Startup Professionals Musings: 7 New Venture Scenarios That Rarely Attract Investors
This is a valuable read for the first time entrepreneur to better understand what they are facing with regard to investors.
C-Suite Summit – Presented by MAVA
The Closed Door Program Exclusively for Leadership Teams of Growth Enterprises The C-Suite Summit is designed to address the most important business issues confronting today’s growth enterprises and leadership teams. MAVA’s marquee C-Suite Summit focuses on the unique opportunities and challenges faced by leaders of highly performing growth companies.
FounderTrac Demo Day
Register now for the FounderTrac Demo Day and join the other investors, judges, partners, collaborators, sherpas, mentors and entrepreneurs as they gather to watch the cohort exhibit and pitch their businesses.
The world’s $80 trillion economy – in one chart

This Voronai diagram shows 10 major economies making up a whopping two-thirds of global GDP.
SED TALKS Shore Economic Development Oct 26

Join fellow Eastern Shore business leaders, entrepreneurs, influencers, and innovators for the inaugural SED Talks Conference.
Register for 2018 FLC Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
For a very modest cost ($30), a small business or entrepreneur can get exposure to up to a hundred laboratory professionals in one place at one time. Also, while they last, they can get a display table to promote their work at no cost.
SCORE Mid-Shore Autumn 2018 Workshops
SCORE Mid-Shore has valuable workshops during Autumn 2018 on management, Quickbooks, marketing, and financing.
Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Story Attributes Will Highlight Your Business Pitch
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Beware the AI delusion

In the age of AI and big data, the real danger isn’t that computers are smarter than us. It’s that we think they are.
Microsoft just made 60,000 of its patents open source

In a move that might surprise a few people, Microsoft announced that it is joining (OIN) – and making its entire portfolio of 60,000 patents open-source.