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Looking to plug into the #startup scene this week? We’ve got you covered 👀 Here’s what’s happening across #Boston + #NewEngland May 18 - 22 👇 🔥 Tuesday | 12:00 PM 📍 Berkshire Innovation Center Stage 2 Accelerator Entrepreneurial Showcase with @berkshireinnovation 🔥 Tuesday | 6:00 PM 📍@cicnow AI: Overhyped or Underhyped? A Strategic Lens on What Comes Next with Boston Product Management Association 🔥Wednesday | 12:00 PM 📍Virtual Building Ethical AI Into Your Hiring Process with @inclusiongeeks 🔥Wednesday | 2:00 PM 📍Cambridge, MA The Blueprint Showcase with @enginexyz 🔥Thursday | 9:30 AM 📍Kendall Square Startup Boston's Dealflow Mixer, Featuring CIC's Social Impact Cohort with Startup Boston and @cicnow Tag someone who should come with you 🤝 🔗 Full event list + registration links: startupbos.org/events (Submit your events there too—we love sharing them!) #events #networking
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If it’s hard to understand, it won’t get attention.⁠ ⁠ People don’t slow down to figure things out—they move on.⁠ ⁠ Clarity isn’t a nice-to-have.⁠ ⁠ It’s the difference between getting noticed… and getting skipped.
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If your positioning is fuzzy, your growth will be too.⁠ ⁠ Everything compounds from how clearly you answer one question:⁠ Why should someone care?⁠ ⁠ Get that right — and everything downstream gets easier.
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Boston startup discourse is so funny sometimes 😂⁠ ⁠ People build billion-dollar companies here…and then still act like Boston is just:⁠ 🎓 colleges⁠ 🧪 hospitals⁠ ☘️ and sports fans screaming in the street⁠ ⁠ Meanwhile the city is quietly producing incredible SaaS, biotech, AI, and deep tech companies with founders who care more about building real businesses than becoming LinkedIn influencers.⁠ ⁠ So we’re hosting a conversation about it 👀⁠ ⁠ UGLY TALK: Building and Scaling Tech Companies in Boston is bringing together founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem leaders to talk honestly about:⁠ 🔥 where Boston actually wins⁠ 🧱 where the ecosystem still feels fragmented⁠ 🏙️ why some founders intentionally choose Boston⁠ 🤔 and who should (and should not) build here⁠ ⁠ No startup city chest-thumping. No “Boston vs SF” nonsense. Just a real conversation about what this ecosystem is actually good at.⁠ ⁠ 📍 May 27⁠ 📍 Idea Space⁠ 🎟️ Link in bio
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Trying to figure out which accelerator, incubator, or venture studio is actually right for you? 👇⁠ ⁠ We’ve got something better than endless Googling.⁠ ⁠ On June 8, we’re hosting a Startup Boston x City of Boston event designed to make that decision a whole lot easier.⁠ ⁠ We’re bringing together accelerators, incubators, and venture studios from across Greater Boston into one room — so you can explore, compare, and connect directly with the people behind them.⁠ ⁠ Whether you’re:⁠ ✨ An early-stage founder looking for structure + support⁠ ✨ Exploring programs to accelerate your growth⁠ ✨ Or just trying to understand what’s out there⁠ ⁠ This is your chance to get clarity… fast.⁠ ⁠ 🎟️ Register - use link in bio!
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You know what’s actually fun?⁠ ⁠ Getting to play with products before they’re fully “done.”⁠ ⁠ Not the polished launch version. The weird-in-a-good-way version. The “we’re still figuring this out” version. The version where founders actually want your feedback because it might shape what gets built next.⁠ ⁠ That’s exactly what this Startup Boston event during Boston Tech Week is.⁠ ⁠ A room full of early-stage startups showcasing MVPs, prototypes, and beta products — and looking for real humans to test them, react to them, ask questions, and potentially join their beta lists.⁠ ⁠ Think startup vendor hall meets live user testing.⁠ ⁠ If you like discovering cool products early, meeting founders before everything feels overly polished, and seeing what’s actually getting built across the Boston startup ecosystem right now, come hang with us.⁠ ⁠ Register using link in bio! ⁠ ⁠ Thank you to @workbar and @accountalent for partnering!
