Learn to Code in a Weekend
The Learn to Code workshop will take you through all the steps to make your own site. You’ll learn skills that employers value such as HTML, CSS, JavaScriptand Git. You’ll learn to use tools such as the command line, a text editor, and the web inspector to modify or build your own website.
3 reasons to foster student entrepreneurship in Maryland
Innov8MD co-organizer Pava LaPere shares why she wants to support more student startups at Maryland universities. Source: 3 reasons to foster student entrepreneurship in Maryland – Technical.ly Baltimore
Y Combinator is changing up the way it invests
To keep up with the growing sizes of early-stage funding rounds, Y Combinator announced this morning that it will increase the size of its investments to $150,000 for 7 percent equity starting with its winter 2019 batch. Based in Mountain View, Calif., YC funds and mentors hundreds of startups per year through its 12-week program that […]
hotDesks #5 Among Largest Incubators, Accelerators and Coworking Spaces in Maryland
Largest Incubators, Accelerators and Coworking spaces in Maryland Source: Largest Incubators, Accelerators and Coworking spaces in Maryland – Baltimore Business Journal
Is Your Start-up’s Business Plan Worth $10,000?
AUTM and the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) have partnered to produce Pitch and Play – AUTM Venture Challenge session at the 2019 Annual Meeting. The business plan competition allows academic-affiliated start-up companies to pitch their business opportunities to a panel of seasoned venture investors in pursuit of a $10,000 cash prize. The event gives entrepreneurs […]
Webinar on the Maryland Cybersecurity Investment Incentive Tax Credit Oct 31
Learn how investors may earn between (for example) $82,500-$125,000 investing $250,000 in a Qualified Maryland Cyber Security Company – lowering their cost of investment in a Maryland cyber company (maximum credit of $250,000 in a fiscal year). If you’re a Maryland company seeking capital, learn how this tax credit may attract more investors and potentially […]
A Three-Step Marketing Approach To Launching And Growing A Business Without Capital
Create a blue ocean market by finding a problem in an industry that you understand and offering a solution that can solve that problem. Source: A Three-Step Marketing Approach To Launching And Growing A Business Without Capital
Apply — Accelerate Baltimore
6 Startups + Up to $125,000 in Funding + 13 weeks of Programming + Mentorship Applications Close: December 10th, 2018 Cohort Announced: January 2019 Program Begins: January 14th, 2019 Demo Day: April 2019 Source: Apply — Accelerate Baltimore
Five Reasons Venture Capitalists Are Becoming Fans Of Equity Crowd Funding
Equity crowd-funding is becoming a tool for startups and their venture-capital investors, who see it as a way to create a corps of brand ambassadors. As the sector matures, it’s opening up startup investing to people who previously had no chance to buy a pre-IPO company.
Survey Shows Founders Ignored by VCs Are Succeeding With Equity Crowdfunding
Women and people of color seldom win the backing of venture capitalists, but they have a promising alternative with equity crowdfunding.
