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StartUp Maryland! Pitch Across Maryland 3.0

Application date, Sept. 15 -- Get on the bus!

StartUp Maryland! Pitch Across Maryland 3.0 - Get On the Bus™ Montgomery County Application Deadline: Monday, September 15, 2014  Are you an entrepreneur ready to pitch your company? Register...

Posted: August 26, 2014, 6:57 PM

Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Andrew Mavronicolas

Recent grad launches marketplace to benefit UMBC students

Andrew Mavronicolas is a recent graduate with a degree in Information Systems, and was a member of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor program.  As part of one of his classes, Mavronicolas...

Posted: August 21, 2014, 10:40 AM

What do you do with your old books...Backpack 'Em, of course

New online marketplace available for UMBC Students only!

What do I do with last semester’s books I don’t need anymore? Sell them online? Deal with shipping and fees? Nah, I’ll Backpack ‘Em! You may remember Textbook Swapper from the Cangialosi Business...

Posted: August 9, 2014, 6:23 PM

Mojoe needs your help!

Aiming to raise 50K to revolutionize coffee by 8/28

As many of you saw in a news update a few weeks prior, Mojoe, made up of a team of UMBC engineers and 'makers', launched their crowd funding campaign.  The initial contributions we're fantastic...

Posted: August 4, 2014, 2:31 PM

Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Kyran Richardson

Insource: Revolutionizing teamwork among university students

For those of you that don't know Kyran Richardson, he is a recent UMBC graduate, who majored in Financial Economics. I had the pleasure of having a few entrepreneurial classes with him, and he has...

Posted: July 25, 2014, 2:00 PM

Mojoe, coffee when you want it!

Help UMBC Entrepreneurs fund their caffinated innovation

I am a huge coffee addict, and a bit of a coffee snob. Caffeine addiction is a pretty common occurrence among entrepreneurs, especially in the start up phase of a business concept. I know its...

Posted: July 11, 2014, 11:30 PM

Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Ethan Steininger

Student CEO changing the health field & gets noticed for it

In addition to being one of the winners of the first annual CBIC Competition, a senior with majors in Health & Public Policy and Information Systems, Ethan Steininger, Compared Care CEO, has...

Posted: July 10, 2014, 10:20 AM

Networking Tips For College Students

Tips that will make you stand out this summer!

Article Published: JUN. 5, 2013 By PORTER GALE @ Thought Catalog When I was in college, my world was small. I wanted to breakout, but I had an overwhelming fear of meeting new people and...

Posted: May 12, 2014, 4:30 PM

Novel Ideas Find Success at Inaugural CBIC

Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition Winners Announced

On Thursday, April 24th, a full house of supporters turned out for the inaugural Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC). Coordinated by UMBC’s Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship,...

Posted: April 28, 2014, 5:15 PM

Learn computer vision in a single weekend

Author: UMBC Doctoral Candidate & Serial Entrepreneur

What to expect in this book? If you are interested in computer vision and image processing, but don't know where to start? Adrian's new book is your guaranteed quick start guide to learning the...

Posted: April 17, 2014, 4:31 PM