Babson College Invites Women Entrepreneurs To June 4th Networking Soiree

WELLESLEY, Mass., May 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Babson College's Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab will host its Women's Entrepreneurship Summer Soiree at the Fields Corner Business Lab in Boston on Thursday, June 4, 2015.

The WIN Lab, a yearlong residency program within Babson's Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL), invites entrepreneurs of all kinds to enjoy a free, one-of-a-kind networking event alongside local women business leaders and entrepreneurial resource providers.

The soiree is part of the City of Boston's Women on Main Initiative, created to support the growth of Boston's women-owned businesses, and to help strengthen connections amongst themselves and the city. This past year, Babson's WIN Lab joined Women on Main and offered five non-Babson entrepreneurs a tuition-free seat at the Lab to be the first-ever Women on Main Fellows.

Commenting on the collaboration between Babson and the City of Boston, Mayor Martin J. Walsh adds, "This partnership enhances not only women's access to top-level mentoring and education, but is also critical to the success of Boston's business community as a whole. Although one-third of Boston businesses are owned by women, we want to grow that number, because when women succeed, Boston succeeds."

"We're continuously looking for new ways to build lasting connections between local women entrepreneurs and the City's many resources," said Susan Duffy, Executive Director of Babson's Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership. "The WIN Lab, events like this Soiree, and the Women on Main Initiative alongside Mayor Walsh, provide women with the tools they need to transform their entrepreneurial potential into entrepreneurial impact."

Event attendees will meet to learn more about entrepreneurs in their community, and will be introduced to available resources within the greater entrepreneurship ecosystem. Additional information will also be provided in regards to the WIN Lab's Women on Main Fellows Program, and next steps.  More information at http://bit.ly/1FedzNr  

When:    
Thursday, June 4, 2015
6 - 8 p.m.
Complimentary food and beverage will be provided

Where:    
Field's Corner Business Lab
1452 Dorchester Ave., Boston, MA
Event is free. RSVP required. Register at http://bit.ly/1GJpSH6  

About Women on Main

Women on Main is a City of Boston initiative that recognizes that women are a vital force in the Boston economy. Women on Main hosts quality programming addressing the specific strengths and challenges of women business owners. Expert educational programming, round table discussions, and networking events provide women entrepreneurs with resources to support their endeavors. Women on Main seeks to help all businesses owned by women to flourish-from startups to home-based businesses to the established brick-and-mortar mainstays of Boston's neighborhoods.

About The Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab

A program of Babson College's Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership, the Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab changes what's possible for women entrepreneurs by catalyzing their passion for innovation and creating a supportive community and a rigorous, experiential process that enables them to make an impact by launching or transforming businesses. The WIN Lab is a different kind of venture accelerator, broadening the possibilities for women entrepreneurs whose skills, ideas, and commitment to making an impact are too often unmet by the traditional entrepreneurial ecosystem.

About Babson's Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) at Babson College educates, inspires, and empowers women entrepreneurial leaders to reach their full potential to create economic and social value for themselves, their organizations, and society. The Center does this through innovative education programs, events, and by supporting and widely disseminating research about the unique skills and experiences of women entrepreneurial leaders. Additionally, CWEL supports and advances gender equality as a growth strategy for individuals and for organizations of all sizes, everywhere in the world.

About Babson College

Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds®. The College is a dynamic living and learning laboratory, where students, faculty, and staff work together to address the real-world problems of business and society--while at the same time evolving our methods and advancing our programs. We shape the leaders our world needs most: those with strong functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a common purpose to create economic and social value. As we have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought and Action® as the most positive force on the planet for generating sustainable economic and social value.Visit www.babson.edu

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