Events Calendar

All Topics (February 21 through March 5)

12:00 PM MassChallenge Info Session
Come learn more about the application and selection process for the largest accelerator on the planet--MassChallenge!

2:30 PM Launching a Project Workshop Series: Funding and Budgets
A workshop series to walk you through the key elements to successfully execute an action-oriented idea.
5:30 PM Startup Story: Breegi Scientific
Hosted by the Student Leadership Council, hear the story behind BU startup Breegi Scientific.

10:00 AM Office Hours: Lou Brum, Event Coordinator
Expertise: Event planning and budgeting, logistics, and event/program customer experience
1:00 PM Expert Office Hours: Alicia Curran
Expert in: Content Marketing Startup Strategy Developing your idea
1:30 PM Expert Office Hours: Hisham Elhaddad
Expert in: Finding the investors Raising funds Pitching your startup
5:00 PM Unlocking the Black Box of Business: BU Doctoral Student & PostDoc Workshop Series
This week's topic: How to apply for SBIR funding

2:00 PM Office Hours: Gerry Fine, Executive Director, Innovate@BU
Expertise: Tech development, marketing, finance and accounting, hiring/team building, and building a Board.
5:30 PM Idea Open-mic Nights
Join us for idea open-mic nights to share and gain feedback on your own ideas, or share your knowledge and expertise to help fellow BU Terriers!

5:00 PM Pitch & Pizza for Tech Ideas (New Venture Competition)
Round 1 of the New Venture Competition. Join us to watch 60-second pitches or apply ahead of time for your chance to compete in this $18,000 competition!
Startup Law Clinic Talks: Expanding Your Team: Hiring Employees, Independent Contractors, Interns, and Volunteers
Startup Law Clinic Talks: Expanding Your Team: Hiring Employees, Independent Contractors, Interns, and Volunteers
Summer Accelerator Info Session
Want to learn more about the Innovate@BU Summer Accelerator before submitting your application? Join us for a brief info session to learn about the program and meet former participants.

10:30 AM Office Hours: Rachel Spekman, Director of Business Ventures
Expertise: Lean Canvas, product and project management, team building, pitching, strategy and operations
12:00 PM Industry BYO Lunches: App Development
Once a month, Innovation Pathway teams in similar industries are invited to a brown-bag lunch to share insight, challenges, and collaboration opportunities with fellow teams.
4:40 PM Terriers Tell: Diving Into Your Solution
These 50-minute introductory sessions are perfect for BU students from all disciplines. Each week, attendees will be given short content to review ahead of time so our 50 minutes can be used for a topic overview and fireside chat with a student entrepreneur.

2:30 PM Launching a Project Workshop Series: Marketing
A workshop series to walk you through the key elements to successfully execute an action-oriented idea.

10:00 AM Office Hours: Lou Brum, Event Coordinator
Expertise: Event planning and budgeting, logistics, and event/program customer experience
1:00 PM Office Hours: Eric Liu
Expert in: product development and leadership strategy
2:00 PM Office Hours: Rachel Spekman, Director of Business Ventures
Expertise: Lean Canvas, product and project management, team building, pitching, strategy and operations

9:00 AM Office Hours: Blake Sims, Director of Social Innovation
Expertise: Social impact, design thinking, deeply understanding problem and people, content and program development
2:00 PM Office Hours: Gerry Fine, Executive Director, Innovate@BU
Expertise: Tech development, marketing, finance and accounting, hiring/team building, and building a Board.
Office Hours: Gerry Fine, Executive Director, Innovate@BU
Expertise: Tech development, marketing, finance and accounting, hiring/team building, and building a Board.
5:30 PM Tech Office Hours: Chris Ackerman
Expert in: learning to code, tech project management, business plan development

1:00 PM Innovation Pathway Orientation
The Innovation Pathway (IP) Orientation is a required opportunity for all students and teams who have applied to be on the IP to be introduced to the program and resources available as part of the IP.