http://innovationbreakfast.com Fri, 11 May 2012 13:15:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The regular weekly Innovation Breakfast events are usually open networking events — no RSVPs, buy your own coffee and breakfast, sit down, introduce yourself and start networking. Over the past several months, they have evolved into weekly office hours for Bobbie Carlton, one of the creators of Mass Innovation Nights.  ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/may-18-innovation-breakfast The regular weekly Innovation Breakfast events are usually open networking events — no RSVPs, buy your own coffee and breakfast, sit down, introduce yourself and start networking. Over the past several months, they have evolved (or should we say devolved) into weekly office hours for Bobbie. (Who committed to coming ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/a-special-innovation-breakfast One of the presenters at today's TEDxSomerville event was Lenni Armstrong.  Her presentation: "Depaving the Way" detailed the damage done by an over-abundance of pavement in our urban areas.  Run-off can cause flooding.  Paved areas don't allow soil to do its job as a filter to clean the water, removing ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/de-innovating Today I'm hanging out in the Assembly Row Bloggers Lounge at TEDx Somerville -- and in keeping with the TEDx theme of  "Ideas Worth Spreading" I'm planning to spread my blogging and tweeting (@BobbieC and @MassInno) around the different channels I have access to.  I'll try to make them appropriate ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/the-tedx-somerville-bloggers-lounge As you may know, toward the end of last year, we started thinking about what Innovation Breakfast was and could become. A little history -- Innovation Breakfast is the little cousin of Mass Innovation Nights.  Innovation Nights are a network of free monthly product launch parties and networking events that leverage ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/new-voices For the second year we held our Innovation Potluck event at the Venture Cafe in the Cambridge Innovation Center with the help of the Venture Cafe team and sponsored by McCarter & English LLP who sprang for the main dish -- giant 6 foot subs.  (We brought the meatballs in ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/the-second-annual-innovation-potluck As we all know, December is a tough month for events -- lots going on!  (Check out our Innovation Potluck and this month's Mass Innovation Nights event.)  So, not that we can stop you from swinging by Cafe on the Common and hanging with the other Java-heads but we'll be ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/december-innovation-breakfasts Every week, Bobbie Carlton, one of the founders of Mass Innovation Nights, hosts Innovation Breakfast.  On October 14, 2011 she'll be hosting a special Innovation Breakfast at Studio Crossings where she'll talk about what you can do to make your Mass Innovation Nights product launch more ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/special-innovation-breakfast-october-14 Earlier this week I attended the inaugural “Building a Better Commonwealth” event at the beautifully refurbished Paramount theater downtown – search for items tagged #BetterMA for more details.  The event focused on getting Gen Y to stick around and contribute to the state’s economic momentum.  However, as Chuck Tanowitz from ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/building-a-better-commonwealth This is the second year of the MassChallenge competition and the second year the Innovation Nights team has been an official endorser.  (Full disclosure:  we're also entered into the competition for the same reasons we suggested other startups check it out -- no strings attached money, free office space for ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/masschallenge-endorsements