Mass Innovation Nights 
July 3, 2017
 
THE 100TH MASS INNOVATION NIGHT TAKES OVER THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE!
COME JOIN US FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT! 
 
Welcome Innovators!
 
A 100th event calls for a special celebration! We're bringing Mass Innovation Nights #100 to the Museum of Science in Boston on July 12th from 6:00 - 9:30 pm! This month, we're featuring local innovations in space technology!

We are taking over the Museum for this event - that means we want to see ALL our alumni, AND anyone who has attended a MIN event and has a story to tell. Come and share your story about how you got a job, found a partner, got funding for your company, met a reporter, or any other memorable event that happened to you at Mass Innovation Nights; we want to hear from you! Tell us what MIN means to you! Share your thoughts by tweeting #MIN100 or replying to this newsletter.

There are also many other special surprises at this event, including the Theater of Electricity lightning show, an extra hour to explore the Museum for free, and free validated parking, so be sure check our website for all the details!  

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.    

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.   
 
Guardion Technologies has developed a nanomaterials-based on-chip ultra-sensitive detector and counter for incident charged particles (ions). 
MoonWatcher will show a real-time, unobstructed view of the lunar surface offering spectacular images. 
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 July 6
Friday July 7
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND

Thursday July 13
Friday July 14
Monday July 17 
Wednesday July 19
Tuesday August 8
Wednesday August 9
Wednesday August 16
Friday November 3
ALUMNI NEWS
  • MIN93 Consumer Products alum Amooti will be hosting a pop-up shop on Saturday, July 8 from 10:00 am - 7:00 pm at 50 Milk St in Boston - more information here
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   
97% of blind adults who cannot read braille are unemployed, yet only 8.5% of blind students receive enough instruction to learn braille. The Read Read is a revolutionary, patent pending tool that allows blind and visually impaired students to learn braille and/or how to read, independently. Support this project today!  
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 - SPECIAL OFFER
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.

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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.