Stay in Massachusetts Grants

Stay in MA is a scholarship program for Massachusetts-based college students funded by Flybridge Capital Partners. The program is focused on fostering entrepreneurship and innovation between students and the local business community by providing financial assistance to students interested in joining or attending the events of technology and business organizations in the region. Scholarships are available for any currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student up to $100 per event per student

www.StayinMA.com

•    Scholarship amount is generally up to $100 per student per event, with a $400-500 limit per event
•    All students and post-docs apply via the online application on the website
•    Once Flybridge receives the application, the student is informed whether the award was granted; Flybridge will register the awardee for the event using a code of Flybridge 2011.
•    WEST must confirm that the awardee attended in order to be eligible for future awards.


Reports

2009 ION Annual Report on Status of Women Directors

• Download Report PDF

Web Sites

Do It Yourself MBA Site

• Personal MBA

General Funding Sources

• Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network

• Small Business Administration office, Massachusetts

• SBA Office of Technology SBIR/STTR

• Active Capital or Angel Capital Electronic Network

• Investors’ Circle

Life Sciences Funding Sources

• National Association of Seed and Venture Funds

• National Venture Capital Association

• CleanTech Venture Network

• National Association of Small Business Investment Companies

Business Plan Development

• U.S. Business Advisor
• Net Impact: New Leaders for Better Business

Legal

• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Publications

• Inc.com — The Resource for Growing Companies

• Invention to Venture

• Entrepreneur Magazine

• Harvard Business School — Working Knowledge

Entrepreneurship

Books

The Advisory Board Kit
Susan C. Hammond, Click HERE for more information on The Advisory Board Kit, click HERE for WEST member coupon

Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology
Henry Etzkowiz, Carol Kernelgor, Brian Uzzi

The Door in the Dream: Conversations with Eminent Women in Science
Elga Wasserman, Ph.D

The Difference “Difference” Makes: Women and Leadership
Deborah L. Rhode

Extraordinary Women Scientists
Darlene R. Stille

The Gender and Science Reader
Muriel Lederman (Editor) and Ingrid Bartsch (Editor)

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, The Man Who Would Cure the World
Tracey Kidder

Nobel Prize Women in Science
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed
Sue V. Rosser

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions
Lisa Randall, Ph.D.

Why So Slow: The Advancement of Women
Virginia Valian