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We see amazing ideas at MakeHaven every day. Being able to make a good pitch for your idea can make the difference that gains allies and wins funding. We want to help inventors and entrepreneurs find their voice and practice to compete in larger pitch competitions the Entrepreneur Innovation Awards. To this end we are hosting an online pitch competition for the extended MakeHaven community. We invite anyone with an invention, creative work, or idea that can become a business to participate.

Join Co-Director of Collab Caroline Smith for an info session to learn all about what Collab's Fall Accellerator could mean to you and your future.

The Collab Accelerator is a 11-week program for entrepreneurs who want to create positive change in their communities by building unique businesses and organizations. 

Colin will demonstrate what hehas learned about 3d design in Blender (free, open source, 3D design software). He will make a photo realitic rendering of a towel that was made using zero actual modelling, but instead uses physics to drop a cloth and then particle simulation to render the little fibers.

Calling all tailors, seamstresses, seamsters, sewists, needle masters, anyone who sews – now is your moment! We are coordinating efforts to sew COVID-19 protection masks for organizations in need. We have requests for hundreds already.

On Saturdays we gather to address questions and problems and troubleshoot difficulties. Come in to ask questions or offer your experience and advice to those with questions. Together we do better! 

Some links:

Rectangle pocket video (simpler, can hold surgical mask)

Calling all tailors, seamstresses, seamsters, sewists, needle masters, anyone who sews – now is your moment! We are coordinating efforts to sew COVID-19 protection masks for organizations in need. We have requests for hundreds already.

On Saturdays we gather to address questions and problems and troubleshoot difficulties. Come in to ask questions or offer your experience and advice to those with questions. Together we do better! 

Some links:

Rectangle pocket video (simpler, can hold surgical mask)

The U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating to create a Civic Innovation Challenge. Stage 1 entry must be submitted by July 1, 2020. Winners will have budgets of up to $50,000 to test out their proposal. 

This New Haven online ideation session is focused on the track -- COMMUNITIES AND MOBILITY - Offering Better Mobility Options to Solve the Spatial Mismatch Between Housing Affordability and Jobs.

This is an online interactive session

The U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating to create a Civic Innovation Challenge. Stage 1 entry must be submitted by July 1, 2020. Winners will have budgets of up to $50,000 to test out their proposal. 

Calling all tailors, seamstresses, seamsters, sewists, needle masters, anyone who sews – now is your moment! We are coordinating efforts to sew COVID-19 protection masks for organizations in need. We have requests for hundreds already.

On Wednesdays we will be gathering to check in, share tricks and tips, and motivate each other. 

Some links:

Rectangle pocket video (simpler, can hold surgical mask)