November 8-13 is Global Entrepreneurship Week!

Attention Retrievers!

Next week is Global Entrepreneurship Week, and the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship has gathered events about different topics in entrepreneurship that would be beneficial to our students!  See each event and its description below, and note the times they are taking place. 

Monday, November 8th:

UMBC Entrepreneurs Panel- Pulling Back the Curtain of the Music Industry 12p- 1p 

The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship has teamed up with the Career Center, Alumni Relations and the Department of Music to put together an awesome panel of alumni speakers just for you!  Chrsitina Barkto ‘16, Dan Kreis ’82. Christine Osazuwa ‘11 and Bruce Tyler will be our featured speakers, joining us from all around the world!  This will be a rare opportunity to get an inside glimpse of what it takes to enter and work in the music industry.

Please join us for this Speaker Series virtually November 8from 12pm- 1pm.  We won’t have anything like it again! Join us through the link below!

https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m78e3f58d2f6b49a525a28252de836e82  

Tuesday, November 9th:

STEM Panel for Entrepreneurs 

This virtual panel is based out of Charlotte, NC, and will feature five different entrepreneurs from the field of STEM.  It will take place at 12pm Eastern on Tuesday, November 9th.  Join to learn more about start-ups in STEM!

https://www.genglobal.org/node/104753 

Wednesday, November 10th:

Generating Revenue as a Small Business 

This innovative talk will be about how small businesses can generate revenue.  It is virtual and based out of Fort Worth, Texas.  It will take place at 5pm Eastern, 4pm Central time.  

https://www.genglobal.org/too-taboo-talk-about-revenue

Thursday, November 11th:

Idea Competition Finale

The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship hosts the annual UMBC Idea Competition.  This year eight ideas have been selected for the finals, and they will present November 11th at 7pm, via Webex.  After their live pitches are complete, a panel of judges will hold a separate meeting to select the winners.  You’re not going to want to miss this!  Join us through the link below: 

https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mc03a37a1edeb6da49e1537cd3ff1b918 

Friday, November 12th: 

Creating a Nonprofit

This event will discuss what it takes to start a nonprofit organization. Stacey Vanek Smith, host of The Indicator from NPR’s Planet Money, will be the keynote speaker. This webinar is based out of Hudson, and will take place at 3pm Eastern. 

https://www.genglobal.org/node/104461