Aspiring entrepreneurs got advice from their more seasoned counterparts as part of the Dingman Center’s Jumpstart program. Jumpstart is an intensive 5-day bootcamp where teams of University of Maryland students and alumni take a deep dive into building and refining their business model. The week features hands-on workshops and interactive advising sessions led by successful entrepreneurs, business executives, faculty and investors.

Smith’s Office of Global Initiatives hosted 75 Chinese MBA students from Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management in Beijing – one of China’s premiere business schools – for two weeks last month in College Park. The students, most of whom had never been to the United States, traveled to Maryland to experience business education in an American setting. The two groups were on campus from July 7 to 19 and attended special courses with Smith faculty Rosallina Ferraro, Xiaohui Gao, Brent Goldfarb, Mary Harms, Sunil Mithas, Janet Wagner, Liu Yang and Jie Zhang.

The Smith School is committed to offering entrepreneurship courses and weaving innovative thinking throughout the curriculum for all students. Case in point: “REAL660,” (#Real660), an MBA course that has students creating and running real businesses in a seven-week class. You can watch the drama unfold in a multi-part video series we’ll feature here for the next five weeks as part of our Innovation Fridays coverage.

REAL660: Getting schooled in entrepreneurship Webisode 4 The Smith School is committed to offering entrepreneurship courses and weaving innovative thinking throughout the curriculum for all students. Case in point: “REAL660,” (#Real660), an MBA course that has students creating and running real businesses in a seven-week class. You can watch the drama unfold in a multi-part video series we’ll feature here for the next five weeks as part of our Innovation Fridays coverage.

Elana Fine, managing director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, is recognized as a “Tech Titan” in the May 2013 issue of Washingtonian magazine.

REAL660: Getting schooled in entrepreneurship Webisode 3 The Smith School is committed to offering entrepreneurship courses and weaving innovative thinking throughout the curriculum for all students. Case in point: “REAL660,” (#Real660), an MBA course that has students creating and running real businesses in a seven-week class. You can watch the drama unfold in a multi-part video series we’ll feature here for the next five weeks as part of our Innovation Fridays coverage.

The Smith School is committed to offering entrepreneurship courses and weaving innovative thinking throughout the curriculum for all students. Case in point: “REAL660,” (#Real660), an MBA course that has students creating and running real businesses in a seven-week class. You can watch the drama unfold in a multi-part video series we’ll feature here for the next five weeks as part of our Innovation Fridays coverage.

REAL660: Getting schooled in entrepreneurship Webisode 1 -- Do you have what it takes? The Smith School is committed to offering entrepreneurship courses and weaving innovative thinking throughout the curriculum for all students. Case in point: “REAL660,” (#Real660), an MBA course that has students creating and running real businesses in a seven-week class. You can watch the drama unfold in a multi-part video series we’ll feature here for the next five weeks as part of our Innovation Fridays coverage.

Imagine standing in front of group of people telling them about your awesome new idea. An idea for a business. But it’s not just a business idea. It’s an innovative new product. It’s a much-needed service. It’s your blood, sweat and tears. It’s all you’ve been working on for months on end. It’s your future. It’s your dream. Now imagine this group is an audience. A big audience. An audience made up of your friends, family, peers, professors and complete strangers.