College Park, Md. – September 8, 2011 – The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has renamed the Capital Access Network, its prominent angel investor network, to the Dingman Center Angels.  The group is one of the most active in the Washington-Baltimore region and continues to fuel startups, in the past year alone increasing membership by more than 30 percent and investing in six seed stage companies.

Recent alumni of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Christos Marafatsos and Kosta Dionisopoulous launchedDelta Produce in 2009 with a strategic detailed approach to penetrate and innovate in the perishable food industry – a sector valued at over $2 billion in the Washington, D.C., metro area alone. Delta Produce was selected byBusinessWeek as one of 25 promising companies started by young entrepreneurs under 25. They need our help to win this contest. Voting ends Oct. 20.

Frank Islam, a Washington, D.C., entrepreneur, spoke at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on April 27, 2011 about his book with co-authors George Muoz and Ed Crego, “Renewing the American Dream: A Citizens Guide for Restoring our Competitive Advantage.”

College Park, Md. – April 4, 2011 – Twin brothers and university seniors Eric and Adam VanWagner, founders of MyFridgeRental.com, took home $15,000 as the top winners at the sixth annual Cupid’s Cup business competition, April 1.

Yellow Dingman Dollars filled the cups and bins on eager entrepreneurs’ tables at the 4th Annual BB&T Invitational on April 1. Resembling the brightly colored currency used in Monopoly, each yellow piece of paper counted as a vote for an attendee’s favorite start-up to be tallied up and awarded at the6th Annual Cupid’s Cup competition later that afternoon.

Five successful University of Maryland alumni joined on February 24, 2011 at the Robert H. Smith School of Business to impart secrets of success to aspiring student entrepreneurs at an event co-sponsored by the school’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and Office of Career Services. The panelists included:

College Park, Md. – February 14, 2011 – The University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the five finalists for this year’s Cupid’s Cup business competition. The sixth annual competition will be held April 1 at the university’s Adele H. Stamp Student Union and is sponsored and judged by alumnus Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of sports apparel maker Under Armour.

College Park, Md. – February 14, 2011 – The University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the five finalists for this year’s Cupid’s Cup business competition. The sixth annual competition will be held April 1 at the university’s Adele H.

Apply to compete in the 2012 Cupid's Cup Business Competition by February 19, 2012. MyFridgeRental.com Wins 2011 Cupid’s Cup Business Competition