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March 14, 2017
Fearless Idea 14: Reduce the Cost of Debt

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Public companies — owned by shareholders with stock — have the advantage of being able to easily tap into financial markets when they need money, either by selling more equity as stock or often by issuing portions of their debt as bonds.

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March 14, 2017
Federal Workers, Spouses Get Tuition Discount at UMD Smith School

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 14, 2017) — Federal employees and their spouses will receive a 30 percent tuition discount when they qualify for select graduate programs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business through a new agreement with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

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March 13, 2017
Head of Quevera Meets with Smith Business Academy Undergrads

On Thursday, March 9, 2017, the Smith Business Academy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 13, 2017
Fearless Idea 13: Play the Underdog Card

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Brands like Nantucket Nectars, Ben & Jerry's, Toms Shoes, Burt's Bees and Lifeway have thrived against bigger, longer-established competitors.

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March 13, 2017
Women Executives to Speak at UMD’s Smith School

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (March 13, 2017) — Two influential women in the finance industry will speak 6 p.m. March 27, 2017, at a women’s conference hosted by the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 12, 2017
Fearless Idea 12: Filter Social Media Bias

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Social media users post millions of “likes” and comments every year on brand pages for everything from AAA to Zyrtec. That’s a potentially rich source of information for marketers trying to gauge customer sentiment, but built-in biases create challenges.

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March 11, 2017
Fearless Idea 11: Learn to Share

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The car you rented as part of your auto-share club reeked of cigarette smoke and a cross-country roadtrip worth of crumbs littered the seats and floor. There was a slight and mysterious stickiness on the gear shift.

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March 10, 2017
‘Pitch Dingman’ Winner Helps Fix Credit Scores

Curu, a website and mobile application that assesses spending habits and offers ways to optimize the user’s credit score, won the Pitch Dingman Competition on March 8, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 10, 2017
Fearless Idea 10: Be a Savvy Bidder

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — With lenient return policies common, about 9 percent of purchases at brick-and-mortar stores are returned and 25 percent to 30 percent of online orders are sent back yearly in the United States. Where do these items end up?

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March 10, 2017
Robert Kashan ’76 Receives Leadership for Better Business Award at Social Enterprise Symposium

The Center for Social Value Creation at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business introduced its first “Leadership for Better Business Award” at the annual Social Enterprise Symposium on Friday, March 3, 2017. The award was created to recognize individuals who embody business principles that advance economic, social and environmental prosperity.

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