Why Join CONNECT

GROWTH:

• Benchmark your company with other innovation companies through SME CONNECT Roundtables that cover a wide spectrum of your key management team: CEO, Finance, Operations, Chief Software Architect, HR, and Logistics.
• Participate in the SME CONNECT Salary Survey series and discover best practices for growth companies that extend beyond direct compensation.
• Showcase your company to over 600 innovation executives at the CONNECT with CONNECT events.
• Join companies like QUALCOMM, SONY, Pfizer, Entropic, Cymer and others that have leveraged new product launches with the Most Innovative Product (MIP) Awards.
• Join our Member-to-Member discount program to promote your product/service to the regional innovation economy.

INNOVATION:

• Send your executives to Timely Topics, the easiest way to make sure your executives speak the language of the innovation economy.
• Experience first-hand the very latest in the scientific community by attending Frontiers in Science and Technology.
• Send your executives to discover ‘new’ business basics through the CONNECT Frameworks Workshops (Leasing, Alternative Financing, Mergers & Acquisitions, IP Protection).
• Attend the MIT Forum—Learn directly from CEOs and experience MBA-level education.
• Advocate on behalf of the regional Innovation economy. Support policy efforts that directly affect your business.

COST SAVINGS:

• Take advantage of CONNECT Perks—CONNECT endorsed products that save you money: UPS, Dell and TriNet and many more to come.
• Participate in our nearsourcing initiative. Find lower cost suppliers locally or become a new supplier to the regional innovation economy.
• Take advantage of priority attendance and member discounts to over 300 CONNECT affiliated events a year.
• Take advantage of member-to-member discounts offered exclusively for members of CONNECT.

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