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"Streaming live on\u00A0Mashable, founder of MassChallenge John Harthorne will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, Oct. 18. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council\u2019s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, John Harthorne will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site.\u2028\u2028\nHarthorne is the founder and CEO of MassChallenge, a startup accelerator and competition designed to foster a startup renaissance by connecting high-impact startups from around the world with the resources they need to launch and succeed. \nHarthorne received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2007. While at school, John received grand prize in the 2007 MIT $100K Business Plan Competition and received the 2007 Patrick J. McGovern Award for impact on quality and visibility of entrepreneurship at MIT. He also led the 10th annual MIT Global Startup Workshop (GSW) in Trondheim, Norway. \nIn September 2011, the Boston Business Journal identified Harthorne as one of Boston's \"50 Most Influential Business Leaders,\" alongside the CEOs of Akamai Technologies, Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Boston Celtics. \nHarthorne is a life-long Massachusetts resident and an avid Red Sox fan. He currently lives in Somerville with his wife Natalia, their six-year-old son Max and their baby girl Yulia.\u2028\u2028\n#StartupLab is a free virtual mentorship program created by The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of over 500 of America\u2019s most successful young entrepreneurs who have, collectively, generated tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. #StartupLab offers millions of entrepreneurs, small business owners and startup founders the tactical advice they need to launch and grow new businesses via live, interactive video chats, educational content and mentorship opportunities \u2014 right on Facebook.\u2028\u2028\nCheck\u00A0Mashable\u00A0tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT), when\u00A0Harthorne\u00A0will take questions from the audience live via video chat.\u2028\u2028\nYou can also sign up for an email reminder of the chat by visiting\u00A0this registration page."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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