March 21, 2022

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy in Boston has joined ACTION Innovation Network as a Network Partner sponsor. Fragomen is an innovative firm of more than 4,300 immigration-focused professionals and staff with over 55 offices worldwide, offering services in more than 170 countries. As established thought leaders in immigration, they contribute to conferences and seminars around the world, gather vast amounts of immigration data and leverage it for clients and author respected publications, As immigration around the world becomes increasingly complex, their professionals’ years of experience working in government agencies and in-house corporate immigration departments helps to advance world-class, compliant immigration solutions.

ACTION welcomes Fragomen as a partner and sponsor to help in advising international scale-up companies that we attract through our Pre/Soft-Landing programs that are interested in expanding business operations in the Northeast US. Their skilled attorneys have presented a webinar for ACTION, U.S. Immigration Options for Startups, and we look forward to offering additional webinars and programs to address changing regulations and needs related to immigration issues. Fragomen's expertise on immigration and visas is not only useful for international companies looking to do business in the US, but for scaling US companies exploring new markets abroad. https://www.fragomen.com/.

February 14, 2022

We'd love to have you join us! Watch one of our short videos here or here.

ACTION's new promotional videos are a great introduction to all that membership in ACTION has to offer incubators and other entrepreneur support organizations. Our current members support startups in the life sciences, cleantech/decarbonization, robotics, advanced materials, marine/maritime, aerospace, and other convergent technologies. The breadth of our incubator network offers entrepreneurs a diverse hub of knowledge, experience, and resources that is most often unavailable from a single incubator.

ACTION membership provides an opportunity for managers of incubators and innovation centers to engage in regular conferencing and roundtables to exchange ideas and connect with like-minded colleagues on topics related to running a shared workspace to support technology startups. Members exchange best practices and work thorough common challenges that managers often face. ACTION's Incubator Insights forum encourages thought leadership where professionals can enhance their skills and network with others committed to advancing the industry along the highest professional standards. Members and sponsors regularly take part in ACTION's Pre-Landing programs for international tech startups, allowing visibility and engagement with companies interested in expanding into US markets and looking for first offices within the New England innovation ecosystem. Would your organization benefit from being part of the network? Find out more at https://actionnewengland.org/prp/membership-benefits/.

January 18, 2022

Facilitating the shift towards the circular economy requires widespread adoption and diffusion of circular thinking, particularly among startups and entrepreneurs who can disrupt their respective industries. Incubators and accelerators have great potential to accelerate and advance the circular economy in North America by providing resources and support to innovative startups and help them incorporate circular economy concepts.

ACTION has initiated a no-cost, self-guided program with a collection of modules from prominent product design and circular economy experts to assist your organization in mentoring and training startups in circular thinking. Regardless of the industry sector focus of an incubator/accelerator, the collection of resources will provide a circular economy curriculum to help your network of startups and entrepreneurs learn more about the circular economy and apply these concepts to make their business more sustainable, impactful and attractive to investors. In-person/online training sessions are also available for incubators and accelerators.

Explore the modules here and contact us with interest in customized programs at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

October 18, 2021

ACTION Innovation Network will be presenting a workshop on the morning of November 22nd to explore how incubator and accelerator managers can help their companies transition from linear to circular thinking and apply these strategies toward building sustainable companies, and by doing so make them more competitive in the global economy. Whether your incubator supports cleantech, healthtech, bluetech or other types of companies, this workshop will offer tangible ways to assist your companies. This workshop is open to all incubators, accelerators, and other entrepreneur support organizations. Topics that will be covered include:

• The concept of circular economy and importance of adopting circular strategies
• Sustainability measures corporate and institutional investors look for in companies
• Circular design thinking and circular business models
• Training materials for circular thinking for incubator or accelerator programs