THIS WEEK
Monday October 27
- Conversations That Matter: Cyber Security with Expert John Petrozzelli 10:00 – 11:00 am
- Workshop: Building High-Impact Startup Teams from Day Zero 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Equalize Webinar | Building Your Support Network: From Startup Team to Ecosystem 12:00 pm
- Financial Foundations: Business Loan Drop In 5:30 – 6:30 pm
- Pitching Boston’s Future: A Climatetech Showcase for Underrepresented Founders 6:00 – 8:00 pm
- Blue Economy Pitch Contest 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Tuesday October 28
- 13th Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Summit 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
- From Vision to Victory: Modeling Your Non-Profit’s Strategic Roadmap 10:00 am
- Registering to Sell to the Federal Government Market 12:00 pm
- Google Analytics Made Simple: Unlock the Key Insights for Your Business 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Starting and Growing a Business – The SBA Advantage 1:00 – 2:30 pm
- Tough Tech Talent Fair 1:00 – 4:00 pm
- FoodHack Boston: The Future of Alt Proteins: What’s Next for the Sector? 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- Franchising 101 – Start a Business through a Franchise 6:00 pm
- Launch Yard: Open House (MIT) 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Wednesday October 29
- CEO Roundtable: Cyber Resilience in Action, A Hands-On Experience for Small Business Leaders 8:30 – 11:00 am
- The Power of the Page: Mastering the Capability Statement for Government Contract 9:00 – 10:30 am
- Cocoa Futures Session 3: Changing Consumer Preferences & The Market for Premium Chocolate 11:30 am
- Online Reputation Management 12:00 pm
- Business Insurance Basics: Protecting Your Investment 12:00 pm
- Tough Tech Demo Day 1:30 – 4:30 pm
- Preparing Your Brand for the AI-Powered Era 3:00 – 4:00 pm
- Innovation Trail Scavenger Hunt — Tough Tech Week 4:30 – 6:00 pm
- Financial Foundations: Business Loan Drop In 5:30 – 6:30 pm
- VC CFO Dinner: Women in VC Finance Edition 5:30 – 8:00 pm
- Founders’ Stories: From Founder to Successful Business Leader 9:00 – 10:00 pm
Thursday October 30
- The Summit – CWE Regional 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
- Traveling Resource Tour – Brockton, MA 8:00 – 9:00 am
- Are You Bankable? 10:00 – 11:30 am
- Sidestepping Legal Landmines: Top Employment Law Mistakes To Avoid 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Venure Cafe – Tough Tech Week + Pitch2Tokyo4:30 – 8:00 pm
- Venture Lane Pitch Night 5:00 – 7:30 pm
- Tech Made Easy: Digitizing Your Documents 6:00 – 7:00 pm
- Starting and Growing Your Small Business – Mansfield 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Friday October 31
- CEO Peer Group Meeting for SMBs 8:30 – 10:00 am
- Climatetech Founders Networking Breakfast 9:00 – 11:00 am
- Powering Green Opportunities: Preparing for the Statewide Energy Disclosure Policy 9:30 – 11:00 am
- Webinar: Bringing Your Tough Tech Startup Out of Stealth: What Founders Need to Know 10:00 – 11:00 am
- Workshop: Practical Tips for Kickstarting Your Go-to-Market Strategy 10:30 – 11:30 am
- Legal Compliance: Stay Out of Trouble and Don’t Get Sued 11:00 am
- WPI Startup Showcase 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Saturday November 1
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND
Monday November 3
- Drowning in Data: Making Use (and Sense) of What You Already Have 12:00 pm
- Financial Foundations: Business Loan Drop In 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Quickbooks Intro, Set Up and Problem Solving 5:30 pm
Tuesday November 4
- Beyond the Basics: Optimizing for Growth in Amazon’s Store 12:00 pm
- First Employee Essentials: An Overview for Small Business Hiring 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Why & How to Certify Your Business as Woman Owned through WBENC 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Simple Steps for Starting Your Business – Basics 6:00 pm
- Going to Market, Every Entrepreneur’s Goal 7:00 – 8:30 am
Wednesday November 5
- Professional Women’s Meeting: Negotiation Techniques 9:00 – 11:00 am
- M3 Speed Networking 9:30 – 11:00 am
- Creating The Effective Elevator Pitch 10:00 am
- Tech Talks with Rob 10:00 – 11:00 am
- Founder Focus: Own Your Value and Grow Smarter with Strategic Support 12:00 pm
- The Bookability Formula: What the 1% Most-Booked Speakers Do (and You Can Too) 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Steps to Purchasing a Business 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Exploring Entrepreneurship: Are You Ready to Start a Business? 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- FORGE Fall Startup Showcase 4:30 – 7:00 pm
- Boston Founder & Investor Happy Hour hosted by LOVC and Techstars 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Thursday November 6
- Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit 2025 8:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Golden Seeds November Boston Office Hours 9:00 am
- Insure Your Business Now! and Insure Your Business How? 9:00 – 10:30 am
- Branchfood’s November Community Table 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- LLC, Corporation, or Sole Proprietor? Choosing the Right Structure 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Boston Early-Stage Showcase for AI Startups 1:00 – 6:00 pm
- Venure Cafe K-Blockbuster Night! 4:30 – 8:00 pm
- Babson College Rocket Pitch 5:00 – 8:00 pm
- 7 Best Negotiating Tips 5:30 pm
- Venture Lane Pub Crawl 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- Don’t Get Burned with a Contract 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- VC CFO Fall Dinner: The 2025 Finale 5:30 – 8:00 pm
- Lifting as We Climb: Building Community and Capital for Underrepresented Founders 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday November 7
- AI Tools to Boost Your Business Success 11:00 am
- How to Pick a Business Name 12:00 pm
