UB Hosts 4th Annual Startup Maryland Bus Stop and Rally, Sept. 29
September 8, 2015
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
Startup Maryland's "Pitch Across Maryland" bus tour will stop for a rally and business pitch session at the University of Baltimore on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. on UB's Gordon Plaza. Budding entrepreneurs from the University of Baltimore and the nearby Maryland Institute College of Art will join representatives from the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Emerging Technology Center, and other agencies and organizations for an opportunity to pitch their ideas and concepts for new businesses with several successful business leaders, who will be on the bus when it pulls up in front of the plaza on Mt. Royal Avenue between Maryland Avenue and Charles Street. The event, which celebrates entrepreneurship and brings focus to Maryland’s diverse economic opportunities and business cultures, will feature UB’s “best of the best” up and coming entrepreneurs.
NOTE: In case of rain, the event will be moved to the H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, just off the north side of Gordon Plaza.
The University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation leads the effort to bring the bus to campus to provide a real-world experience in "pitching" ideas to successful entrepreneurs. The center, located in UB's Merrick School of Business, invites winners of the University's Rise to the Challenge Pitch Competition as well as the UB Entrepreneurship Fellows to participate in the "Pitch Across Maryland" event.
"These are some of UB's 'best of the best' entrepreneurs," said Merrick Dean Murray Dalziel. "They all are ambitious and energetic, and they have great ideas and approaches that amaze those of us who have been in business for years. No matter how good you are at starting up or running a company, the 'Pitch Across Maryland' participants will amaze you. After all, our students are part of the future of our local economy and there's no better place than right here in the heart of entrepreneurial Baltimore to witness in action."
In addition to taking pitch ideas from UB and MICA students, an open mic pitch platform will be available for those who wants to receive immediate feedback about their concepts.
Learn more about StartUp Maryland.
Questions? Send a note to CEI@ubalt.edu or call John Zuknick at 410.837.4892.
The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Public Affairs and the Merrick School of Business.