<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="js-xd-read-more-toggle-view read-more__toggle-view" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><div class="js-xd-read-more-contents l-mar-top-3" data-automation="listing-event-description"><div class=""><font size="4" color="FF0000" class=""><b class="">“Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities”<br class=""></b></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font color="FF0000" class="">FIRESIDE CHAT with Nicole Stata, Founder and Managing Director of Boston Seed Capital, LLC</font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">The event is jointly organized by MIT-PDA Human Affairs Committee and </b><b class="">Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">Speaker Bio:</b> Nicole M. Stata is the Founder and a General Partner of Boston Seed Capital. Boston Seed Capital is an early stage seed investor in consumer digital, machine learning & AI, and in platform markets. </div><div class="">The fund has invested in over 40 startups over the past six years. Prior to founding Boston Seed, Nicole founded Deploy Solutions in 1996, an award winning provider of SAAS Human Capital Management. As CEO and President, she led Deploy for eleven years through its sale to Kronos in 2008. Ms. Stata has been the recipient of several awards including most recently being identified as one of 30 most influential people in technology investing in Boston by Boston Magazine. She also serves as an advisor and board member to several non profits in the Boston area.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is valuable opportunity for the postdoc community to learn from an investor who has championed the growth of new ventures!!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Complimentary lunch is provided!</div></div><div class=""><h3 class="label-primary l-mar-bot-2" data-automation="listing-info-language">Date and Time:</h3><div class="event-details__data"><time class="clrfix" data-automation="event-details-time"></time><time class="clrfix" data-automation="event-details-time"><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Thu, February 8, 2018</div></time><time class="clrfix" data-automation="event-details-time"><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a class="js-add-to-calendar-modal js-d-dialog-trigger" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-entrepreneurs-challenges-and-opportunities-tickets-42699604667#add-to-calendar-modal" data-automation="add-to-calendar" role="button" data-xd-wired="dialog-trigger">Add to Calendar</a></div></time></div><h3 class="label-primary l-mar-bot-2">Location:</h3><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Muckley Bldg @ MIT</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">E40-160 </div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">1 Amherst St </div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Cambridge, MA 02139 </div><a class="js-d-scroll-to js-scroll-to-map" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-entrepreneurs-challenges-and-opportunities-tickets-42699604667#map-target" data-d-duration="1500" data-d-destination="#map-target" data-xd-wired="scroll-to">View Map</a></div></div></div><br class="" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><b class="" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Register Below:</b><br class="" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><br class="" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-entrepreneurs-challenges-and-opportunities-tickets-42699604667" class="">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-entrepreneurs-challenges-and-opportunities-tickets-42699604667</a></font><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See you on TODAY! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you.</div></body></html>