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NUCEE: Summer Happenings

Award, venture pitch, upcoming events

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Tyler Farley
August 16, 2024

Good Humans, Sound Ventures, World Leaders

☀️ The Summer Edition ☀️

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🚀 Ventures: Want to pitch at SXSW? NUCEE will pay to get you there! We will cover the application fee for five student ventures and provide pitch support. Students who are selected to pitch at SXSW will have their travel and lodging covered. Apply here.

💭 Mentors: If you have experience in entrepreneurship, law, marketing, finance, scalable technology, people management, or other fields that startups would benefit from, please volunteer to mentor our Roux Institute early-stage tech startups! Fill out the form here.

Recognition: Triple E Awards

Breaking: NUCEE’s student-led initiatives garner recognition at Triple E Awards

Thanks to trailblazing organizations like the IDEA student-led venture accelerator, Northeastern clinched second place at the 2024 Triple E Awards. Read more here.

Good Humans, Sound Ventures, World Leaders

Good Humans

Samantha Asprelli

Give n’ Glow, a nonprofit established by Samantha Asprelli, a Northeastern student and WISE student-organization member, provides disadvantaged women with donated beauty products.

Sound Ventures

Every newsletter features a 60-second pitch from a Northeastern community founder that includes an ask on how you can help. To be featured, learn more and submit your venture here.

Evan Smith, DMSB 2024 CareWallet Founder — LinkedIn // Email

World Leaders

Meet Shaobin Zhu, a Northeastern graduate, cancer survivor, playing card enthusiast, and entrepreneur in IDEA, the student-led venture accelerator. Shaobin is the proud owner of a small international business: Zealous Star Playing Cards.

Mentoring Opportunities 💭

  • If you have experience in entrepreneurship, law, marketing, finance, scalable technology, people management, or other fields that startups would benefit from, please volunteer to mentor our Roux Institute early-stage tech startups! Learn more about this opportunity to share your expertise by clicking here.

  • WISE is searching for female and non-binary mentors for WeSupport, a mentorship program that aims to foster personal and professional development in supporting undergraduate women with mentorship.

    Please see the interest form here and apply by Wednesday, 8/18/24. For questions, contact Co-VP of WeSupport Tory Malan at [email protected].

Upcoming Deadlines

For Ventures 🚀 

  • 9/13/24 - Want to pitch at SXSW? NUCEE will pay to get you there! We will cover the application fee for five student ventures and provide pitch support. Students who are selected to pitch at SXSW will have their travel and lodging covered. Apply here.

  • 9/1/24 - Are you a seed-stage venture? TiE ScaleUp is an equity-free, sector agnostic, Boston-based accelerator that specializes in the seed-stage. The next cycle will run from October to April: Meeting Link | Application Link

Event Volunteering 🙋 

  • In November 2024, Babson is hosting the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference, the annual global conference that brings the world's university-based entrepreneurship centers together to collaborate on emerging challenges and share best practices. Sign-up here to volunteer and receive free registration.

  • Suffolk University is hosting the 8th annual Startup Boston Week 9/9/24 - 9/13/24 and is looking for volunteers. More information and sign up here.

  • Life Science Nation's (LSN) - The Redefining Early Stage Investment (RESI) conference is a world-renowned partnering event specifically designed for early-stage buyers and sellers in life science and healthcare. Volunteers attend the conference at no cost. Sign-up here.

Upcoming Events

8/22/24, Thursday 3pm EST: From $0 in ARR to $1m in the CPG Space (virtual)

We sit down with four founders who have experience building CPG companies from $0 to impressive amounts of revenue. Part of the webinar series from Literally Helping Startups, a company founded by Northeastern alumnus Jonny Boyarsky.

8/28/24, Wednesday 5pm EST: End of Summer Happy Hour Boston August Event (Boston)

As summer winds down, let's celebrate the season’s end in style. Join Portal Innovations for a no-fuss networking event to mingle with fellow professionals in life science innovation, have great conversations, and enjoy some appetizers and drinks on a rooftop.

NUCEE Out and About

The NUCEE team visited the new Portal Southline space for a mixer co-hosted by the McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Network (VMN)

Thanks to the Massachusetts Innovation Network and The McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Network for hosting their mid-summer social at Portal Southline last month.

Innovation unConference

NUCEE team members participated in Boston’s ‘Innovation unConference’ helping lead and participate in startup workshops around mentoring and PR for founders. Click to learn more.

Elevator Pitch in an Elevator

NUCEE team and Michael Lembck, Northeastern founder of Nakia’s Notebook, joined Citizens Private Bank for their pitch event on 6/20/24 in downtown Boston. Check out our last newsletter to see Michael’s pitch.

What We’re Listening To

The Shermcast: The Art of Collaboration with Tyler Farley & Mosaic

It’s episode 2 of season 8, and co-hosts Sam Yip and Elisabeth Hadjis are taking a deep dive into the art of collaboration with Tyler Farley, program manager at Mosaic.

What is NUCEE? We are an award-winning Entrepreneurship Center that helps the Northeastern community build and launch new ventures. We support all students, alumni, staff, and faculty across the Global University System.

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