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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Ye Zhu <<a href="mailto:yezhu1@mit.edu">yezhu1@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: FW: Women’s Entrepreneurship Showcase Event- StemGems, is recruiting Startup teams!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are excited to say that we are going to be hosting a Women's entrepreneurship Showcase virtual event - StemGems, which will be held on
International Women's Day (March 8th, 2021). </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We decided to hold this event because studies show that women face biases in the startup world, and oftentimes are overlooked when they are
at showcases. This is unfortunate because when women get going, they create a lot of value. The purpose of this showcase is to celebrate the wonderful women entrepreneurs at MIT/ Wellesley. It will be an excellent opportunity to showcase your work, and also
make new connections with stakeholders and potentially meet new team members. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are looking for Startup teams in all stages to apply to our event. StemGems is open to any current student teams (Undergrad, Masters and PhD level) with at least one founder
from either MIT or Wellesley. At least 50% of the team must consist of female/ female identifying founders to participate in this showcase.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Please submit your applications latest by Jan 31st, 11:59PM.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>We
encourage all to apply and we are looking forward to reading your applications.</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVWLEtzqKGEVdipj55y0RD1RcU6to47xJKy7hN7Sqxmf5dMQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&gxids=7628"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Apply
here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">! If you have any questions, please reach out to Gautam, Team Relations at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gautamm@mit.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">gautamm@mit.edu</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151">Email:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151"> </span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151"><a href="mailto:yezhu1@mit.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">yezhu1@mit.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151">Phone:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151"> </span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151">+1
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