ENET Meetings

Over the course of a year, our monthly meetings cover most topics of interest to entrepreneurs, such as raising money from VCs and Angels, alternative sources of funding, business plans, sales, marketing, legal issues, and exit strategies.We meet on the first Tuesday of every month from September through June.
Our regular, first-Tuesday-of-the-month events are free to members and $20. to non-members. Venues and pricing for special events, such as the July Boston Harbor Cruise, are posted separately.
Prior to each monthly meeting there is an optional "pay-as-you-go" networking dinner at Bertucci's in Waltham. Networking and beverages begin at 5:15 p.m.
No reservations are needed for the dinner.
To expedite sign-in for the meeting, we ask that everyone, members as well as non-members, pre-register for the meeting online. Pre-registration is available until noon on the day of the meeting. If you cannot pre-register, you are welcome to register at the door.
Our next meeting is listed below. A list of upcoming meetings and archives of previous meetings are also available.

Term Sheets and Valuation

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 in Waltham at 7:00 PM

Come listen to our panel of founders and executives talk about their experiences negotiating a term sheet with investors and/or strategic partners and how they established a valuation for their company. Learn about what terms impact founders’ managerial control of investments and operating decisions. What value does your company contribute to a potential investor’s portfolio? These and other exciting questions will be addressed by our speakers using real examples. For your individual concerns, a networking session will precede the meeting and a question and answer session will follow the panelists’ presentations.

Marketing to Make Them Love Your Brand

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in Cambridge at 6:00 PM

We all know those iconic brands: Nike, PayPal, and Twitter, or startups rapidly achieving iconic status. How do you get there? How do you create a passionate fan base, not just steady customers? It's all about marketing to make them love your brand. Join startup founders who are building brands that are about the total user experience, and learn how it's this total experience--not a big advertising budget--that truly drives traction.

Building & Using Boards: Directors, Advisors

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 in Cambridge at 6:00 PM

Trying to build a start-up company? Trying to get a product or service to market? Trying to recruit key players? Trying to raise capital? If you face these questions in your early stage company, and run into roadblocks and unforeseen obstacles, you may wish there was someone on your side, who’s “been there, done that”, to offer useful advice. It can get lonely at the top, and a Board can offer a key supportive resource.