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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

Maryland was the first U.S. Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., state to adopt this structure in 2010.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Ahlberg founded Spotfire (acquired by Tibco) based on his research on information visualization at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Ben Shneiderman. Mr. Ahlberg earned his doctorate from Chalmers University of Technology and has worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland. Moderator: Joseph W.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 10: Reetu Gupta and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge

Steve Blank

Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education list in 2014, Mandela Schumacher-Hodge is a former high school teacher who later served as global director of Education Entrepreneurs, a Gates Foundation initiative operated within UP Global, now Techstars. Her first startup was Tioki, known as the LinkedIn for educators. .

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Small Businesses Need To Look Into These Social Media Strategies

YoungUpstarts

Yes, it’s true that social media is global – meaning that if you send the right message, it could potentially reach a limitless audience of people all over the world. But as a small business operating in a very specific area, these are not the types of goals you should be setting for yourself.

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Virtual worlds – then, now and next

VC Cafe

In 2010 Jon Jacobs built & operated a virtual nightclub inside the game Entropia and sold it for $635,000! . The global virtual goods market is expected to grow from $38 billion in 2017 to an estimated $190 billion by 2025 (based on market research firm Adroit Market Research ). . Towards a Metaverse.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. She is the primary inventor of a modular centrifuge that operates with or without electricity. The majority of our $2.9M

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. After graduating high school, I was hired by the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS).