Dingman Center News

September 19, 2014
We Are Smith: Elana Fine ’97

Elana knows a bright idea when she sees one. Elana Fine, Dingman’s powerhouse leader and “Tech Titan,” is an invaluable resource to the startups that flock to the center. She started her career in investment banking and is now personally invested in growing student entrepreneurs and encouraging everyone to think entrepreneurially.

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September 9, 2014
Smith Business Close-Up: Patent Pledge Signals Tesla, Electric Car Industry Breakthrough

Thursday, August 7, 2014, 7:30 p.m. | Sunday, August 10, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

In June, electric car maker Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk announced the company was removing its patents in “the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.” What does a move like this mean for the electric car industry and entrepreneurship in general?

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September 3, 2014
New MBAs Battle for Customers (Video)

Teams Go from Zero to Grand Opening in Two Weeks

Orientation starts with a shock for incoming full-time MBA students looking for traditional lectures at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Instead of talking about business, orientation leaders divide students into teams and tell them to start one.

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June 25, 2014
Faculty Q&A: When More Competition Is Better
The Sanity Behind Tesla’s Giveaway of Patented Technology

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk recently shook up the auto industry with a pledge to give away the company’s electric car patents for free. Rajshree Agarwal, the Rudolph P. Lamone Chair and professor in Entrepreneurship at the Robert H.

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June 11, 2014
Wireless ISP Wins 2014 China Business Model Competition
University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management Host 9th Annual Event 

College Park, Md.

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April 22, 2014
Smith Leads Entrepreneurship Efforts: Students Get Credit for Their Startups

University of Maryland students and not just learning about entrepreneurship this semester – they are hard at work starting and growing their own businesses. And for the first time, they are also getting course credit to do so.

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April 14, 2014
Fearless Ideas Courses Inspire Innovation

The University of Maryland offers a set of “Fearless Ideas” courses through its Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (AIE), a signature initiative to infuse the university with a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across all colleges, building on the institution's excellence as

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April 10, 2014
Smith School Business Summit Addresses Innovation

On March 28, 2014, at the North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Md., students, faculty and business professionals met for the third annual Smith School Business Summit.  This year’s theme looked at innovation as an essential building block for the prosperity an

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April 7, 2014
Disease Diagnostic Group Wins Cupid's Cup

DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC GROUP WINS CUPID’S CUP NATIONAL BUSINESS COMPETITION CHAIRED BY UNDER ARMOUR FOUNDER AND CEO 

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March 28, 2014
Six Cupid’s Cup Finalists Compete for $115K, Judges Announced

INDUSTRY LEADING ENTREPRENEUERS ANNOUNCED TO JUDGE NATIONAL BUSINESS COMPETITION CHAIRED BY UNDER ARMOUR FOUNDER AND CEO

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