Mass Challenge - Bootcamp

This is the itinerary between Mass Challenge and Reto Zapopan's teams to improve their startups in a full business week.

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1.                                       APRIL DAY ONE 9:00 – 10:00 WELCOME TO MASSCHALLENGE! Kara Shurmantine, Director of Global Partnerships, MassChallenge 10:00 – 11:00 MASSCHALLENGE FOUNDING STORY John Harthorne, Founder & CEO, MassChallenge 11:00 – 11:15 BREAK 11:15 – 12:30 THE ART OF THE PITCH Stuart Paap, Pitch Coach, @StuartPitch 12:30 – 1:30 LUNCH 1:30 – 2:30 STARTUP SUCCESS STORIES & NETWORKING John R. Lewandowski, Founder & CEO,  Disease Diagnostic Group Diego Villegas,  Co-Founder & CEO, Lengio 2:30 – 3:45 PITCH PRACTICE WORKSHOP 3:45 – 4:00 BREAK 4:00 – 5:00 BUILDING A WINNING CHANNEL STRATEGY Alec Stern, Co-Founder & VP of Strategic Innovation, Constant Contact   13 MONDAY
2.                                       APRIL 14 TUESDAY DAY TWO 9:15 – 9:45 TOUR OF MADE@ MASSCHALLENGE Adam Vasilakis, Hardware Program Coordinator, MassChallenge 9:45 – 10:00 BREAK 10:00 – 11:30 The Media Is Not Your Friend Jodi-Tatiana Charles, Founder at La Capoise & The Embargo List 11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK 12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 – 1:30 HOW TO RESPOND TO INVESTOR QUESTIONS DURING YOUR PITCH Jennifer Jordan, Vice President, MassVentures 1:30 -2:45 VENTURE CAPITAL AND ANGEL INVESTING ROUNDTABLE Jim Woodward, Angel Investor Jennifer Jordan, Vice President, MassVentures John Sallay,  Managing Director and CEO, NextVista Group 2:45 – 3:00 BREAK 3:00 – 4:30 ONE-ON-ONE WITH MASSCHALLENGE MENTORS 4:30 – 5:15 NETWORKING & SNACKS 5:15 – 6:00 TRAVEL TO MIT AND WALK AROUND CAMPUS 6:00 - 7:00 MIT-SLOAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB MEETING 7:00-7:30 WALK TO THE ASGARD 7:30 – 9:15 DINNER AT THE ASGARD
3.                                         15 APRIL WEDNESDAY DAY THREE 9:00 – 9:30 TRAVEL TO THE GROMMET 9:30 – 10:20 TOUR OF THE GROMMET AND Q&A WITH JULES PIERI Jules Pieri, Co-Founder & CEO, The Grommet 10:20 – 10:45 TRAVEL TO GREENTOWN LABS (BRIDJ BUS) 10:45 – 11:30 TOUR OF GREENTOWN LABS Anna Hagadorn, Marketing and Community Management Associate, Greentown Labs 11:30 – 12:00 TRAVEL TO HARVARD SQUARE 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH AND FREE TIME IN HARVARD SQUARE 1:30 – 2:00 TRAVEL TO MASSCHALLENGE 2:00– 2:45 IP Law Rajesh Vallabh,  Patent Lawyer at Foley Hoag LLP 2:45 – 3:00 BREAK 3:00 – 4:00 FUNDING YOUR DREAM: HOW TO RAISE CAPITAL FROM A US VC PERSPECTIVE Freddie Martignetti, Partner, Suffolk Equity 4:15 – 5:45 ONE-ON-ONE WITH MASSCHALLENGE MENTORS 5:45 – 6:00 NETWORKING 6:00 – 8:00 Cocktail Reception
4.                                       16 APRIL THURSDAY DAY FOUR 9:00 – 10:15 TAKING IDEAS TO MARKET—GLOBALLY Ken Morse, Chairman & CEO, Entrepreneurship Ventures Inc. 10:15 – 10:30 BREAK 10:30 – 11:30 THE IMPORTANCE OF BRANDING YOUR STARTUP EARLY Doug Fox, President, Brand Fox, @dougiefox 11:00 – 12:00 PRESENTATION FROM ALICIA LEBRIJA Alicia Lebrija, Executive President, Fundación Televisa 12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH WITH ALICIA LEBRIJA 1:00 – 3:00 FREE TIME & PREPARE FOR PITCH COMPETITION 3:00 – 5:00 PITCH COMPETITION 5:00 – 6:00 CLOSING CEREMONY 6:00 – 6:30 TRAVEL TO TUGG PARTY 6:30 – 8:30 TUGG TEQUILA AND WINE PARTY Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA
5.       DRESS CODE MONDAY WEDNESDAY Your choice Your choice TUESDAY THURSDAY Your choice Your choice (or business professional, for startups pitching) STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION Sarah Trager sarah@masschallenge.org (+1) 339.222.0161 Kara Shurmantine kara@masschallenge.org (+1) 707-344-0382 Weiqi Li wli@masschallenge.org (+1) 412-273-0882 @MassChallenge @RetoZapopan IMPORTANT INFORMATION OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION MassChallenge office: 21 Drydock Ave., 6th Floor Boston MA 02210 888-782-7820 Hotel: Boston Park Plaza 50 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116 (617) 426-2000 Transportation Company: Don Quijote Tours donqt@earthlink.net 857-544-5444