Learning your Business Story is essential… and not enough. Join the Pulitzer Prize-winning former NPR journalist Dan Grech of BizHack Academy to discover your personal motivation for running your business and its core purpose in the world. In this 60-minute interactive session, you’ll workshop your Business Story and learn how it supports The Lead Building System, BizHack’s proven methodology for small business marketing that has helped hundreds of businesses like yours. Whether you’re B2B or B2C, selling products or a service, your Business Story is the foundation of your digital marketing. This session will give you a step-by-step playbook for marketing strangers online. Join us to bring to light your origin story and understand how to communicate it effectively to the world.

Apple upended Facebook advertising earlier this year with new IDFA privacy settings on its iPhone, interrupting Facebook's data collection and disrupting how advertising works on its platform. Early reports say that the change has resulted in higher advertising costs and slower ad approvals. BizHack Lead Instructor Alex Oliveira of Prediq Media, a top lead generation firm, will walk you through Apple's privacy changes, what they mean for your ads on Facebook and Instagram, and how to work around them. He'll review the changes Facebook has made to its advertising platform, such as sunsetting the powerful Audience Insights tool. And he'll walk you through the updates every advertiser must make to your Business Manager account. This will be an impactful, insightful, action-oriented 60-minute session for sophisticated marketers on the most pressing issue in social media advertising today.

Join FiVerity Lead Data Scientist Nilabh Ohol and an expert panel of fraud analysts as they discuss the importance of partnerships between tech startups, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies. Sharing information among financial institutions about fraud – including synthetic identity fraud – is critical in the fight against financial crime. However, the mandate to protect consumer data privacy has often stymied industry efforts for collaboration. This session provides a case study on how startups, regulators, banks, and credit unions can work in tandem to overcome the complex challenges of cyber fraud while adhering to regulatory guidelines on privacy. Developing and capitalizing on the potential of emerging financial technologies requires input and buy-in from financial institutions and regulators. Hear from the experts on how innovative collaborations like this can positively impact companies – both new and established – as well as increase compliance. 

It’s no secret: not all startups are successful. And in industries like Fintech and RegTech where adopters can be slow to respond and red tape abounds, it can be difficult to get your idea to market. In this candid fireside chat, hear from FinTech serial entrepreneurs who have experienced these setbacks - and get insight into what they learned from the process.

This Shark Tank session will feature RegTech and FinTech startups whose tech is disrupting the industry. Learn more about the latest innovations taking place in Boston, and listen as they get feedback from our panel of judges! 

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor? Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (1st Thursdays): ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone  — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rob Kornblum  — Former venture-backed executive and VC ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Le Zhang  — Venture-backed founder focused on Better Data, Ops and Profitability ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Will Brierly  — Entrepreneur, Marketing, Crowdfunding, Software, AR/VR ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Pardees Safizadeh  — Marketing leader with a proven track record of scaling revenue ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Mark Maragni  — B2B Go-to-Market expert, Increasing Revenue & Deal Size ::3:30 – 5:30 :: George Mabry  — Investor, Seasoned Entrepreneur and Senior Executive ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil  — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, business architect & seasoned tech adviser ::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member How to Join the appointments on Thursday: Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previously you will need to create a profile Step 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours” Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters) ***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (2nd Thursdays) ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Ed Friedman — Experienced hardware and software entrepreneur::3:00 – 5:00 :: Angela Pitter — Market Research, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, Event Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Norman Eng — U.S. Small Business Administration: Funding, Marketing, Programs::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Stephen Pitt — Senior strategic healthcare leader: breakthrough science & digital technologies ::3:00 – 5:00 :: David Platt — Design UX for your users needs and wants before you code it, not after ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Melissa DiPalma —  Storytelling, Marketing & Brand Messaging::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil  — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Erik Riedel — Engineering & Innovation Leader, Infrastructure Tech & Building Clouds::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, business architect & seasoned tech adviser How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (3rd Thursdays): ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jessica Manganello — Business attorney and legal structuring guru::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marcus Yee — Strategic Biz Dev, Sales and Consulting Professional::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Melissa Yee — Editor of Starthub.org, one-stop information source for startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Vinit Nijhawan — Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Academic::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, Business Architect & Seasoned Tech Adviser::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member::5:30 – 7:30 :: Stephanie Lustgarten — Executive with diverse experience in life sciences::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions  

