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7 Advantages For Being A Socially Responsible Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

To legally facilitate startups who want to give top priority to socially conscious solutions, thirty-five states, starting with Maryland way back in 2010, have passed legislation allowing incorporation as a Benefit Corporation (B-Corp). That’s a real competitive edge that you can use in your marketing and positioning.

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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. The DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region represents the most fertile science and technology region in the country with about $30 billion in federally-funded R&D.

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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. Understand the Highly Competitive Market. Today, he is the executive director at MARC.

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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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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After doing some market research, I realized that there was a market for the handcrafted greeting cards that I make, and in September 2019, MsCraftprincess Designs was formed. I got my start when I was young—as an eBay Powerseller—and I eventually moved on to building a thriving marketing agency. Photo Credit: Daniel Javor.

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Three Lesser-Known Ways Attorneys Can Boost Their Personal Brand

The Startup Magazine

Most attorneys know and employ standard marketing techniques and strategies to help increase awareness of their brand. The legal field is filled with professionals who need clients, and standing out among the pack requires more than reliance on the standard go-to marketing methods. Source: Pixabay. The answer is yes.

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TerrAPPins: University of Maryland Contest Seeks Student-Developed Mobile Apps

Campus Entrepreneurship

contest for students at the University of Maryland. By Priya Kumar : Last semester, University of Maryland students received academic credit for creating iPhone apps. Now any tech-savvy team of students that wants to get in on the app market can get something better: cash.