Entrepreneur Program / What We Do
Summer Accelerator Semi-Finalists Announced
Seventy entrepreneurs applied to our Summer Accelerator. See who are our semi-finalists
Sandbox Entrepreneur Featured on MSNBC
Brenna Nan Schneider of 99C Manufacturing talks about the human cost of cheap labor
Merrimack Valley Magazine Profiles the Sandbox
Read this great article about our entrepreneurs and impact in the Merrimack Valley
Sandbox Featured in the Boston Globe
Great article about the entrepreneurs in our Accelerator Program
Entrepreneur Past Events
Featured Entrepreneur
Apply to our Summer Accelerator Program!
The Entrepreneur Program is a community-wide initiative supporting entrepreneurship. More than 30 partner organizations and institutions are participating in this initiative.
The initiative aims to give entrepreneurs a greater chance at success through pitch contests, workshops, and intensive programs. Between May 2012 – September 2012, the Entrepreneur Program held a series of five pitch contests.From December 2012 – February 2013, held the Sandbox Winter Accelerator Program for start-ups in the region.
Between March – May of this year, we are holding the Spring Pitch Contest Series. From June to August, we will be holding our Summer Accelerator Program.
Community Partners
- Acre Family Child Care
- Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center – UMass Dartmouth
- African Cultural Association
- City of Lawrence
- City of Lowell
- CLASS Inc.
- Coalition for a Better Acre
- Dream Team Consortium
- Eastern Bank
- Edge Group, Inc.
- Eagle-Tribune
- Enterprise Bank
- Everett Mills Real Estate
- Georgetown Savings Bank
- Greater Lawrence Technical School
- Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce
- Groundwork Lawrence
- Interise and the Streetwise MBA
- Lawrence CommunityWorks
- Lowell Telecommunications Corporation
- Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce
- Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2)
- Merrimack College
- Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council
- Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union
- Merrimack Valley Small Business Center
- Merrimack Valley Venture Forum
- Merrimack Valley YMCA
- Middlesex Community College
- Mill Cities Community Investments
- Moody, Famiglietti and Andronico (MFA)
- Northern Essex Community College
- The Community Group Inc.
- University of Massachusetts Lowell


