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Why I left Wall Street to figure it out.

Austin Startup

He thought his family in Maryland could use it to know what’s going within Ethiopian circles there. So I have embraced it fully, and though we are still in the early stages (seed stage), it’s the hardest thing I have ever done yet it’s the most fulfilling thing to me. legal fees in the early stages.

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Business Startup Funding: How Even the "Sweatiest Guy" Raised Tons of Funding

Growthink Blog

Kevin was a football player at the University of Maryland. And finally, with alternative and creative funding, which is often a great option for early stage companies, you may not have to give up either equity or agree to future debt payments. His name is Kevin Plank. And he was born on August 13, 1972.

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic — Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

Today he is the founder of M34 Capital , a seed capital fund that focuses on early-stage projects being spun out of academic and corporate research labs. Listen to my entire interview with Errol: If you can’t hear the clip, click here. The Origins of National Science Foundation I-Corps.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Mr. Ahlberg earned his doctorate from Chalmers University of Technology and has worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland.

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11 Brilliant Businesswomen Who Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

YoungUpstarts

In 1775, she became the first woman to have a paper published under her name and would serve as the chief editor for the Maryland Journal in the early stages of the American Revolution. Goddard wasn’t just printing papers, however.