MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition

📢 Join the MITCOB MIT Club of Boston in the exciting and engaging Women’s Leadership Workshop: The Inclusive Workplace - *Making the Leap to Leader* 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/gt7dihBC 🗓 Date: June 9, 2024 ⏰ Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT (Networking & Q&A) 🗾 Location: MIT, Building 6, Moore Room (6-321) - 182 Memorial Dr, Cambridge Speaker and Facilitator: Dr. Joanne Kamens, PhD Discover how inclusive management drives innovation and efficiency. Learn from Joanne Kamens, a renowned expert in equity & inclusion, as she shares insights on transforming managers into leaders. Participate in interactive exercises, and breakouts, and gain invaluable skills for senior roles. ✨ About Dr. Joanne Kamens, PhD: Dr. Kamens received her PhD in genetics from Harvard Medical School and has had a varied career in academia, pharma, biotech, and nonprofit sectors. Over two decades ago, she founded the Boston chapter of the Association for Women in Science (MASS AWIS) and has been a trailblazer in promoting gender equity in science ever since. As the Executive Director/CEO of Addgene, Dr. Kamens created an inclusive workplace with remarkably low employee turnover, earning the company a spot as Boston’s Best Place to Work for six consecutive years. She now shares her expertise as an equity & inclusion consultant, serving on various boards, including the National AWIS Board of Directors and the OpenBiome Board of Directors. ✨ Workshop Highlights: + Inclusive leadership strategies + Feedback and relationship-building skills + Networking with peers Organizer: Tara Shankar, PhD Tara is a Product Manager and User Researcher with a proven track record in delivering lean, scalable solutions in areas of ambiguity that drive tangible impacts for e-commerce, telecom, and communications. She serves on the MITCOB Women’s Leadership Council, and earned her PhD from the MIT Media Lab, supporting the technological shift forward to oral literacy. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your leadership journey! 🚀 #Leadership #Inclusion #WomenInLeadership #MITCOB #CareerGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #MITFemaleFounders #MITAlumni #MITAlum #MITSloan #WomeninStem

applications are now OPEN for the second annual Pitch HearstLab U event! 🎓 HearstLab: https://lnkd.in/gUmR3Tfr Pitch HearstLab U (https://lnkd.in/gUmR3Tfr)  is a pitch competition for current or recent graduates of universities who founded an early stage, women-led startup in the US. The winner will automatically become a finalist for Pitch HearstLab (held in Atlanta in November) to receive $100k in investment with the opportunity for additional follow on investment. In fact, in less than two years they have already invested $4.2M in startups they have met through their pitch competitions. HearstLab provides cash investment and services to early-stage, women-led startups. To date, HearstLab has invested in 75 startups with a collective valuation of over $2.5B. Following our successful pitch event in NY, we are excited to host our second annual virtual pitch competition, Pitch HearstLabU, focused exclusively on female-founders who are university entrepreneurs or recent graduates. The winner of this event will become an automatic finalist in our upcoming Pitch HearstLab event on November 12th in Atlanta where founders will pitch live for the opportunity to win a $100k in investment. Apply here by May 31. #femalefounders #mitfemalefounders #mitalumni #mitalumna

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗳𝗼𝗿 "𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 MIT Club of Boston 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰 𝗮𝘁 𝟳:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 - 𝟴:𝟰𝟱 𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗗𝗧 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://lnkd.in/gHZzFZMP How to contact the organizer Diane: Rigosdrigos@mitcob.org A mentoring circle is a group of mentors (2) and mentees (4-7) that meets to exchange experiences, challenges, and opportunities in order to learn from each other and enhance the self-confidence and leadership competencies of all individuals. Mentoring circles provide a much richer experience for both mentors and mentees.  Based on input from the women’s leadership special interest group, we are creating mentoring circles with a focus on women and entrepreneurship which will meet three times: April 22, May 13, and June 10, 2024. In order to participate, you must attend the first meeting on Zoom on April 22, 2024. There will be no way to register for the subsequent meetings. Mentors will include Yolande Athaide and Mark Spencer. Other mentors will participate depending on the number of registrations to the mentoring circle.   Yolande Athaide, MBA, JD is a finance and analytics professional with several years of entrepreneurial experience. She has managed various operational aspects of small businesses since 2001 and recently served in a financial analyst role at Harvard University. Over the last four years, Yolande has led the digital transformation of financial processes for several small businesses. A recent transplant to Massachusetts, she is a parent volunteer with the MIT Club of Boston. She also serves as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). She holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Mumbai, India, an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Rice University, Houston, Texas, a JD from Purdue Global Law School (formerly Concord Law School) in Los Angeles, CA, a CFA® Charter from the CFA Institute, and the Harvard Business Analytics Program Certificate.   Mark Spencer is the President of Water Analytics which he founded in 2009. He holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has spent two decades in environmental research, research and development, and product development. He was the last Director of Technology for Agiltron, a contract R&D company north of Boston. He spent a decade at NASA Ames Research Center measuring infrared absorption of atmospheric species. His experience in securing and managing government-funded R&D programs will be used to expand the technology of water quality analysis. #mit #mitsloan #mitalumni #mitfemalefounders

Excited to announce that all the recordings for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition are now available on our YouTube Channel. See links below: + Introduction: https://lnkd.in/gUcBbTyE + Deutsche Bank Message: https://lnkd.in/gEYyzVr2 + Pitches of the 8 Finalists: https://lnkd.in/gJTWjS5D + VC Panel: https://lnkd.in/gms2qti2 + Entrepreneur Panel: https://lnkd.in/g_HfV-SZ + Winners' Announcement: https://lnkd.in/gJW8QW63 The entire organizing team Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch and The MIT Sloan Club of New York are thankful to our Platinum Sponsor and Host Deutsche Bank and our Gold & Founding Sponsor Fox Rothschild #mit #mitsloan #mitfemalefounders #startupjourney #startup #startups #mitstartups #mitstartup #femalefounders #femaleentrepreneur #femaleentrepreneurs #vc #venturecapital #vc #newyorkcity #nyc #ai #mitfounders #mitfounder #deutschebank #foxrothschild #mitalumni

