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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S. it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Maryland was the first U.S. economy in general—U.S.

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Winning Contests Helps Startup Beyond the Launch | Univ of Maryland | MIT Enterprise Forum

Campus Entrepreneurship

From Entrepreneur Magazine: In 2006, I got into ACTiVATE, a women’s entrepreneurship training program offered through the University of Maryland. They told us about a business plan competition in the state of Maryland for women-owned companies. In March 2007, I won first prize: a check for $10,000.

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6 Ways User Interface and User Experience Design Can Help Your Business

crowdSPRING Blog

Another study from Harvard and the Universities of Maryland and Colorado found similar results: the more visually complex a website was, the lower its visual appeal. Engage with crowdSPRING’s community of over 200,000 designers who can work with you to move your company’s design to the next level for as little as $299.

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Lean startup tools for Rails apps

www.subelsky.com

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. Ahlberg founded Spotfire (acquired by Tibco) based on his research on information visualization at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Ben Shneiderman.

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The Early, Carnegie Mellon Days of College Prowler

Campus Entrepreneurship

Just searching through my data base of student entrepreneurs and came across CollegeProwler.com, a firm started 10 years ago when Californian Luke Skurman was a Junior at Carnegie Mellon and thought about the problem of choosing colleges when schools are dispersed geographically and guarded in their public communications. The result?

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Virtual worlds – then, now and next

VC Cafe

The first virtual worlds were simple chat rooms & communities. The first major economic transactions in virtual worlds started around 2007 when the City of Amsterdam inside Second Life was sold for $50,000 or when someone bought a unique elf on World of Warcraft for $9,500. Virtual worlds aren’t new. Virtual worlds and commerce.

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