This Week: February 5-11, 2012

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Pardis

Hi Café-goers! This week, we have a diverse group of events in the Café this week. Thinking of growing globally? Come meet representatives of international consulates and agencies during our “Building Global Entrepreneurial Connections” event. In addition, Apptopia talks the “Business of Mobile Apps”, the Institute of Human Design answers questions about integrating human centered design approach into your products and services, and the Lean Startup Machine talks about their upcoming weekend Feb 17-19th.

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This Week: January 29-February 4, 2012

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Pardis

Hi everyone! This week, we have a few events to get you connecting, thinking and dressing better. Thursday, we have MTDC Office Hours with Vice President Nick Pappas, an advice booth for men’s fashion and MBBP’s panel on Series ‘A’ Venture Investing in 2012; Will We Turn the Corner? Coming up next week: Venture Café goes International.

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This Week: January 22-28, 2012

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Pardis

Hello fellow Café-goers! For those of you who joined us last week, I hope you enjoyed the Microsoft Bing event – it was a great crowd! This Thursday, we host this month’s TCN Upstart Roundtable , a BetaVanguard info table and a Russian cleantech company meet and greet.  As a reminder, registration closes Jan 25th for  MBBP’s Feb 2nd Series ‘A’ Venture Investing in 2012; Will We Turn the Corner? .

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This Week: January 15-21, 2012

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Pardis

Hello fellow Café-goers! This Thursday, we host two great events. First off, we have Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation’s Nick Pappas is in with drop in office hours. We are also very excited to welcome back Microsoft Bing for Simple, Beautiful, Scalable: A night with Bing. Lastly, don’t forget to read up on our new policies in the Café!

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Big Changes at the Venture Café: The Beer is No Longer Free (well, it is, but read on…)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by chrismyles

Dear Venture Café Participants and Supporters,

We founded the Venture Café two years ago with the goal of providing our innovation community a regular venue to meet, make new connections, and help each other realize our dreams. During this time, we have been fortunate to experience a tremendous amount of growth in attendance as well as support from many strong partner organizations.

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This Week: January 8-14, 2012

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Pardis

Hello fellow Café-goers! This Thursday, we host two resource tables along with open office hours for CommonAngels. The City of Boston’s Startup Challenge Info Table will be on hand as well as the City of Cambridge’s Resource Table. Lastly, don’t forget to sign up for our e-newsletter!

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This Week: January 1-7, 2012

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Pardis

Happy New Year everyone! This Thursday, we have office hours with Bain Capital Ventures and MTDC Office Hours with President Jerry Bird. We are also joined by Adrian Wong from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to talk about personal finance tips for startups. Lastly, chat with Kyle Alspach from the Boston Business Journal during his office hours about what’s been happening with your start up.

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This Week: December 25-December 31, 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Pardis

Hi everyone! I hope that you are having a lovely holiday season. After taking a break for the holidays, the Café is open this week for mingling and making connections.

We’ve been hard at work reflecting on our past efforts and challenging ourselves to experiment with our model in ways that could bring Venture Cafe to the next level, so please stay tuned for updates!

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This week: December 18-24, 2011

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Pardis

Though we always say that the Venture Café is open every Thursday, we are taking a break this Thursday, December 22, so please take this time to enjoy your families and friends (or continue to work on your startup), as the staff will be.

 

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This Week: December 11-17, 2011

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Pardis

Hi Café-goers! I hope you all enjoyed last week’s innovation potluck. This week we have a variety of events in the Café to get you connecting. Thursday we have this month’s TCN Upstart Roundtable featuring Paul Sonderegger, Chief Strategist at Endeca Technologies and a session on basic lighting for a video with Pixability.

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