Watch the Winners' Announcement of the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition: Congratulations to Nicolette Driscoll, Co-Founder & CTO of NeuroBionics, for winning the First Place Award for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition! Congratulations to Denzil Eden, Founder & CEO of smarty.ai., for winning the Runner Up Award for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition! Congratulations to Claire Stepanek, Founder & CEO of @ergo, for winning the Audience Choice Award for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition! We had a room of 300 people voting for ergo! The entire organizing team Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch and The MIT Sloan Club of New York are thankful to our Platinum Sponsor and Host Deutsche Bank and our Gold & Founding Sponsor Fox Rothschild #mit #mitsloan #mitfemalefounders #startupjourney #startup #startups #mitstartups #mitstartup #femalefounders #femaleentrepreneur #femaleentrepreneurs #vc #venturecapital #vc #newyorkcity #nyc #ai #mitfounders #mitfounder #deutschebank #foxrothschild #mitalumni

Watch the recording of the Entrepreneur Panel for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition: https://lnkd.in/g_HfV-SZ with + Alessandra Henderson | Co-Founder & CEO of Elektra Health + Henriette Fleischmann | CEO & President of Hosta AI + Lissy Alden | Founder & CEO of MYNDY + Loewen Cavill | Founder & CEO of Amira Health moderated by + Carly Chase | VP of U.S. News & World Report The entire organizing team Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch and The MIT Sloan Club of New York are thankful to our Platinum Sponsor and Host Deutsche Bank and our Gold & Founding Sponsor Fox Rothschild #mit #mitsloan #mitfemalefounders #startupjourney #startup #startups #mitstartups #mitstartup #femalefounders #femaleentrepreneur #femaleentrepreneurs #vc #venturecapital #vc #newyorkcity #nyc #ai #mitfounders #mitfounder #deutschebank #foxrothschild #mitalumni

Watch the recording of the VC Panel for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition: https://lnkd.in/gms2qti2 with +Tara Bishop MD, MPH | Founder of Black Opal Ventures + Gabriella G. | Investor at Two Sigma + Stephanie Campbell | Co-Founder & General Partner at The Artemis Fund + Victoria Grace | Founder of COLLE CAPITAL moderated by + Laura (Bordewieck) Rippy | Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures The entire organizing team Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch and The MIT Sloan Club of New York are thankful to our Platinum Sponsor and Host Deutsche Bank and our Gold & Founding Sponsor Fox Rothschild #mit #mitsloan #mitfemalefounders #startupjourney #startup #startups #mitstartups #mitstartup #femalefounders #femaleentrepreneur #femaleentrepreneurs #vc #venturecapital #vc #newyorkcity #nyc #ai #mitfounders #mitfounder #deutschebank #foxrothschild #mitalumni

Watch the incredible pitches of the 8 finalists for The 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition! 🎉 https://lnkd.in/gJTWjS5D Anne Carpenter | Co-Founder of SyzOnc, LLC Bettina Hein | Founder and CEO of juli Claire Stepanek | Founder & CEO of ergo Cynthia Liao | Founder of Vertical Horizons Denzil Eden | Founder & CEO of smarty.ai Elaine Wang | Co-Founder & CPO of Jane Energy Nicolette Driscoll, PhD | Co-Founder, CTO of NeuroBionics Scarlett Koller | CEO of Mithril Technologies, Inc. The entire organizing team, Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch along with MIT Sloan Club of New York are thankful to our incredible sponsors Deutsche Bank and Fox Rothschild #FemaleFounders #Entrepreneurship #DeutscheBank #MIT #mitfemalefounders #mit #mitalumni #mitfemalefounders #deutschebank #femalefounders #foxrothschild

Watch the recording of Deutsche Bank's Empowering Address for Female Entrepreneurs. At the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition, Amy Sutter and Fabrizio Campelli delivered powerful messages for Female Entrepreneurs. As our Platinum Sponsor and Host, Deutsche Bank is dedicated to advancing female entrepreneurship worldwide. The entire organizing team, Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch along with MIT Sloan Club of New York are thankful to our incredible sponsors Deutsche Bank and Fox Rothschild #FemaleFounders #Entrepreneurship #DeutscheBank #MIT #mitfemalefounders #mit #mitalumni #mitfemalefounders #deutschebank #femalefounders #foxrothschild

Excited to announce that the recordings for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition are now live on our YouTube Channel! Here is the link to the Introductions segment: https://lnkd.in/gMMrhn9B Meet the Sponsors, Panelists, Finalists, Judges, and Organizers Many thanks to our Sponsors, Deutsche Bank and Fox Rothschild, and our Partners, MIT Alumni Association, MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, MIT Alumni Startup Network (MITAS), MIT Startup Exchange, MIT Industrial Liasion Program, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, AMITA, SWIM. Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Sloan School of Management Many thanks to our Panelists and Judges + Alessandra Henderson + Henriette Fleischmann + Lissy Alden + Loewen Cavill + Carly Chase +Tara Bishop MD, MPH + Gabriella G. + Stephanie Campbell + Victoria Grace + Laura (Bordewieck) Rippy +Cristina Dolan + Stephanie MacConnell + Karen Hui-Ying Wang Organizing Team Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch