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BLUE Excelerator for "Advanced Topics - Winter 2021 was Pilots & Prototyping"
CALL FOR MENTORS for "Advanced Topics" CONTINUES
The Winter 2021 "Pilots & Prototyping - is closed for now - but here is our why - thanks for your interest and please register to Mentor in the next advanced BLUE Excelerator.
Blue Incubator at Blue Institute Labs will be running a Specialized Advanced Topics "BLUE Excelerator" for BlueTech companies that have already finished an accelerator program such as CleanTech Open or MassChallenge. This year's advanced topic will be "Pilots & Prototyping."
* BlueTech startups need support in soft skills for engaging business networks in the Blue Economy.
* BlueTech startups need experienced help in engineering the hardware and software for building a prototype.
* BlueTech startups need help planning and executing a safe and productive pilot.
We seek dedicated BlueTech individuals to help Mentor these Startups and anticipate a commitment of 1.5 hours per week. The next BLUE Excelerator will be held remotely and is currently in planning.
Our goals for the Pilots & Prototyping BLUE Excelerator were:
1. this specialized "excelerator" will facilitate Startups to accelerate with "excellence"
2. widen their professional networks and help connect project details
3. bring together disparate / isolated BlueTech startups and create a tight knit cohort for now and future
4. identify potential pilot and/or prototype locations, partners, and sponsors
If you are interested in Mentoring please fill out the Mentor Form - thank you!
Call for Mentors
We seek dedicated BlueTech individuals to help Mentor these Startups and anticipate a commitment of 1.5 hours per week. The next BLUE Excelerator will be held remotely is currently in planning.
This is your opportunity to give back and help grow the BlueTech & Blue Economy sectors; to impart those "soft skills" that are not taught in school; and to share your expertise and experience with "advanced young companies" as they work through the design, development, and planning for a successful pilot and/or a prototype.
Entrepreneurship is hard, but with your dedicated help...it will be a little easier!
Meet a few of our Mentors
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Bob Melvin in the first installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Dustin Varnell in the second installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Sophia Kambanis in the third installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Nathan Stempel in the fourth installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Nicholas Keeney in the fifth installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Peg Zokowski in the sixth installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Patrick B. Curran in the seventh installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.
We are excited and appreciative to introduce Christopher Coyle in the eighth installment of the BLUE Excelerator’s “Meet the Mentor” Series.