The Boston New Technology Bulletin 1/13

Hello BNT Community,

We have an exciting week ahead and look forward to sharing the featured events and opportunities below and across our events calendars.

Discover 60+ upcoming startup, tech, and business events shown or linked to below!

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Featured Community Events:

TechCrunch + Prepare 4 VC : TechCrunch Early Stage 2023?(04/20)

Aspiring and fledgling startup founders — don’t let an uncertain economy derail your dream.? Knowledge is power, right? Step into your power and learn at TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston.?

Top founders, VCs and startup ecosystem experts lead workshops and roundtable discussions on topics like funding, product-market fit, pitch decks and growth marketing.

• Get strategies and advice you can use right now
• Learn next steps to move your dream forward
• Expand your network and connect with a supportive community??

Prepare4VC, a supporting partner for this event, offers founders a sweet discount. If you're an early-stage startup founder — or aspire to join the ranks — use this link to register and buy a Founder Pass for 33% off!

Why wait? Buy your Founder Pass today and join TechCrunch in Boston on April 20, 2023!

Multipliers Workshop for Startup CEOs?(01/31)

This interactive workshop with Xavier Lederer of Ambrose Growth - Business Coaching (inspired by Liz Wiseman’s book “Multipliers”) aims at helping CEOs become better leaders. It explains the difference between Diminishers, who drain their team’s intelligence and energy (and only get 50%-60% of their team’s intelligence), and Multipliers, who amplify their team’s intelligence (and get 90%-100% of their intelligence).?Online. Free.?01/31. 12:00 pm.

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Principles of Pitching with Brenden ?? Kumarasamy ?(01/18)

Understand the foundations of mastering any presentation. With this topic, Brenden Kumarasamy of Communicationchallenge.com discusses the public speaking tips that differentiates great and average speakers to help the audience understand how to best practice on their road to mastering their talk. Online. Free. 01/11. 12:00 pm.

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MIT Reality Hack:? MIT Reality Hack (Co-organized by Reality Hack, Inc. and VR/AR MIT) Hack Public Expo 2023?(01/16)

After an intense weekend of creating projects, teams at MIT Reality Hack will show off their hard work! Over 400 participants working as developers, designers, and specialists will participate in this year's Reality Hack. The Public Expo is your chance to check out the projects that participants produce. We invite all members of the public to come check out projects in the ever-expanding Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Spatial Computing fields. From healthcare to social good to games, our Hack will be sure to produce projects spanning a variety of fields.?Boston, MA. Free. 01/16.?2:00 pm.

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Startup & Community Opportunities:

Prepare 4 Launch Virtual Accelerator Program

You know you have a great idea. It keeps you up at night planning, preparing, and putting the pieces together. You imagine the day when you see someone on your website at the airport, they see you glance over and start to tell you about the amazing platform like you're seeing it for the first time and you just smile and tell them it sounds incredible. But how do you get to that place when you need others around you to be just as excited as you are about your passion? At the Prepare 4 Launch program, our virtual cohort shares experiences among similar stage founders learning from our team of veteran entrepreneurs, investors, and executive coaches to help you and your startup grow and attract the right support.?Apply Today?to learn more.

Women Who Tech :?Tech Startup Grant

Tech startups play a pivotal role in helping to solve the world's toughest problems. Yet, only 2% of funding goes to women-led startups. To help address these funding disparities, Women Who Tech has launched a Tech Startup Grants program to fund women-led tech startups focused on solving big problems.

You're invited to apply to Women Who Tech's latest Grants Program. All eligible applications will be reviewed by a panel of jurors comprised of VCs, angel investors, and serial entrepreneurs. Five finalists will be selected to participate in a cohort comprised of a virtual pitch coaching series and an investor pitch. Women Who Tech will award two equity-free grants: one Innovation Grant of $15,000 and one Impact Grant of $5,000.?Apply by 12/22

MassChallenge , MITRE : Social Innovation Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Founders

MassChallenge, the global network for innovators, and MITRE, an operator of federally funded R&D centers, partner together to launch a new mentorship program designed to lower barriers for under-represented founders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Applicants must have at least one founder from historically-underrepresented identities including Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), non-binary, and/or women.?Apply by 11/18

Prepare 4 VC Startup Accelerator

Prepare 4 VC offers a 16 week, equity-free accelerator program serving handpicked startups globally through two live weekly sessions, resources and videos, and an ongoing chat group with our advisors and your cohort throughout the program. We host two demo day events week 8 and 16 of the program with a focus on helping you shape, scale and share your startup story effectively.?Learn More?and?Apply Today.

Prepare 4 VC Startup Oasis

Join the Prepare 4 VC Startup Oasis, a living, breathing ecosystem - a circular economy of value created to help early-stage ventures navigate the most difficult period of their startup lifecycle... the beginning. Join the virtual Accelerator Program and access a multitude of resources: global conferences, live networking & pitch events, access to growth tools in personal wellness + professional skill development, critical business tools, and communication pathways directly to investors, advisors, coaches, mentors, and peers across a global stage!?Join for Free Today

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Upcoming Startup, Tech and Business Events:

01/17 12:00 pm -- ODSC Team:?Real-time ML with Hopsworks -integrated Feature Store&Model Serving platform. Online. Free.

01/17 12:30 pm -- Product School Boston:?Interview Speed Dating: Practice Product Management Interviews on Zoom.?Online. Free.

01/17 2:30 pm -- 美国麻省理工学院 Technology Licensing Office:?The Strength and Fragility of AI. Online. Free.

01/17 6:30 pm -- UXPA Boston :?UXPA Boston January Meeting: A Design Career in 4 Acts. Online. Free.

01/18 1:00 pm -- Chuck Goldstone :?Chuck's Global Entrepreneurial Roundtable. Online. Free.?Register

01/18 6:00 pm --?? AMA - Boston American Marketing Association : Marketing Metrics:?Create An Effective Strategy in 2023. Online.?RSVP

01/18 10:00 am --? ACT | The Alliance for Climate Transition :?NECEC Emerging Trends Series: Decarbonizing Building Heating. Online. Free.?RSVP

01/19 6:00 pm --? Founders Live :?Founders Live Boston. Boston, MA. Free.?RSVP

01/20 12:00 pm --? GW Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship :?Introduction to Lean Innovation. Online. Free.

01/21 6:00 pm --? Thinkful Boston:?Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade. Online. Free.

See BNT's full list of 30+ of the best upcoming startup, business and technology events here.