The Great Recession cut off most small businesses from capital markets. But that’s about to change. The JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups) Act with its crowd funding option opens the door to raising up to $1 million from small investors without all of the usual costs.  John Hession, a partner in the venture capital group (More Info...)

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BEVERLY, MA– AUGUST 16, 2011 – North Shore InnoVentures (NSIV) [http://www.nsiv.org], the non-profit operator of two technology business incubator facilities, the Cleantech InnoVenture Center (CIVC) in Lynn, MA and the Biotech InnoVenture Center (BIVC) in Beverly, MA today announced that it received a $211,500 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration [EDA] to support the (More Info...)

Annual sponsorship dinner Location The LandingManchester-by-the-Sea MA USA Date and Time Begins: 08/10/2011 06:00 PMEnds: 08/10/2011 08:00 PM Event Links Register for this eventMore information on this event (More Info...)

Based in Worcester, Mass.  Hanover Insurance offers a wide range of property and casualty products and services to businesses, individuals, and families through a select group of agents and brokers. The company is ranked among the top 25 property and casualty insurers in the United States and has been meeting its obligations to its agent (More Info...)

BerryDunn is the largest independent certified public accounting and management consulting firm in Northern New England.  Since 1974, Berry Dunn has been providing audit and accounting, tax, information technology, and management consulting services to a wide range of organizations.  With 35 professionals located in their Manchester, New Hampshire office, BerryDunn is located just a short (More Info...)

North Shore InnoVentures (NSIV), the operator of two business incubators, announced it received a $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to support its Cleantech InnoVenture Center (CIVC) in Lynn, MA. The grant from MassCEC will fund programs that support entrepreneurs whose businesses employ new technologies to improve energy use and management, as (More Info...)

In an effort to best serve our clients and website readers, we have now joined Twitter!  Our existing blog (http://www.zeropointrisk.com/blog) continues to be focused on detailed discussion of issues related to the global risks which are associated with information integrity compromise.  These discussions are intended to aide executive management teams, audit and risk committees, and (More Info...)

Cross-border relationship provides shared benefits and increased member opportunities The North Shore Technology Council (NSTC), the volunteer-led, nonprofit technology trade association for northeastern Massachusetts and the New Hampshire High Tech Council (NHHTC) the group that provides programs that encourage innovative research and technology-based industrial development in New Hampshire, today announced they entered into a strategic (More Info...)

THE FEB. 2ND SUSTAINABILITY FORUM IS MOVED TO FEB. 9TH DUE TO WEATHER. (More Info...)