Students across campus will soon have a chance to join millions of other young people all over the world in a quest for new ideas and new venture creation!
It will all happen Nov. 17-23 with a university-wide celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week from the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH), a unit of the A. James Clark School of Engineering , and the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. The two are combining their considerable strengths as part of UM-Net, the university's resources supporting campus entrepreneurship, to offer a variety of speakers, programs and activities designed to spark the imagination and fan the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Highlights will include:
Nov. 17: Catch a rising star. Business Idol competition at the Smith School. Try out your business idea in front of a panel of judges including Marc Katz, founder and president of Customink.com.
Nov. 18: Get it in writing. Provisional Patent Writing Workshop. This workshop will be led by Patty Campbell, law school associate professor and director, Maryland Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center, followed by lunch with Kären Olson, CEO, BioMarker Strategies and a Dingman Center entrepreneur-in-residence
Nov. 19: Sample Terp wares. Terps Holiday Bazaar will be held in Van Munching Hall. Student entrepreneurs from across the campus will sell their merchandise just in time for the holidays.
Nov. 20: Be inspired. Lecture from Phil Gross, first CFO of AOL.
Nov. 21: Ninth Annual University of Maryland Business Plan Competition Kick-off with lunch presenter Adil Wali of Rich Apps Consulting.
Look for more information about the University of Maryland’s celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week to come soon, or contact the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a global initiative founded by the Kauffman Foundation in the United States and Make Your Mark in the United Kingdom, that will encourage participants to pursue entrepreneurial thinking and opportunities through activities supported by entrepreneurs, government officials, non-profit leaders and educators.
More information about Global Entrepreneurship Week: http://unleashingideas.org.
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About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master’s, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.