Dingman-Lamone Center News

November 8, 2013
Innovation Fridays: Being “Intrapreneurial”

How to increase innovation in any organization

Entrepreneurship goes beyond starting and running new businesses. All organizations need people who think like entrepreneurs to innovate, move forward and stay ahead.

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November 6, 2013
Under Armour Founder & CEO Partners with UMD & Smith School to Empower Entrepreneurs of the Future in Nationwide Competition

College Park, Md. – November 6, 2013 – Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Cupid’s Cup Business Competition, presented by Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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November 1, 2013
Innovation Fridays: Entrepreneurship Outlook

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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October 16, 2013
Innovation Fridays: Dingman Center Angels Among Nation’s ‘Most Active’ in Q2

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship in the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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October 11, 2013
Innovation Fridays: LetsMoveDown

Avid sports fans Derek Shewmon, MBA ’09, and Federico Campbell, MBA ’09, had often found themselves watching games from the “nosebleed section,” and wondering why so many great seats remained empty throughout the game. They were classmates in Smith’s part-time MBA program in Washington in 2009 when that simple observation turned into a business idea.

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October 4, 2013
Innovation Fridays: Apply Now for 2014 Cupid’s Cup

Kevin Plank '96, founder and CEO of Under Armour, is looking for the nation's most passionate student entrepreneurs. Do you have what it takes?

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September 20, 2013
Innovation Fridays: UMD Top-Ranked For Entrepreneurship

The University of Maryland has once again made The Princeton Review's list of the country's top entrepreneurship programs. In the 2014 list of the "Top 50 Schools For Entrepreneurship Programs," published in Entrepreneur magazine, UMD ranks No.

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September 20, 2013
Innovation Fridays: Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Rajshree Agarwal, academic director at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and the Rudy Lamone Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, talks about the rationale behind teaching entrepreneurship and innovation at a university. 

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September 13, 2013
Innovation Fridays: MBAs Start With Startups

The 2013 Smith Marketplace challenged MBAs to create and operate a business in their very first week on campus as part of orientation. They worked in teams of five and had $150 to get their business off the ground.

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September 6, 2013
TS/UM Social Innovation Challenge Announced

Broadcaster Tavis Smiley, in partnership with the University of Maryland, will launch a $75,000 TS/UM Social Innovation Challenge to help address some of society’s most pressing issues in three key areas: hunger, education, and sustainability.

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