Melissa Withers is Managing Director of Betaspring. Betaspring has accelerated 92 companies and the portfolio has raised $65MM in follow-on funding and produced four exits. In 2015, Betaspring launched RevUp--the first accelerator for revenue-driven companies. She is also co-founder and director of Founders League, a co-working community in Providence, as well as a MassChallenge mentor and judge. • Managing Director at RevUp, the first accelerator for revenue-first startups, pioneering a novel non-equity approach for building better companies. • Experienced startup mentor advising ventures on PR, communications, customer discovery/engagement, marketing, team building, and management. • Unique role developing communications for the Human Genome Project, one of the largest publicly funded science ventures in U.S. history, part of 6+ years service at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT • Co-founder of the Business Innovation Factory, a leader in the design and testing of new and disruptive business models. • 15+ years experience in strategic communications and public relations. • Masters Degree in technical communications, special focus on emerging technologies.
May 18 – 19, 2016
10:00 PM – 1:00 AM UTC
10:00 PM | Food & Networking |
11:00 PM | Fireside Chat |
12:00 AM | Networking |