BRIDGES Online Community

BRIDGES is about entrepreneurial collaboration, communication and networking; building relationships with investors, service providers, future employees and strategic partners; finding skill sets; growing enterprises independent of their maturity; and job-seeking.

 
Please enter information about yourself below. We'll email you with login information as soon as your BRIDGES account has been approved!

Please choose a username, below, that will be easy for others to recognize when it's displayed on the site. You will be able to go back and edit all of the information that you enter here once you are logged in.

Account information
Your full name or your preferred username; only letters, numbers and spaces are allowed.
A password and instructions will be sent to this e-mail address, so make sure it is accurate.
Please re-type your e-mail address to confirm it is accurate.
User Profile
Please check all that apply. We'll show this information on your profile page. The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
Enter your street address. This information will only be available to DB staff -- it will NOT be displayed anywhere on the website.
The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
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Only DB staff will be able to see your phone number -- it will NOT show on the website.
Please paste a short paragraph about yourself here to help other BRIDGES get to know you online. We'll display this information on your profile page.
Where are you from originally? The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
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The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
Please select the skill areas that best match your experience (choose all that apply). This information will be visible to others in the BRIDGES network. If you become a MEMS coach, this information will also be used to help entrepreneurs identify coaches having experience and expertise most relevant to their business idea. The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
Please select the industry or industries that best match your experience. If you would like to serve as a mentor for someone else in the BRIDGES network, this information will help entrepreneurs identify coaches having experience and expertise most relevant to their business idea. The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
If you chose 'other' in the above selection, please describe your industry in this box.
If you have a additional blog, website or profile page (i.e. Facebook, MySpace) that you'd like to share with the network, enter it here (e.g., www.myspace.com/mypage) The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
If you have a blog, website or profile page (i.e. Facebook, MySpace) that you'd like to share with the network, enter it here (e.g., www.myspace.com/mypage) The content of this field will be displayed only to other approved members of the BRIDGES network.
Please let us know, in brief, why you'd like to join the BRIDGES network. This information will be sent to DB staff to help us authenticate new members. (Don't worry: we will NOT display this information on the website.)
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