SheDemos Boston 2017
Event Information
Description
#SheDemos is a collaboration between SheStarts and Babson’s WIN Lab built to highlight high-growth female founders and their startups in the city of Boston. The night will begin with over a dozen startups showcasing their products to the public, followed by the top five teams pitching their products to a panel of esteemed judges. At the end of the pitch sessions, one winner will be announced and awarded thousands of dollars worth of in-kind prizes. Those not in the final five still have a chance to bring home prizes as the "fan-favorite", determined by the company that garners the most public votes.
Up to ten will be selected to showcase and up to an additional 5 teams will be selected to demo live at the event. Selected teams will be notified by October 26.
The demo event will be held on November 1, 2017 at WeWork South Station. The winner of the demo competition will be selected and announced at the event by a panel of judges.
Interested in applying to participate? Head here to fill out the application.
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PRIZES:
The prize packages are in formation and we will add new items as we secure them.
Grand Prize Winner (selected by our judges) will receive:
- $5,000 in-kind legal services from Gesmer Updegrove
- $2,000 in-kind financial services from Baystate Financial
- 1 year Mind-Body membership at exhale spa (valued at $1,500)
- 2 hours of marketing consulting from JustJump Marketing
- 1 hour of investment advising from investor expert, Smaiyra Million
- 1 hour of investment advising from one investment expert from Golden Seeds Angel Investment firm
- 1 hour of brand strategy from KBurkhart & Co.
- 1 year free of Shoobx services
- 50% off 6 months of services from Botkeeper bookeeping
- 1 month WeWork membership ($350 value - Cambridge location)
- 2 hours of tax consulting with Wolf & Co.
- 6 month membership to all TCN (The Capital Network) events
- 8 hours of Technology/Development consulting with Aeturnum
- SheStarts Medium post about event and winner
- SheStarts and WIN Lab gift tote
Fan-Favorite Winner (select by the audience members) will receive:
- $2,500 in-kind legal services from Gesmer Updegrove
- 1 hour facial or massage at exhale spa
- 2 hours of marketing consulting from JustJump Marketing
- 1 hour of investment advising from investor expert, Smaiyra Million
- 1 hour of investment advising from one investment expert from Golden Seeds Angel Investment firm
- 1 hour of brand strategy from KBurkhart & Co.
- 1 year free of Shoobx services
- 1 month WeWork membership ($350 value - Cambridge location)
- 50% off 6 months of services from Botkeeper bookeeping
- 2 hours of tax consulting with Wolf & Co.
- 6 month membership to all TCN (The Capital Network) events
- 8 hours of Technology/Development consulting with Aeturnum
- SheStarts Medium post about event and winner
- SheStarts and WIN Lab gift tote
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SheDemos 2017 is brought to you, in part, by WeWork.
WeWork is a community of creators. We transform buildings into collaborative workspaces. Our mission is to help companies grow by providing them with not just beautiful space but benefits, amenities, and community they need to focus on their business, all on very flexible terms. We currently have over 100,000 Members working out of our communities worldwide, and over 5,000 members here in Boston.
Organizer WIN Lab
Organizer of SheDemos Boston 2017
Created by the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) at Babson College, Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab provides women entrepreneurs with an inspiring community and a rigorous, experiential process that catalyzes innovative thinking and enables them to successfully launch or transform businesses.
