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Help your young entrepreneur build the leadership and essential business skills they need to succeed this October at the TYE Academy! Sign up today at https://www.tye-boston.org/

TYE is currently accepting applications for the TYE Academy 2026-27! Enroll your high school aged young entrepreneurs to build the essential business and leadership skills they need to succeed in college and beyond.

Join us on Oct. 2 at TiECON East as our opening keynote speaker, Founder & CEO of Instnt Sunil Madhu kicks off the day with the opening keynote "What Still Wins When Everyone Has AI"

Register today at tieconeast.com to attend!



https://www.tieconeast.com/post/tiecon-east-2026-announces-sunil-madhu-as-opening-keynote-speaker

As our TiE Women 2026 winning team Microvitality heads to LA to represent Boston at the TiE Women Regional Finals, we are actively cheering on CEO Zoe Watson! We'd also like to congratulate our other winners, Nili Persits from Dottir Labs and Aileen Mastouri from RevivBio. We are incredibly proud of these forward-thinking entrepreneurs and looking forward to helping guide them on their exciting professional journeys! Thanks also to our TiE Women chairs Sumeit Aggarwal Preeti Shah!

Help your young entrepreneur grow this fall- sign them up today for the TYE Academy. Sign up today at https://www.tye-boston.org/
TYE is currently accepting applications for the TYE Academy 2026-27! Enroll your high school aged young entrepreneurs to build the essential business and leadership skills they need to succeed in college and beyond.

Applications close for the 2026 Emerging Company Showcase tomorrow, Sept. 10! Showcased companies will be granted $350K+ in awards, present on the main conference stage, and meet 1-on-1 with VCs, angel investors, potential customers, and Go-to-Market partners.

Learn more and apply at https://www.tieconeast.com/showcase-2026

Now in its fourth year, the Emerging Company Showcase highlights promising startups across key innovation sectors. Selected companies will receive dedicated showcase tables and opportunities to engage directly with conference attendees.

Finalists will also have the opportunity to deliver two-minute pitches from the main conference stage, where a panel of venture capitalists will evaluate the companies for awards.

The showcase is open to Seed-to-Series A companies serving the U.S. market, with startups from anywhere in the world eligible to apply.

Selected finalists will present their companies during TiECON East 2026, taking place on Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Burlington Marriott Hotel in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Help your young entrepreneur grow this fall- sign them up today for the TYE Academy.
TYE is currently accepting applications for the TYE Academy 2026-27! Enroll your high school aged young entrepreneurs to build the essential business and leadership skills they need to succeed in college and beyond. Learn more at https://www.tye-boston.org/

Our TYE Alumni Circle had a fantastic visit to LabCentral in Cambridge for their “What the Heck is Biotech?” experience! 🧬🔬

Through an interactive simulation, our alumni got a hands-on look at how biotech companies are built, how scientists and entrepreneurs work together, and what it takes to bring an idea from the lab toward the real world.

These company tours are a big part of what we want the TYE Alumni Circle to offer: opportunities to step inside Greater Boston’s innovation ecosystem, explore industries they may know little about, meet the people doing the work, and keep learning long after their TYE experience ends.

A huge thank you to LabCentral for opening its doors and making biotech engaging, accessible, and fun for our alumni!

TYE is currently accepting applications for the TYE Academy 2026-27! Enroll your high school aged young entrepreneurs to build the essential business and leadership skills they need to succeed in college and beyond. Learn more at https://www.tye-boston.org/

Meet the Judges | TiE Women Boston Pitch Competition 2026

We’re excited to introduce the distinguished panel of judges who will help evaluate and champion the entrepreneurs taking the stage at the TiE Women Boston Pitch Competition:

🔹 Emily Weiner — Founder & CEO, The Connectors
A systems-thinking entrepreneur, business advisor and mentor with 25+ years of experience building meaningful relationships, strategic partnerships and connections that drive innovation and impact.
🔹 Dr. Shubhro Sen — Assistant Vice Provost & Executive Director, Venture Development Center at UMass Boston
A serial entrepreneur, educator and strategist who has co-founded and led multiple ventures, including five companies with successful exits, with deep expertise in entrepreneurship, marketing and global business.
🔹 Dr. Tiffany Walther — Program Manager, Scientific Innovation & Strategic Investments, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
A life sciences investment and commercialization leader with experience spanning pharmaceutical strategy, biotechnology consulting at McKinsey & Company, and scientific research in diabetes and metabolism.
🔹 Sanjay Aggarwal — Senior Vice President & Head of Corporate Strategy, EXL
A strategy and transformation leader driving enterprise-wide planning and long-term value creation across AI, data and digital transformation, with extensive experience evaluating growth and emerging business opportunities.
🔹 Dr. Partha Ghosh — Founder, Partha S. Ghosh & Associates
A globally recognized strategy and policy advisor, former McKinsey & Company partner, entrepreneur and educator who has advised companies and governments around the world and served as Professor of the Practice at Tufts University’s Gordon Institute.

We’re grateful to our judges for bringing their experience, insight and time to support the next generation of women entrepreneurs.
📅 September 1, 2026
📍 TiE Women Boston Pitch Competition
Stay tuned as we introduce the entrepreneurs taking the stage!

🚀 TYE Summer Boot Camp is underway in Cambridge!

This week, 37 rising 7th–9th graders are transforming their creativity into real business ideas. Working in teams, students are identifying meaningful problems, developing innovative solutions, conducting customer research and beginning to build their own startup concepts.

It has been inspiring to watch these young entrepreneurs share ideas, challenge assumptions, collaborate and grow in confidence. We can’t wait to see how their ventures evolve—and to hear their final pitches!

A huge thank-you to our instructors, mentors, alumni and supporters who are helping make this experience possible.

Learn more about TYE Academy and our Fall 2026-27 high school program at https://www.tye-boston.org/