Event Information In keeping with our ongoing focus on women executives and diversity, we partner with The Commonwealth Institute to honor the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in the area.  As women continue to establish their place in the boardroom, this event...

(Disclaimer: Because of SEC regulations, we can only allow expert investors to be in the meeting. Entrepreneurs are not allowed to solicit investments of any kind. Also, just to set the expectation right, we rarely see any VC. You can drop by anytime, and leave anytime without offending us...

Come mix and mingle with fellow entrepreneurs! Find serendipitous connections, meet VCs for office hours and attend E&I-focused events. www.vencaf.com Venture Cafe alpha is an invitational prototype, with invitations extended to the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative communities...

For the last 20 years Joe Caruso has served has been an “Advocate for entrepreneurs” as a mentor, coach, and personal advisor to CEO’s and entrepreneurs. In recent years, he has served an investor, advisor and active director with dozens of companies, public and private. He also maintains an...

Attorneys Rick Lucash and Ben Hron of McCarter & English, LLP will be in the Café from 4-6 on Thursday, 12/6, to discuss legal issues affecting early stage companies, including initial organization, building a team, financing, and commercial partnerships. Rick and Ben are part of McCarter’s...

Stop by and chat with Nick Pappas, Vice President of MassVentures. He will be at a table in the Café taking meetings on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can ask a cafe team member or just look for the table sign. MassVentures' goal is to meet potential funding candidates, whose companies...

Come to a book chat with Richard K. Lester, author of “Unlocking Energy Innovation:  How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System” Lester’s new book on energy innovation, co-authored with David M. Hart of George Mason University, shows why energy innovation offers us our best...

 Entrepreneurs don’t have big marketing budgets – and with inbound marketing, they don’t need to. This class will cover some of the basics of inbound marketing with a focus on simple tactics to attract more website visitors and convert them into leads/customers. You'll Learn: 1...

You're invited to the 3rd Annual Punchbowl Mixer! We've had a very successful year, and we could not have done it without all of the people who have helped Punchbowl – people like YOU. Come celebrate this successful year with everyone in the Punchbowl family, as well as fellow entrepreneurs,...

Mr. Shiv Nadar is an Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist who founded HCL as an IT hardware company in the mid-1970s, only to transform it over the next three decades into a global technology company that provides software, infrastructure, and consulting services to a range of...

Intro to Data Science and Analysis Session 1: How to Create New Business Models through Big Data Thursday, December 6th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm  Aki Balogh, Calpont  There's a lot of buzz around BIG DATA these days, but don't let these words intimidate you. Big Data has been called "the...