THIS WEEK
Monday December 1
- Providence Entrepreneur Meetup Group 9:30 – 10:45 am
Tuesday December 2
- Life Sciences Capital Outlook: 2025 Review & 2026 Forecast 8:00 – 10:00 am
- Conversations That Matter: How To Turn Your Holiday Customers into Year-Long Customers 10:00 – 11:00 am
- Why & How to Certify Your Business as Woman Owned through WBENC 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Marketing Your GSA Schedule 1:00 pm
- Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Impacts & Insights for Your Business 4:00 – 5:30 pm
- Venture Lane’s Jingle & Mingle 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- AI Startup 0→1: How to Become Seed-Ready in 12 Months 5:45 – 7:45 pm
- Artificial Intelligence: Transformative or Traumatic 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Wednesday December 3
- AI Essentials for Small Manufacturing Businesses (webinar) 9:15 – 11:30 am
- From Chaos to Cadence: Building a Founder Schedule That Actually Works 9:00 – 10:00 am
- Tech Talks with Rob 10:00 – 11:00 am
- Small Business Mastermind: Hartford 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- When to Hire and How to Work with a Marketing Agency 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- The Portfolio Mindset Advantage: Leveraging Multiple Passions for Maximum Impact 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Steps to Grow Your Business 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Finding Grants and Sponsorships – Locate Opportunities, Apply Confidently, Stand Out to Funders 1:00 pm
- VentureWell E-Team Program Information Session 3:00 – 4:00 pm
- Needs Assessment 5:00 – 6:00 pm
- The Pitch Unpacked: Learning to Analyze Startup Pitches from Story to Slides 5:30 – 8:30 pm
- MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition: Pitch 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Thursday December 4
- Yale Life Sciences Pitchfest 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
- Starting and Growing a Business – The SBA Advantage 9:00 – 10:30 pm
- From Idea to Asset: Intellectual Property Strategies for Manufacturing Businesses 12:00 pm
- Branchfood’s December Community Table 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Evolving DoD Contractor Cybersecurity Requirements (Q4-2025 Update) 1:00 pm
- Email Strategy for Revenue Growth – Build Your List, Create Better Emails, Convert Customers 1:00 pm
- Venture Cafe Connection Collider featuring WISE’s Summit Conference 4:30 – 8:00 pm
- CIC Social Impact Program Demos 5:00 – 7:00 pm
- Carbon to Value Initiative Year 5 Kickoff 5:30 pm
- Cross University Student Innovators (CUSI) Mixer 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- Tech Runs Boston: Help Wanted! 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Friday December 5
- Coffee & Conversation + Info Session w/ Indeed Expert at HAYVN 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Finding Calm in the Holiday Chaos 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Pause & Prosper: The Courage to Slow Down 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Saturday December 6
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND
Monday December 8
- Info Session #1 – Global Eddies 2026 9:00 – 10:00 pm
- LIVE: Top Global CPM Trends to Watch in 2026 10:00 am
- Financial Foundations: Business Loan Drop In 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Building an Online Course: Profit Stream or Time Suck? 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Starting and Growing a Business – the SBA Advantage 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Tuesday December 9
- Analyze This! – A Primer in Website and Social Media Reporting 10:00 am
- December Lioness Networking: It’s Pivot Season! 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Legal Considerations when Growing a Business 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Techstars Boston VIRTUAL Demo Day 2025! 4:00 – 5:00 pm
- Slicing Pie: Splitting Equity Fairly amongst your Startup Team 5:00 – 7:00 pm
- Simple Steps for Starting Your Business – Basics 6:00 pm
Wednesday December 10
- Tech Hot Topic: Cybersecurity and the AI Shift, Redefining Defense (Part 1) 8:30 – 10:00 am
- Nonprofit Executives National Networking 9:30 am
- She Builds Boston: brewing bold ideas 9:30 – 11:30 am
- Coffee & Conversation (Hartford) 10:00 – 11:30 pm
- POWERChat: Fashion Sustainability & Success: Side Hustle to Multimillion $ Biz 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Government Contractors and Tariff Challenges: Strategies for Success 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Finding Government Contracting Opportunities 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Resilience That Pays Off: Helping Employees Return Stronger, Sooner 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Neighborhood Opportunity & Capacity Building Acceleration Project (NOCAP) Information Meeting 6:00 pm
- Child Care Business Essentials: Know Your Market: Understand Families & Community Needs 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Thursday December 11
