The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship will host Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m. in the Hoff Theater, Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland. Hsieh will discuss his new book, “Delivering Happiness,” which shows how using happiness as a framework can produce profits, passion and purpose both in business and in life.

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship began its year-long 25th anniversary celebration on September 21, 2010 with a day of festivities concluded by a keynote address from University of Maryland alumnus Michael Dingman, the entrepreneur-philanthropist whose gift helped transform the center into a world-class entrepreneurial institute with a worldwide reach.

On Sept. 21, 2010, from noon until 4 p.m., theDingman Center for Entrepreneurship will be hosting Terp Marketplace, an event that draws student entrepreneurs to the Robert H. Smith School of Business in Van Munching Hall to sell their wares and promote their businesses. Last year’s marketplace was a huge success, with students selling products ranging including business card holders, scarves, purses, and jewelry.

When senior accounting major Greg Waldstreicher enteredEntrepreneur Magazine’s College Entrepreneur of 2010 contest at the suggestion of a University of Maryland alum, he didn’t tell his family or friends. Other than his business partner Gideon Platt, a senior at NYU, he didn’t share his decision to enter with anyone, because the chances of becoming a finalist seemed slim.

Per capita, Israel is one of the most prolific places in the world for technology development, and ripe for new business growth. The University of Maryland is embarking on a new partnership with the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – to harness these technological innovations and create new businesses that will ultimately drive economic development both in Israel and in the state of Maryland.

College Park, Md. – May 10, 2010 – Social Growth Technologies, an online digital payment company, took home $15,000 as the top winner at the fifth annual Cupid’s Cup business competition, hosted on May 7 by the University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

On Wed., March 10, the Smith School and the Maryland Undergraduate Society of Entrepreneurs will host a "Marketplace" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Van Munching Hall's Pownall Grand Atrium. The event showcases student-run businesses and Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship portfolio companies that will make their various products available for purchase to the general university population.

Students at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, are getting first-hand experience in becoming entrepreneurs by working and running the Smith Store. Kevin Kirk, a junior supply chain and finance major at the Smith School, said working for the Smith Store is great because “you get to really learn how the run a business. It’s really cool to learn, but isn’t without bumps.” Located on the first floor of Van Munching Hall in room 1409, the student-run Smith Store sells Smith School apparel and other Smith brand goods.

Washington, D.C. and Baltimore were both recently named among the top 10 best cities to launch a business (No. 6 and No. 10, respectively) by Fortune Small Business magazine and the Kauffman Foundation. With the Baltimore-Washington region so ripe for startups, it’s no wonder the state of Maryland is supporting technology transfer initiatives to get commercialize research innovations discovered at universities and federal laboratories.

Broadcast Dates:Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, 7:30 a.m.Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, 4:30 a.m. Technology Transfer