Businesswomen need to speak up and ask for more, two experts from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business said June 20, 2015, at the Forté MBA Women’s Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. “It only takes two seconds to ask,” said Elana Fine, director of the Smith School’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. “Sometimes people are so scared that the answer is ‘no,’ but really the worst thing that can happen is the answer is ‘no.’”

Anil Gupta, Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, is nominated for Thinkers50, the world's 50 most influential living management thinkers.  Vote for him now at www.thinkers50.com. 

University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management Host 9th Annual Event 

Every two years, Washingtonian magazine identifies the “most influential and exciting people” in the D.C. region’s technology scene. Elana Fine stands out in this crowd. 

Thirteen student-run companies in the Spring 2015 Hatch Cohort of the Fearless Founders program have been awarded a total of $11,000 in funding to continue working on their businesses this summer.

One of the most remarkable features of the Dingman Center of Entrepreneurship is our extraordinary community of entrepreneurs. From Entrepreneurs in Residence, to angel investors and our student entrepreneurs, it is the people who engage with the Dingman Center that keeps its entrepreneurial spirit thriving.

Let’s start at the very beginning On April 22, 2015, a crowd of nearly 1,000 descended on the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center for the 10th annual Cupid’s Cup, chaired by Under Armour Founder and CEO Kevin Plank ’96 and hosted by Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. It’s a very good place to start(up) Attendees had the chance to talk to student and UMD alumni entrepreneurs at the Startup Showcase and test products before the main event.

Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, a 1980 MBA graduate from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, announced her bid today to become the first woman president of the United States.

The easy-to-use app allows students to search for and identify available scholarships based on individual preferences and key criteria

Couldn't make it to watch Cupid's Cup in person today? A live stream will be made available at the start of the competition, targeted for 6 p.m. (EDT). Live Stream: http://cupidscup.umd.edu  Join the conversation on social media at #CupidCup