- Mastering Tariff Management: The Essential Tools 12:00 – 1:15 pm
- ALX100 Celebration 8:30 – 11:00 pm
Saturday November 8
Monday November 10
- SEO for Beginners 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- QuickBooks Online Express 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Tuesday November 11
- WiM | Stanley, Black & Decker Plant Tour 8:30 – 11:30 am
Wednesday November 12
- Trials & Triumph: Success of a Serial Entrepreneur 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Small Business Funding: Meet the Lenders 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Networking and Relationship Building: Your Professional Toolbox 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- WBDC Orientation 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Quickbooks Intro, Set Up and Problem Solving 5:30 pm
Thursday November 13
- Professional Women’s Meeting 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- HELP YOUR CLIENTS SCORE, A 504-Training Session for lenders 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- $80K Pitch-To-Portfolio Competition 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Exploring the Government Marketplace 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- Center for Innovation and Applied Technology Open House 4:00 – 6:00 pm
- Work Smarter, Grow Faster – Run Your Business Without It Running You! 5:00 – 6:00 pm
- Founder’s Feud: Startup Edition 6:00 – 7:00 pm
- NEVYs 2025 Nominee Reveal Party 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday November 14
- MTLC CEO Peer Group 8:30 – 10:00 am
- MONTHLY MARKETING MEETUPS: Ask The Experts, Mktg Collective, Coworking Day 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Digital Success by Mastering Marketing Tools 11:00 am
Saturday November 15
Monday November 17
- November Lioness Networking: Sane Productivity Systems 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Introduction to CT Boost Fund (Bilingual) 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Inspiring Inventions and Ideas: How University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Centers Spark Student Creativity and New Ecosystems 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Financial Foundations: Business Loan Drop In 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Tuesday November 18
- Public Speaking 101: Your Next Step to Success 12:00 pm
- I’m WBENC Certified. Now What? 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Show Up Where It Counts: Local SEO Essentials 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Child Care Business Essentials: Creating Effective Payment Policies 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Pioneer Valley Advanced Manufacturing Summit 2:00 – 4:30 pm
- Your Website’s on Fire (and Not in a Good Way): 10 Easy Fixes for Big ROI 5:00 – 5:45 pm
- WBDC Meet Up (Stamford) 5:00 – 7:00 pm
- FounderConnect: Startup Resources & Networking Expo 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Wednesday November 19
- Financial Statements with AI 9:00 – 10:30 am
- M3 What’s Happening in Tyngsborough & Nashua 9:00 – 11:00 am
- How to Batch Social Media Content Using Canva 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Cybersecurity Basics: Protecting Yourself and Your Business 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Women Owned Small Business Certification (WOSB) 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- 2025 Evening of Innovation & Awards Ceremony 5:30 – 8:00 pm
- Tech Made Easy: Gmail Tips 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Thursday November 20
- Traveling Resource Tour – Quincy, MA 8:00 – 9:00 am
- Coffee & Conversation (New London) 8:00 – 9:30 am
- Intro to QuickBooks – Set up and Problem Solving 9:30 am
- Are You Bankable? 10:00 – 11:30 am
- Certification Huddles 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Friday November 21
Saturday November 22
Tuesday December 2
- Why & How to Certify Your Business as Woman Owned through WBENC 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Coffee & Conversation (Waterbury) 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Wednesday December 3
- 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
- Steps to Grow Your Business 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Thursday December 4
- Branchfood’s December Community Table 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Carbon to Value Initiative Year 5 Kickoff 5:30 pm
Saturday December 6
Monday December 8
- Financial Foundations: Business Loan Drop In 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Tuesday December 9
- Analyze This! – A Primer in Website and Social Media Reporting 10:00 am
- 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
- Nonprofit Executives National Networking 9:30 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
Thursday December 11
- WBDC Orientation 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Contracting Huddle 12:00 pm
- Launching Your Business: A Step-By-Step Guide 1:00 – 2:30 pm
- Nonprofit Executives National Networking 1:30 pm
- Mass Innovation Network Annual Meeting 2025 4:30 – 7:30 pm
- The 13th Annual NEVY Awards: NEVYs the 13th 6:00 – 10:00 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
- I’m WBENC Certified. Now What? 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
- 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
Friday December 19
- Series A & B CEO Meeting: Peer Insights and Challenges 8:30 – 10:00 am
Tuesday January 6
Tuesday January 13
- Simple Steps – Concepts 6:00 pm
Tuesday January 20
- Simple Steps – Marketing 6:00 pm
Tuesday January 27
- 2026 Local Food Trade Show 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Simple Steps – Financials 6:00 pm
Tuesday February 3
- Simple Steps for Starting Your Business 6:00 pm
- Cost, Pricing and Breakeven 6:00 pm
Tuesday March 3
Wednesday March 18
- Developing an Effective Government Focused Capability Statement 12:00 – 1:30 pm