Dingman-Lamone Center News

July 20, 2016
Finding Your First Customers

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Startup founders looking for customers eventually run out of friends and relatives.

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June 22, 2016
Why Tesla's SolarCity Bid Will Fail

Smith Brain Trust — Electric car maker Tesla Motors describes its bid to acquire full-service solar power systems provider SolarCity as a move destined to create the “world’s

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June 8, 2016
Parking Innovations and the Next Big Idea

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach provided a suitable venue for the National Parking Association’s most recent convention for at least two reasons.

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June 2, 2016
Venture Capital: It's Not for Every Startup

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Venture capitalists are stars in Silicon Valley, picking and choosing among potential tech giants and riding startups to riches (if they're lucky). But venture

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May 17, 2016
Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference Uncovers Whether Accelerators Really Accelerate

In late April, the Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference (SERC), an annual conference designed to highlight important entrepreneurship-focused research papers.

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May 11, 2016
Dingman Center Namesake Presents “Rudy Awards”

Michael D. Dingman, benefactor and namesake of the Dingman Center of Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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May 11, 2016
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Launches Startup Podcast

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has launched a startup podcast called Bootstrapped. The podcast features founders, investors and serial entrepreneurs from the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia startup scene.

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April 27, 2016
'Brain Belts' and the Revenge of the Nerds

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Economist and former World

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April 26, 2016
The Dingman Center to Celebrate 30th Anniversary at 2nd Annual Rudy Awards

On May 5, 2016, the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

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April 25, 2016
Eight Startups Accepted to Dingman Center’s Terp Startup Program

Last year, the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship launched the third and final phase of its Fearless Founders startup accelerator program, Terp Startup. Happening every summer, this incubator phase is designed to give students a means to focus exclusively on growing their startup.

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