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Most startup mixers:⁠ “What are you building?”⁠ “What’s your traction?”⁠ “Would love to connect sometime.”⁠ ⁠ …and somehow everyone leaves mentally exhausted and still stuck in small talk 😭⁠ ⁠ UGLY TALK is doing the opposite.⁠ ⁠ During Boston Tech Week, founders are getting on stage to share:⁠ 💥 the deal that fell apart⁠ 📉 the pivot that hurt⁠ 🫠 the moment they realized the product was wrong⁠ 🎢 the messy middle nobody puts on LinkedIn⁠ ⁠ No polished founder mythology. No “how I scaled to X” energy. Just honest stories from people actively building.⁠ ⁠ And honestly? That is exactly why the mixer part ends up better.⁠ ⁠ Because once somebody tells the truth on stage, the networking performance dies pretty quickly and people start having actual conversations.⁠ ⁠ If you are tired of startup events feeling like one giant audition…you should probably be in this room.⁠ ⁠ 📍 May 26 at 6PM⁠ 🎤 Venture Lane⁠ 🎟️ Link in bio
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Don’t just invest where it sounds exciting. Invest where you actually know what’s going on.⁠ ⁠ Your edge isn’t the check—it’s your perspective, your experience, and how you can help.⁠ ⁠ If you can’t add value beyond capital…you’re just along for the ride.
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573 Boston Tech Week events.⁠ One calendar. Zero chance your brain was organizing that manually.⁠ ⁠ So Startup Boston teamed up with Fluent to build a free AI-powered Tech Week planner 🤝⁠ ⁠ Tell it:⁠ ✨ your goals⁠ ✨ your schedule⁠ ✨ the kinds of people you want to meet⁠ ⁠ And it builds your personalized agenda for the week — even grouping events by neighborhood so you’re not ping-ponging across Boston all day.⁠ ⁠ Already used by 50+ people and honestly…everyone’s Tech Week strategy is wildly different 😂⁠ ⁠ If you’re trying to:⁠ 👀 meet founders⁠ 💸 raise money⁠ 🚀 hire talent⁠ 🧠 learn something useful⁠ 🍸 or just avoid wasting time at random mixers…⁠ ⁠ …this tool is for you.⁠ ⁠ Grab it at the link in bio 💜
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Don’t chase ideas, chase problems you’ve actually lived.⁠ ⁠ When you’ve felt the pain yourself, you build differently—with clarity, urgency, and empathy.⁠ ⁠ The best products don’t start in brainstorms.⁠ ⁠ They start in real life.
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Still thinking about this week’s event with OrangeLoops ⚡⁠ ⁠ “From Vibe-Coding to Viable Products” ended up being one of those events where the conversations kept going long after the official session wrapped.⁠ ⁠ We got real about:⁠ 👀 where vibe-coding actually breaks down⁠ ⚡ how AI is changing product development⁠ 🛠️ and what it takes to turn AI-generated features into products people can actually rely on⁠ ⁠ The energy in the room was SO good. Builders, founders, product folks, engineers — all swapping notes in real time about what’s working (and what definitely is not 😂).⁠ ⁠ Huge thank you to the OrangeLoops team for partnering with us on this one. More conversations like this please 🚀
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Looking to plug into the #startup scene this week? We’ve got you covered 👀 Here’s what’s happening across #Boston + #NewEngland May 11 - 15 👇 🔥 Tuesday - Thursday 📍 Virtual 2026 America's Seed Fund Week with @sbagov 🔥 Tuesday| 5:00 PM 📍@MIT Fireside Chat with Paul English (Cofounder & CTO, Kayak) with TNT and @englishpaulm 🔥Tuesday | 6:00 PM 📍@MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition 2026: Launch with @mitsloan 🔥Wednesday | 12:00 PM 📍Virtual Meet your Startup Support System: MassCEC with Mass Innovation Network and @masscec 🔥Thursday | 9:00 AM 📍Greentown Labs Climate AI Hackathon with @greentownlabs @tedxharvardsquare 🔥Thursday | 12:00 PM 📍Virtual Precision Pitch Practice with @bostonnewtech Tag someone who should come with you 🤝 🔗 Full event list + registration links: startupbos.org/events (Submit your events there too—we love sharing them!) #events #networking startupevents
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