Chris Myles
Passionate about software, technology and travel. Currently helping entrepreneurs tackle their next steps, recently completed a five+ year 30K nM sailing trip.

WebInno is an informal gathering of people interested in internet and mobile innovation - open to all in the community. We'll begin with the doors officially opening at 6:30pm in the Cambridge Royal Sonesta Hotel. 7PM: Main Dish Presentations MediaMob - Matt Snyder GatherEducation - Pano Anthos, Chris Mortonson, & Shonak Patel Lifeables...

Do good things. Pay it forward.

Boston is synonymous with Technology Startups, Innovative Thinking and that Entrepreneurial Spirit. For the first time, Girls in Tech Boston and Founder MatchUp will be co-hosting an event where the best and brightest of Boston will gather together for a night of networking. This unique event is aimed to connect co-founders together to create and...

For details about this event, view the description on the MIT Forum Cambridge website.

Building the Talent PipelineThe value of investing in STEM education Microsoft NERD Center, 1st Floor Conference Room 7:30am ...

Does your online startup need design insights? Are you working on ways to present info about complex networks to your clients and need to understand what makes visual sense and what doesn't? Need to know how to scale your Web application as you hit critical mass?   Take this unique opportunity to chat over great drinks and food...

Part of the Venture Cafe "Let's Talk" series.   Everyone wants to be a founder or work for a startup for the upside that lies ahead. But are you worried about only being able to eat ramen? Do you need to dig into your 401k savings or max out credit cards?   Have some burning personal finance questions regarding your life in...

Feeling left out of the holiday office party circuit?  If you are an entrepreneur or are working for a startup, you might not have a big office to celebrate with but we'll be your officemates! Join Mass Innovation Nights and the Venture Cafe for: The Second Annual Innovation Potluck Thursday, December 8 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Bring...

  Join Michael Bungar Stanier, author of Do More Great Work and End Malaria, for this special workshop for Boston startups. Attendees will each receive a copy of Do More Great Work. Hashtag: #DoGreatWork Let's face it. Startups are hard. Whether you're on your tenth start-up, your first … or you're just about to...

The past few years have seen a surge of activity around technology and the nonprofit world. Boston is a hotbed of innovative ideas that might really be interesting to cause-related organizations - but it seems like new ones emerge daily. Who has time to keep track - let alone hear what they might be able to offer you?   Join us for a morning...

Bring your leftover Halloween goodies to trade Drinks and swag courtesy of our CriticalMass friends and   We'll announce the winner of the CriticalMass Golden Ticket winner from the BREW Office Hours and the MassTLC Unconference participants and have a little networking get together. Join us for a little techie trick-o-treat of candy and...

Four generations of entrepreneurs will gather on October 28, 2011 with the focus on entrepreneurship and driving innovation across the region.  Unlike the planned sessions and passive audiences of typical conferences, MassTLC’s Innovation 2011 is an unConference where the agenda is formed organically by all attendees the day of the event. No...

Two great talks this month that should have something for everyone:

Come for a fun night of learning, mingling, food and swag!  Microsoft Bing will be on-site at Venture Cafe with a special visit from Duane Forrester, Bing's SEO expert and author of two books: How To Make Money With Your Blog and Turn Clicks Into Customers. Shasta Ventures' Jacob Mullins (investors in Mint.com), will kickoff the evening...

Our next Boston BizSpark Meetup will be held on Thursday, September 8th at Microsoft NERD on the 1st floor

The Lean Startup Challenge award ceremony is on it's way.  Please join the 40 Startups competing in the inaugural Challenge, the LSC team, and others in the Boston startup community as we celebrate the conclusion of Boston's newest business competition. The Lean Startup Challenge is a new, early stage startup competition based on the...

Present  "Design for Startups"    Regardless of what stage your startup is at, design is a critical element to the look and feel of your company. Building a brand's visual identity is often challenging, resource heavy and can either make or break your product.  But how do you know where to start? What looks good? Or what can...

Help us welcome our kickoff speaker, Ash Maurya, to Cambridge in an event co-sponsored by the MIT E-Center.  Ash will be taking questions from teams on the Lean Canvas.  If you have a question you'd like Ash to consider in advance, please email leanstartupchallenge@gmail.com (include a link to your blog and your Lean Canvas, if applicable).

Mass Appeal: Life Beyond the JobMonday, August 8 at the Institute of Contemporary Art 4 pm - 5:30 pm | Brainstorming & Conversations 5:30 pm ...

FREE event!

Come mix and mingle with fellow entrepreneurs! Find serendipitous connections, meet VCs for office hours and attend E&I-focused events. www.vencaf.com

Along with the normal Venture Cafe events Mobinett's Plug will be being tested throughout the normal planned events.

Venture Cafe (@VentureCafe) alpha is an invitational...

We have two main presentations and a lightning-talk scheduled:

First,
James Burke (
<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jameswburke">@jameswburke</a>) will be talk about Social Widgets and ways you can integrate Facebook et al into your sites....

We'll be doing a mini-unconference from 4:30 - 6:30 where we’ll crowd source the topics/sessions and leverage small interactive groups to take a deeper dive into topics and interests of the attendees. Submit topic suggestions here (http://bit.ly/vc-mini).

Existing ideas from the Topic Wall:
IP Law- TM, @C, @R and patents
How to find...

Enthusiasts.  Ambassadors. Community Managers. Evangelists.  These are all real job titles and they're popping up all over the marketing world. The role of brand ambassador is becoming more and more important as companies look for an organic, human, and effective way to engage their community and build brand awareness. Come hang out...

The Lean Startup Challenge is a new, early stage startup competition based on the Lean Startup, Customer Development, and Business Model Canvas methodologies. The Challenge is a six-week contest in July/August 2011 in which 126 teams will publicly launch beta versions of their business websites, and then dynamically iterate their concepts...