ENET's Business Incubators Expo

An annual event like no other, this event will help you connect with incubators and workspacesthat are making things happen in Boston. This event is part of BREW 2014, Boston Regional Entrepreneurship World (http://www.brewboston.org/). Meet our specially curated group of top Boston incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces including:

The Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England (ACTION) is New England’s network of cleantech incubators sharing the common goals of accelerating the growth and success of early-stage companies, strengthening the regional cleantech cluster, and creating more green jobs in New England.

Their network of incubators provides diverse resources and a highly- supportive hub in which entrepreneurs, business leaders, government agencies, community leaders, investors, universities, and other interested organizations can collaborate toward the successful commercialization of enterprises that will build a prosperous green economy, improve the quality of our lives and sustain the health of our environment. Visit www.actionnewengland.org.

TiE Challenge is a year-long accelerator program to turn great ideas into real companies. It’s the first accelerator run by successful entrepreneurs to help new entrepreneurs. It offers a unique multiplicative force where 20 companies receive targeted advising, monthly meetings, networking opportunities, access to investors and opportunity to showcase at TiE events.

TiE-Boston is a comprehensive eco-system for entrepreneurs with vital resources for every stage of the entrepreneurial process. It is part of the global TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) group that is the largest not-for profit organization promoting entrepreneurship. TiE-Boston runs several vibrant programs to educate, mentor, network and inspire entrepreneurs in the community. TiE connects entrepreneurs with each other and other stakeholders in the entrepreneurial world including other serial entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists, Vendors and Service Providers. http://www.tie-boston.org

The MassChallenge allows entrepreneurs to pick and choose from an array of events to accommodate the startups’ needs and interests. The accelerator curriculum is flexible and not required. Entrepreneurs choose sessions that will help them most. Our primary activities include running an annual global accelerator program and startup competition, documenting and organizing key resources, and organizing training and networking events. http://masschallenge.org/accelerator

ACCELERATE, Wentworth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center was formed in May 2012 with the idea to bring innovation + entrepreneurship skills to our students. Why? Because they are critical competencies in the 21st century and help individuals to iterate an idea, try oneself out, see the bigger picture, solve problems, network intentionally, and build confidence in taking risks for small projects and big ideas. We thought the best way to do this would be to promote interdisciplinary collaboration among students, alumni, industry, and the Boston community. http://blogs.wit.edu/accelerate/

Northeastern IDEA is a student-run venture accelerator that provides a variety of resources to Northeastern affiliated entrepreneurs who are looking to launch their own businesses. Throughout the stage-gate process we provide ventures with coaching, mentoring, in-kind services, business planning framework, and the opportunity to apply for our Gap Fund. http://www.northeastern.edu/idea/

These six additional incubators will also join us. We will provide additional information on these incubators shortly.

-Tech Sandbox

-Entrepreneurship for All

-Harvard Nanotechnology

-Quincy Center for Innovation

-Artisans Asylum

-Massachusetts Small Business Development Center.

Co-Working Spaces:

Coworking spaces are a vital element for a rapidly growing startup. We will feature several coworking spaces including:

Commoncove is a brand of cowork spaces for suburban and near urban workers. Our first location, at Chelsea’s Admiral’s Hill Marina, is Greater Boston’s first coworking space on the waterfront. We provide the ideal “home office” by being close to home but not in your home – a dynamic workspace with both dedicated and floating desks, shared worktables, phone booths, meeting rooms – all just steps from the harbor. We offer flexible, affordable, memberships to accommodate your particular schedule and budget. We also offer free parking and access to zip cars.

Alpha Landmark, which houses a mix of tech, life sciences and services startups and small companies is located near the new Assembly Row, the space is a mix of private offices, dedicated desks and open shared space with conference and training rooms. Alpha Landmark offers its members IT services -Networks and Systems, IT Security, Application Development and Hosting servers. We provide the space you plant the idea! Promotion: Full Time Open Workspace $150 - Large Office: Includes 4 Memberships $1,199 - Medium Office: Includes 3 Memberships $999 Promotion End Date 10/31/2014 For Inquiry Please Call 617-764-3068

- NGIN

- Coalition Boston

- WeWork Boston (two locations)

- WorkBark Boston (two locations)

Meeting Organizer:

Christina Inge, Senior Director of Marketing ,Technology Evangelist, christinainge.com, Twitter: @christinainge, LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinainge

Christina is a marketing consultant with over 15 years experience in content creation, web technologies, and project management. She is adept at finding creative ways to maximize the small marketing budgets of startups and nonprofits. Her areas of expertise include boosting clickthrough and conversion rates for paid search campaigns, and increasing organic search rankings through best practices SEO. She helps companies with product go-to-market plans, email marketing strategy and implementation, online lead conversion and lead generation analysis and optimization, and product positioning.

Meeting Co-Organizer:

Maureen Mansfield, ALM is a manager at Marketing Works, who helps businesses, from startups to Fortune 100, to go from red to black with strategy, corporate development and social media marketing. Maureen has helped increase her clients’ top line sales and revenues while reducing bottom line expenditures by creating new sales channels, conducting fraud reducing audits and by marketing through social media. Maureen is also an ENET Board member. You can follow her on Twitter @MaureenManALM.