15 Key Questions Venture Capitalists Will Ask Before Investing in Your Startup | AllBusiness.com

If your company is ready to pursue VC funding in order to grow, be sure you understand the kinds of questions investors will ask and have strong responses prepared. @hotdesksMD #innovation #investor
SBIR Road Tour | What is SBIR Tour | College Park, MD Stop Sept 20
The SBIR Road Tour is a national outreach effort to convey the non-dilutive technology funding opportunity provided through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
How Leaders Are Navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution – See Latest Report

Industry 4.0 holds the promise of a new era of globalization. Yet while our latest survey identifies companies successfully implementing Industry 4.0 technologies, many senior executives remain less prepared than they think they are. @hotdesksMD #innovation #technology
5 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Travel to Improve Their Business

Business travel can be one of the most fruitful ways to amp yourself and your business. #coworking #entrepreneurship @hotDesksMD
Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Actions To Find The Perfect Angel For Your Startup

Fundraising is brutal. Actually, according to Paul Graham of Y-Combinator fame, “Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want.” More startups may fail for that reason, but a close second is the difficulty of raising money.
If You Engage in Tech Transfer – You May Want This!

Federal Technology Transfer Legislation and Policy, more commonly known as “The Green Book,” provides the principal statutory and executive branch policies that constitute the framework of the federal technology transfer (T2) program.
Startup Networking Happy Hour | by Vim & Co. – April 4
Join us for our spring startup happy hour! We’ll be at Level in Annapolis for some good times, drinks and amazing networking with the region’s top entrepreneurs, innovators and investors. We will be at the upstairs bar.
The 5 most — and 5 least — innovative states

The U.S. is projected to spend more than half a trillion dollars on scientific research and development this year, but the wealth isn’t spread evenly. Here’s a look at the top and bottom five states in WalletHub’s ranking of innovation in America.
4 Lessons That Most Successful Entrepreneurs Had to Learn the Hard Way

To help mitigate the impact of those speed bumps, here are four lessons that most successful entrepreneurs have learned the hard way, but maybe you don’t have to.
7 Crazy Tech Trends That Will Define the Future

Artificial treesOne of the many reasons deforestation is bad: Trees naturally scrub atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Scientists at Columbia University are developing plastic trees that can pull CO2 from the air–and so far, they do so 1,000 times more effectively than real ones.