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Maryland universities reward student entrepreneurs

April 16, 2019 Comments Off on Maryland universities reward student entrepreneurs

Rachael Fox, a junior, won McDaniel College's annual Student Innovation Challenge for her company aimed at improving boots for women to use outdoors. (Submitted photo)

Johns Hopkins University and McDaniel College have rewarded some students who also run their own businesses at campus pitch competitions this past week. Monday night, McDaniel College awarded its $10,000 to junior Rachael Fox for her shoe company, Fox Boots. ...

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Report: Baltimore entrepreneurs younger than many other cities’

August 24, 2018 Comments Off on Report: Baltimore entrepreneurs younger than many other cities’

A new report puts the city in the top 20 of the 50 largest U.S. cities for average age of entrepreneurs when they started their business.

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Number of women entrepreneurs in Md. grows but lags the nation

August 21, 2018 Comments Off on Number of women entrepreneurs in Md. grows but lags the nation

In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, freshly-cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Maryland has had middling success compared to other states in developing women-owned businesses, but those firms have been more successful at generating revenue, a new report found.

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Local women entrepreneurs talk about believing in themselves, getting paid last

October 7, 2016 Comments Off on Local women entrepreneurs talk about believing in themselves, getting paid last

The 'Risky Business-Woman Entrepreneurs' panel discussion at the WOW- Women of the World Festival Baltimore at Notre Dame University of Maryland. From left, Michele Tsucalas, owner and founder of Michele's Granola; Donna Stevenson, president and CEO, Early Morning Software Inc.; Zuly Gonzalez, CEO and co-founder, Light Point Security; Rosalind Holsey, owner and lead designer, Studio 7 The Salon LLC; and moderator Deborah Tillett, president and executive director, Emerging Technology Centers. (The Daily Record/ Maximilian Franz).

Local female entrepreneurs shared their experiences turning an idea into a profitable business, handling failures and staying positive during a panel discuss Friday during the Women of the World Festival at Notre Dame of Maryland University, an event dedicated to ...

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‘Take a chance on these people’

May 19, 2015 Comments Off on ‘Take a chance on these people’

From left, Christopher Wilson, owner of Barclay Investment Corporation, seen here with Terrence Knox, owner of Knox Construction, LLC., at one of Terrence's construction sites at Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Northwest Baltimore. Christopher is an ex-convict turned entrepreneur who started his business to help other people with similar pasts get jobs through his affordable construction, cleaning and consulting service. Terrence is one of Christopher's former employees who he helped start his own business. (The Daily Record/Maximilian Franz).

Christopher Wilson is trying to put people to work, people a lot of employers don’t want to hire. He spends part of his time doing workforce development for the nonprofit Greater Homewood Community Development Corporation, helping others – many of ...

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UM Business Challenge winners selected

May 2, 2013 Comments Off on UM Business Challenge winners selected

Two teams of fledgling entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the inaugural University of Maryland Business Model Challenge. The competition attracted 44 initial entries, which were winnowed down to 11 finalist teams consisting of UM undergraduate and graduate students, ...

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Lawmakers close meeting on InvestMaryland bill

February 18, 2013 Comments Off on Lawmakers close meeting on InvestMaryland bill

A Senate work group held a closed-door meeting Monday to pore over the details of legislation that would alter Maryland’s $84 million venture capital program.

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U.S. pushes to keep entrepreneur jobs in the country

November 28, 2012 Comments Off on U.S. pushes to keep entrepreneur jobs in the country

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Obama administration’s top immigration official says his agency is working to attract and keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs who are seeking to start a company in the U.S. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Director Alejandro Mayorkas ...

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Growing your small business and chasing the ‘American Dream’

November 15, 2012 Comments Off on Growing your small business and chasing the ‘American Dream’

Our potential modern world moguls will not only need to discover hidden opportunities but will face the same type of fears, obstacles and failures that Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Carnegie faced.

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Venture funding, number of deals decline in 3Q

October 19, 2012 Comments Off on Venture funding, number of deals decline in 3Q

NEW YORK — Funding for startups declined 12 percent in the July-September period as venture capitalists spent less money on fewer deals, according to a new report. Companies in the early stages of funding saw declines as investors stayed cautious ...

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