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DINGMAN IN THE
NEWS -- smith business close-up
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Smith
Business
Close-Up is
co-produced by
the Robert H.
Smith School of
Business and
Maryland Public
Television.
The television
segment focuses
on the latest
thinking in
business
management, and
features
in-depth
interviews with
Smith School
faculty and
other members of
the school's
community of
business
leaders.
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 Watch
or
tape
Dingman
Center
for
Entrepreneurship
Managing
Director
Asher
Epstein
on
Sunday,
February
15
at
11:00
a.m.
 Successful
Entrepreneurs:
What
you
need
to
know
to
become
one
More
people
than
ever
are
starting
their
own
businesses.
Nearly
400,000
companies
were
established
in
2003,
35%
more
than
in
2002.
The
bad
news
is
statistics
also
show
that
many
businesses
are
failing.
What
types
of
people
are
willing
to
go
out
on a
limb
and
start
a
business?
What
are
the
risks
of
entrepreneurship,
and
what
resources
are
available
for
people
hoping
to
venture
out
on
their
own.
Tune
in
to
find
out
how
the
Dingman
Center
for
Entrepreneurship
can
help
you
turn
your
idea
into
a
profitable
business.
Joining
us
for
this
edition
of
Smith
Business
Close-Up
is
Asher
Epstein,
Managing
Director
of
the
Dingman
Center
for
Entrepreneurship
at
the
Smith
School.
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Where to watch
Smith
Business
Close-Up can
be seen
bi-weekly on
Maryland Public
Television's
Business
Connection. The
program airs at
7:30 p.m. on
Thursdays and is
repeated the
following Friday
at 4:30 a.m. and
Sunday at 11:00
a.m. on public
television
stations
throughout
Maryland and the
Washington,
D.C.,
metropolitan
region,
including:
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WMPB-TV (Ch.
67),
Baltimore
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WMPT-TV (Ch.
22), DC
metro/Annapolis
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WCPB-TV (Ch.
28),
Salisbury
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WFPT-TV (Ch.
62),
Frederick
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WWPB-TV (Ch.
31),
Hagerstown
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WGPT-TV (Ch.
36), Oakland
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UPCOMING EVENTS Back-2-Basics, on
Thursday, February 10, from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. in
1314 Van Munching Hall. Smith Professors Bob
Baum, Hugh Courtney and Alex Triantis will talk about
Making Decisions with Imperfect Information. RSVP
to Carol Cron at
ccron@rhsmith.umd.edu . NMGF Speaker Event,
Tuesday, February 22, from 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. in the
Executive Dining Room, 2517 Van Munching Hall.
Professor Mark Grovic's invited guest will be Tony Otten,
who will talk to Grovic's class and other guests about
leveraged buyouts. RSVP to Carol Cron at
ccron@rhsmith.umd.edu . |
