Helping founders find community and connections
Regular startup-focused workshop series hosted by The Enterprise Center for early-stage entrepreneurs.
An annual 72-hour intensive entrepreneurship workshop held each fall at WNE, teaching students from all majors to develop and pitch a startup in a single weekend. Covers idea formation, market research, rapid prototyping, and pitching, mentored by local entrepreneurs.
Learn more →A WPI Business Development Lab program equipping faculty with tools and skills to translate academic research into practical, market-ready applications. Includes workshops, mentoring sessions, and strategic market-focused project development to bridge academic discovery and commercial impact.
Learn more →Tech translation program for graduate students, postdocs, and researchers to explore the commercial potential of breakthrough research (Tough Tech); non-resident, free to participate. Alumni companies have raised $475M+ in capital.
Learn more →A free, 8-session monthly seminar and interactive workshop series hosted by the Brookline Chamber of Commerce, taught by local university professors and experts. Covers marketing, PR, accounting, finance, HR, management, and AI for business. Each session is offered as both an early-morning and evening webinar, plus one in-person hands-on workshop.
Learn more →A bilingual cohort-based training and accelerator program for Latino and diverse small businesses in Central Massachusetts (Worcester). Curriculum covers market research, financial literacy, marketing, customer engagement, and access to capital, with business plan, MBE, and WOSB certification support.
Learn more →Maureen Babcock
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