WE ARE DIVING

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Why it worked

The video provides a concise and visually engaging overview of multiple startup events happening in Boston within a single week. By consolidating this information and presenting it in a digestible format, it serves as a valuable resource for the local startup community, encouraging engagement and attendance.

Summary

This video highlights upcoming startup events in Boston from April 13-17. It covers a hackathon hosted by Cursor Boston, a "Headshots & Handshakes" event, a student founder pitch showcase at Boston City Hall, a pitch competition at Boston University, a hackathon at Hult University, and a student innovators mixer at MIT. The video also directs viewers to startupbos.org/events for more information and to submit their own events.

Structure

1Introduction to Boston startup events
2Monday: Cursor Boston Hack-a-Sprint
3Tuesday: Headshots & Handshakes and Student Founder Pitch Showcase
4Wednesday: Boston University Pitch Competition
5Thursday: Babson College BETA Challenge and Hult University Hackathon
6Friday: CUSI Mixer at MIT
7Call to action: Visit startupbos.org/events

Product placement

The video mentions and displays information for several startup events in Boston: Cursor Boston's "Hack-a-Sprint", a "Headshots & Handshakes" event, the "Built in Boston: A Student Founder Pitch Showcase", "Innovators' Night at Boston University", the "2026 B.E.T.A. Challenge" at Babson College, the "Boston 311 Hack" at Hult University, and the "[CUSI] Mixer" at MIT. The website startupbos.org/events is also prominently displayed as a resource.

Original caption

👉 #Boston startup scene is STACKED this week 👀🔥 Which one are you hitting April 13-17? startupbos.org/events #Startups #Networking #bostonevents #thingstodoboston

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Transcript

WE ARE DIVING ON INTO WHAT STARTUP EVENTS ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK, SO YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHERE TO GO TO LEARN AND NETWORK. AND DON'T FORGET TO GIVE US A FOLLOW, BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU CAN STAY ALL RIGHT, LET'S DIVE ON IN. MONDAY EVENING IN BOSTON, HANG OUT WITH THE CURSOR SQUAD AS THEY HOST THEIR INAUGURAL HACK A SPRINT, WHICH IS THEIR VERSION OF A HACKATHON. TUESDAY MORNING IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BOTH A NEW HEADSHOT AND ALSO JUST TO MEET NEW STARTUP ECOSYSTEM, INDUSTRIOUS OVER IN AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU IS PROVIDING BOTH FOR YOU FOR FREE. LATER ON TUESDAY, OVER AT BOSTON CITY HALL, START OF BOSTON AND CITY OF BOSTON ARE HOSTING A PITCH COMPETITION FEATURING FIVE UNDERGRAD STUDENT FOUNDERS ACROSS DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. THEY'LL BE COMPETING FOR BOTH THE CASH PRIZES AND IN KIND PERKS. I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. TUESDAY NIGHT, BOSTON CITY HALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER AT BU, THEY ARE ALSO HOSTING A PITCH COMPETITION WHERE BU STUDENTS ARE GONNA BE COMPETING FOR CASH PRIZES AS WELL. THESE STUDENTS ARE OVER AT BU. I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE THAT HELP SELECT THE STARTERS THAT ARE PITCHING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO PLEASE GO CHECK THEM OUT AND SUPPORT THEM. AND BECAUSE BOSTON IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUILD ON THURSDAY EVENING OVER AT BABSON COLLEGE, THEY ARE HOSTING A COMPETITION FEATURING THEIR STUDENTS THAT ARE ALSO COMPETING FOR CASH PRIZES AS WELL. ON THURSDAY NIGHT, I'LL ALSO BE JUDGES THERE. I REALLY HOPE TO SEE YOU. IF YOU ARE THERE, PLEASE SAY HI. TO, YOU KNOW, MEET YOU, TALK WITH YOU. KNOW YOU AND TO SEE YOU AGAIN. ALTERNATIVELY, IF THE PITCH COMPETITION IS NOT YOUR JAM, OVER ON THURSDAY EVENING AT HULT UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS IN CAMBRIDGE NEAR THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, THEY ARE HOSTING A HACKATHON THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IF YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT REALLY TURNING IDEAS INTO IMPACT AND STEPS REALLY TOWARDS A FUTURE OF AI POWERED CITIES, THIS IS A HACKATHON YOU WILL WANT TO BE A PART OF. AND CONCLUDING THE WEEK ON FRIDAY NIGHT, STARTUP BOSTON IS PARTNERING UP WITH MANY UNIVERSITIES FROM AROUND THE BOSTON AREA TO HOST THE NEXT CROSS UNIVERSITY STUDENT INNOVATORS MIXER. THIS IS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ALL ACROSS THE BOSTON AREA. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE STARTUP SCENE, MAYBE YOU WANT TO START A COMPANY, MAYBE YOU'RE JUST NOT SURE. MEET OTHER STUDENTS THROUGHOUT BOSTON. BE THERE FRIDAY NIGHT. I WILL BE THERE. I REALLY HOPE TO SEE YOU. DON'T FORGET TO BOOKMARK THIS LINK RIGHT HERE. THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE YOUR GUIDE TO EVERYTHING HAPPENING OF SCENE HERE IN BOSTON. AND YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS THERE TOO. PLEASE GIVE THIS VIDEO A LIKE AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. BYE.