- Needs Assessment 9:00 – 10:30 am
- MassMEP Defense Readiness Webinar 10:00 – 11:30 am
- WBDC Orientation 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Contracting Huddle 12:00 pm
- Creating a Quick Business Plan 12:00 pm
- Start, Scale, Exit: Why You Need to Become a Better Negotiator 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Launching Your Business: A Step-By-Step Guide 1:00 – 2:30 pm
- The 2025 Government Contracting Year-End-Review 1:00 – 2:30 pm
- Nonprofit Executives National Networking 1:30 pm
- Mass Innovation Network Annual Meeting 2025 4:30 – 7:30 pm
- Venture Cafe Connection Collider 4:30 – 8:00 pm
- The 13th Annual NEVY Awards: NEVYs the 13th 6:00 – 10:00 pm
- Investor Connect: Pitch & Network Night Boston 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Friday December 12
- MTLC CAIO Peer Group 8:30 – 10:00 am
- Setting Up a New Business Entity 12:00 pm
- Cybersecurity for Defense Industrial Base Suppliers: UMass Lowell SOC 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Saturday December 13
- Certification Huddle 9:00 – 11:00 am
Tuesday December 16
- Introduction to State Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses 8:30 – 10:30 am
- Managing Cost & Supply Risk in a Volatile World 10:30 – 11:30 am
- I’m WBENC Certified. Now What? 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
- Small Business Mastermind: Stamford 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Marketing Part 1: Developing Your Marketing Plan 12:00 pm
- Info Session #2 – Global Eddies 2026 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Realistic Goal Setting for Business Growth 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Thursday December 18
- Golden Seeds December Boston Office Hours 9:00 am
- Are You Bankable? 10:00 – 11:30 am
- Marketing Part 2: Promoting Your Business 12:00 pm
- Starting and Growing a Business – The SBA Advantage 1:00 – 2:30 pm
- Venture Cafe Connection Collider 4:30 – 8:00 pm
- WBDC & TPP Waterbury Holiday Gathering 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday December 19
- Series A & B CEO Meeting: Peer Insights and Challenges 8:30 – 10:00 am
- Advancing Healthcare Through Artificial Intelligence 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Developing Financial Projections for Your New Small Business 12:00 pm
Tuesday January 6
- What Makes your Business Unique? Your UVP. 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Simple Steps for Starting Your Business 6:00 pm
Wednesday January 7
- Accounting Standards Updates for Busy Season 2026 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Monday January 12
Tuesday January 13
- MassMEP Supply Chain 101 Certificate Program 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Simple Steps – Concepts 6:00 pm
Wednesday January 14
- HAYVN POWERUp Monthly Series 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
- Financial Statements with AI 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Time Mastery: Control Your Schedule, Control Your Profit 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Exploring the Government Marketplace 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Thursday January 15
- Exploring Entrepreneurship: Are You Ready to Start a Business? 10:00 – 11:00 am
Tuesday January 20
- Simple Steps – Marketing 6:00 pm
Thursday January 22
- Small Business Tax Workshop Session 1 9:00 – 10:30 am
- Exit Plans – Why Think About Them At the Start 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Tuesday January 27
- 2026 Local Food Trade Show 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Build Your Small Business Profile for Government Contracting-Virtual 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Practical AI: What Every Small Business Owner Should Know 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Simple Steps – Financials 6:00 pm
Wednesday January 28
Tuesday February 3
- GPS: A Guide to Plan for Success 5:00 – 7:00 pm
- Business Concept Clinic Winter 2026 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- Simple Steps for Starting Your Business 6:00 pm
- Cost, Pricing and Breakeven 6:00 pm
Wednesday February 4
- MTLC CMO Peer Meeting 8:30 – 10:30 am
Thursday February 5
- Waterbury Fast Track – March Track 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Tuesday February 10
- EmpowerHerTech 10:30 – 11:30 am
- Networking and Relationship Building: Your Professional Toolbox 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Simple Steps for Starting Your Business – Basics 6:00 pm
Wednesday February 11
- Steps to Purchasing a Business 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- WBDC Orientation 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Tuesday February 17
- Tech Made Easy: PDFs & Email Attachments 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Wednesday February 25
Monday March 2
- HAYVN HATCH Darien – Female Founder Pitch Night Series 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Tuesday March 3
Wednesday March 18
- Developing an Effective Government Focused Capability Statement 12:00 – 1:30 pm