swartz retired
Ted Chaloner @tedchaloner
Alexa Systems Design & Integration, Inc. http://www.sdiboston.com @sdiboston
Amanda Schaefer Hope Inc
Leonard Tshitenge Progressive African Network, Inc www.proafricannet.org @ProAfricanNet
Thomas McDonough City of Boston/Mayor's Office of Economic Development www.boston.gov @4districtsnbm
Ken Granderson Inkosi Technologies
Nnenna Ndukwe Common Sensing common-sensing.com
Lindsay Joseph Greater Now https://www.facebook.com/greaternowllc/
joe oloughlin Wells Fargo Advisors www.wfadisors.com/joseph.oloughlin
Thomas Dodge New View Media @newview_media
Kareem Ayers AYERS TECHNOLOGY GROUP http://www.ayersconsultinggroup.com/ @https://twitter.com/ayetechnologygp
Rhonda Lee Mac + Lee http://www.macandlee.com @macandlee
Rickie Thompson Prime Real Estate
Ms. Elise Window Decor In A Bag, LLC http://www.wall-bees.com @wallbees
Lasha Yarde ButtaH Beauty
Karleen Porcena LISC Local Initiative Support Corporation http://www.lisc.org/
Jarred Johnson Codman Square NDC @jarjoh
Jillian Kando Cut & Fold www.cutandfold.co @kando_can
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Melvin Miller Bat State Banner http://baystatebanner.com @BayStateBanner