March 12, 2024
Nonprofit startup incubators and other entrepreneur support organizations can encounter challenges with funding and financials. Many incubators wish to explore whether there may be additional sources of revenue that incubators can seek consistent with their nonprofit status. This webinar will reveal how nonprofit incubators can navigate rules governing 501(c)(3) organizations, and others, in generating various types of revenue.
Join Jonathan Klavens, Frans Wethly and Samantha Rothberg from Klavens Law Group, P.C. on April 4th from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm as they discuss how nonprofit incubators can navigate rules governing 501(c)(3) organizations in generating various types of revenue. The Klaven team provides legal services to a broad array of for-profit and nonprofit social enterprises, and advises nonprofit organizations on formation, corporate governance and transactional issues.
February 20, 2024
Twins International Multihelix is a global membership association of life science clusters, science, and technology parks with a shared vision to create an international life science "supercluster", addressing and solving societal challenges to improve health and wellbeing. Its partners express a common mission to collaborate internationally to prosper regionally.
On April 16th, ACTION Innovation Network members, along with other TIM partners, will take part in TIM's first Think Tank to discuss best practices on managing incubators and accelerators. Participants will share operational knowledge, unique programmatic activities, methods for revenue generation, corporate and academic partnership management, and new business relationship development.
The following organizations will participate:
We look forward to a productive information exchange and forging of new relationships!
January 22, 2024
Action Innovation Network and its partners, M2D2, Accelerated Healthcare Innovations, Kestrel Technology Consultants (UK), Inertia Product Development, and circularity experts are organizing a Medtech Sustainability Forum to bring together thought leaders in medtech/healthcare and climatetech/sustainablity.
Sustainability in medical device design is increasingly important for manufacturers, decision makers and end users. Not only are sustainable medical devices better for the environment and attractive to consumers, but they can also offer cost-saving benefits, investor attractiveness, and improved brand and competitive advantage. We look to corporate leadership to commit to more sustainable design and manufacturing of medical devices, and manage environmental impact. Sustainable and circular solutions can be key to addressing these issues.
Beyond medtech's core goal of improving health outcomes, preserving a healthy environment and building socially responsible value chains are essential for human wellness. THE FORUM WILL:
The program agenda, venue announcement, sponsorship opportunities and registration will be posted soon. Watch our website for updates, www.actionnewengland.org.
November 20, 2023
After 12 years with our business address at the UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fall River, MA, ACTION Innovation Network has changed its address. InnoVenture Labs has provided a space agreement for ACTION at its incubator located at 100 Cummings Center in Beverly, MA.
This decision was made based on the following considerations:
We are highly supportive of entrepreneurship and venture development on the South Coast and continue to follow the progress in Fall River and New Bedford. Thank you Fall River for the many years we called CIE home!