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New Maryland Startup Unites Brawn and Brains on the Football Field

The Startup Magazine

A new Maryland-based startup, Mixed River , hopes to change that stereotype by building innovative solutions that bring mixed, virtual, and augmented reality to the football field. The fate of solutions such as those developed by Mixed River and STRIVR have yet to be determined, but the prospects are promising.

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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The University of Maryland is now integrating the Lean LaunchPad ® into standard innovation and entrepreneurship courses across all 12 colleges within the University. We didn’t know it at the time, but with that investment we had paid for front-row VIP seats to witness the origins of Customer Development and the Lean Startup.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

One social enterprise that embodies this model is InStove, an organization that sustainably makes the world’s most efficient stove, for use primarily in developing nations where fossil fuels and electricity are scarce, and walking long distances to gather wood can be dangerous. Maryland was the first U.S. Here in the U.S.

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The Tech Mentorship Gap: How Code2040 Is Solving. What You Can Do. And How LinkedIn Can Help

Hunter Walker

Even if you’re just starting out in your career, there’s an opportunity to develop a ‘pay it forward’ mentality. Most anyone successful in technology has benefited from those who came before them – whether it’s indirect such as opensource code or more specific, like the guidance of a CS professor.

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Creating A Healthcare Startup – A Basic Guide

YoungUpstarts

But, those who think that they can overcome these issues can go on to build a successful startup like Maryland Addiction Recovery Center. Zachary Snitzer is the director of business development at Maryland Addiction Recovery Center. Today, he is the executive director at MARC. Understand the Highly Competitive Market.

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Entrepreneur Builds on Technology Platform to Power the Barbershop Industry

Hearpreneur

I got a job as a software developer at Wells Fargo, and a few months later moved to Charlotte, NC. Now these are problems that have persisted throughout the industry over the years, but now that I had developed the technical skills necessary I saw an opportunity to bring change to an antiquated industry.

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VentureBoard Helps Universities Help Startups

YoungUpstarts

That’s what happened when University of Maryland undergraduates information systems and marketing double major Scott Block and Avi Eisenberger, and computer science major Justin Searles, got together to discuss the challenges of student entrepreneurship.

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