Dingman-Lamone Center News

March 25, 2015
Five Startups Named to Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Summer Incubator

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship has announced five students who have been selected for its summer incubator, Terp Startup. Terp Startup is the third and final stage of Fearless Founders, an experiential program that provides student teams the strategy, frameworks and tools necessary to develop their business ideas using lean startup methodology.

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March 23, 2015
Finalists and Judges Announced for 10th Annual Cupid's Cup

Baltimore, MD (March 23, 2015) — Today Under Armour Founder and CEO Kevin Plank and the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 23, 2015
417 App Studios Wins Pitch Dingman

"Teaching entrepreneurship gives students the confidence to pitch their ideas, the tools to bring those ideas to market and the inspiration to start over and do it again,” says Elana Fine, managing director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 2, 2015
Classrooms Without Walls

Entrepreneurship students go into the woods to test their prototypes in a new course designed by Professor Oliver Schlake at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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February 24, 2015
Cupid’s Cup Competition Names Twelve Semi-finalists to Compete at Under Armour Global Headquarters
Five Finalists will Advance and Pitch Judges for $115,000 in Total Prizes 

College Park, MD – February 24, 2015 – Twelve startups have been selected from nearly 200 worldwide entries to advance to the semifinal round in the Tenth Annual Cupid’s Cup Business Competition, prese

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February 2, 2015
Dingman Center Expands Mentor Network to Include Attorneys as Legal Advisors

The Dingman Center has added to its roster of mentors and advisors by bringing on six attorneys to serve as Dingman Legal Advisors. Beginning Friday, February 6, Dingman Legal Advisors will be available on alternating Fridays to provide free legal advice to student entrepreneurs.

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January 22, 2015
UMD Alumni Entrepreneurs Get a “Jumpstart” from Dingman Center

Would you (or someone you know) buy customizable fashion jewelry? It’s a question entrepreneur Seble Alemayehu, MBA ’12, hopes to figure out by the end of her eight weeks participating in a new program at the University of Maryland.

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January 13, 2015
Smith Business Close-Up: Going Global With Entrepreneurship

Thursday, November 13, 2014, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, November 16, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

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January 13, 2015
Smith Business Close-Up: Inspiring Innovation

Thursday, December 18, 2014, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, December 20, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

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December 22, 2014
Washington Post's Capital Business: 2014

December 21, 2014

Career Coach: How soon is too soon to quit?

December 6, 2014

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