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (1st Thursdays): ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone  — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rob Kornblum  — Former venture-backed executive and VC::3:00 – 5:00 :: Le Zhang  — Venture-backed founder focused on Better Data, Ops and Profitability::3:00 – 5:00 :: Will Brierly  — Entrepreneur, Marketing, Crowdfunding, Software, AR/VR::3:00 – 5:00 :: Pardees Safizadeh  — Marketing leader with a proven track record of scaling revenue ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Mark Maragni  — B2B Go-to-Market expert, Increasing Revenue & Deal Size::3:30 – 5:30 :: George Mabry  — Investor, Seasoned Entrepreneur and Senior Executive::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil  — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, business architect & seasoned tech adviser::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (2nd Thursdays) ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Ed Friedman — Experienced hardware and software entrepreneur::3:00 – 5:00 :: Angela Pitter — Market Research, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, Event Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Norman Eng — U.S. Small Business Administration: Funding, Marketing, Programs::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Stephen Pitt — Senior strategic healthcare leader: breakthrough science & digital technologies ::3:00 – 5:00 :: David Platt — Design UX for your users needs and wants before you code it, not after ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Melissa DiPalma —  Storytelling, Marketing & Brand Messaging::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil  — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Erik Riedel — Engineering & Innovation Leader, Infrastructure Tech & Building Clouds::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, business architect & seasoned tech adviser How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (3rd Thursdays): ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jessica Manganello — Business attorney and legal structuring guru::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marcus Yee — Strategic Biz Dev, Sales and Consulting Professional::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Melissa Yee — Editor of Starthub.org, one-stop information source for startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Vinit Nijhawan — Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Academic::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, Business Architect & Seasoned Tech Adviser::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member::5:30 – 7:30 :: Stephanie Lustgarten — Executive with diverse experience in life sciences::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions  

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (1st Thursdays): ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone  — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rob Kornblum  — Former venture-backed executive and VC::3:00 – 5:00 :: Le Zhang  — Venture-backed founder focused on Better Data, Ops and Profitability::3:00 – 5:00 :: Will Brierly  — Entrepreneur, Marketing, Crowdfunding, Software, AR/VR::3:00 – 5:00 :: Pardees Safizadeh  — Marketing leader with a proven track record of scaling revenue ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Mark Maragni  — B2B Go-to-Market expert, Increasing Revenue & Deal Size::3:30 – 5:30 :: George Mabry  — Investor, Seasoned Entrepreneur and Senior Executive::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil  — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, business architect & seasoned tech adviser::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (2nd Thursdays) ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Ed Friedman — Experienced hardware and software entrepreneur::3:00 – 5:00 :: Angela Pitter — Market Research, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, Event Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Norman Eng — U.S. Small Business Administration: Funding, Marketing, Programs::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Stephen Pitt — Senior strategic healthcare leader: breakthrough science & digital technologies ::3:00 – 5:00 :: David Platt — Design UX for your users needs and wants before you code it, not after ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Melissa DiPalma —  Storytelling, Marketing & Brand Messaging::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil  — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Erik Riedel — Engineering & Innovation Leader, Infrastructure Tech & Building Clouds::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, business architect & seasoned tech adviser How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions

Venture Café runs weekly office hours with a variety of subject matter experts, every Thursday! These are 30 minute, one-on-one advising sessions, with up to four adviser per week – free of charge! Below is this week’s advisers, their subject matter expertise and schedule. How to Book a Meeting with an Advisor?Click on an adviser’s name to see their available times and schedule an appointment. This Week’s Advisers (3rd Thursdays): ::3:00 – 5:00 :: Chuck Goldstone — Author, Communications Strategist, and Keynote Speaker::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jessica Manganello — Business attorney and legal structuring guru::3:00 – 5:00 :: Jodi-Tatiana Charles — Strategic Branding & Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marcus Yee — Strategic Biz Dev, Sales and Consulting Professional::3:00 – 5:00 :: Marty Sack — For and Non-profit Founder, Start-ups, Funding, Marketing::3:00 – 5:00 :: Melissa Yee — Editor of Starthub.org, one-stop information source for startups::3:00 – 5:00 :: Vinit Nijhawan — Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Academic::3:00 – 5:00 :: Andreas Randow — Universalist, Business Architect & Seasoned Tech Adviser::3:00 – 6:00 :: Joe Caruso — Advocate for Entrepreneurs, Investor, and Board Member::5:30 – 7:30 :: Stephanie Lustgarten — Executive with diverse experience in life sciences::3:00 – 5:00 :: Rachel O’Neil — Everything HR & People & Culture for Startups How to Join the appointments on Thursday:Step 1 – Visit www.vencaf.org/signin. **If you have not attended a Venture Café previouslyyou will need to create a profileStep 2 – Scroll down to “Office Hours”Step 3 – Locate your adviser’s name and click “Join Virtual Meeting” **If prompted for a password, enter “innovation” (all lowercase letters)***Contact info@vencaf.org if you have any questions