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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

And that’s how I started my private equity business where I acquire both online and offline assets such as lead generation websites and physical real estate. Thanks to Steve Groom, Maryland Home Buyers in Baltimore ! #6- Thanks to Daniel Javor, Next Luxury ! #4- 4- Help women navigate the menopause years. Photo Credit: Kendra Hill.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

These entrepreneurs are looking for a technical cofounder and that person who will build a prototype from their idea in exchange for equity in the business. Each of those ten people have great ideas and passion for their ventures but they are lacking a technical cofounder or the money to hire a programmer. Mykel Nahorniak: Awesome video!

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4 Student Ventures Present @ Pitch Dingman 7 Oct 2011

Campus Entrepreneurship

Four University of Maryland student firms presented at the first Pitch Dingman Event of the 2011-2012 academic year. We have seen impact and fortune created by both types of firms on the Maryland Campus and also globally. 2,750 in seed funding was available for the firms. The four teams split $2750 in prizes.

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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. When raising equity funding, you must give up equity or shares in your business. 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.

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How to Make the Perfect Startup Pitch

The Startup Magazine

million valuation ($150,000 for 10 percent equity) in 2008. Notre Dame of Maryland University’s online bachelor’s degree in business uses case studies, consulting assignments and a capstone course to give students real-world knowledge to use in their business career. Here are a few particularly noteworthy startup pitches.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. 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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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

In DC it’s George Washington University, the University of Maryland and Virginia Tech, and now Johns Hopkins… in the Bay Area, there’s Berkeley, Stanford and UCSF. … In Southern California, there’s Caltech, USC and UCLA. government accelerator that takes no equity. Errol : The group after that is in NY it’s CUNY, NYU and Columbia.