Start & Grow a Venture

START

• Take an entrepreneurship or innovation course
• Visit the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Attend a "Pitch Dingman" Friday
• Participate in Spark
• Go to a hackathon like Bitcamp or Technica
• Engage in a consulting project through a class or student group
• Build something cool at one of the makerspaces across campus
• Go to an enTERPreneur meeting
• Intern for a startup
• Become a Do Good Ambassador
• Minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Join the Terrapin Innovation Network

GROW

• Apply to join the Startup Shell
• Sell your goods at the Terp Markeplace
• Participate in a pitch competition
• Apply to the Hinman CEOs program
• For social ventures, apply to become a Do Good Fellow

START

• Pick up a copy of the Faculty Startup Guide or read it online
• Attend a free entrepreneurship workshop at Startup UMD
• Meet with a Site Miner or Licensing Analyst from UM Ventures
• Attend an entrepreneurship event such as Innovate Maryland
• Apply to participate in the UMD I-Corps program
• Launch your startup at Mtech Ventures

GROW

• Set up an appointment with the Director of Faculty Startup Support
• Arrange a meeting with an Entrepreneur in Residence
• Demo your venture at the Innovate Maryland Startup Showcase
• Meet with the Dingman Center Angels Investment Manager
• Apply for funding from the Maryland Industrial Partnerships program
• Scale your venture in the Discovery District

START

• Meet with a trained business counselor at the SBDC
• Join the Terp Entrepreneur Network (TEN)
• Attend the EnTERPreneur Conference
• Listen to the Dingman Bootstrapped podcast on how other enTERPreneurs got their start
• Attend the annual Innovate Maryland event
• Stop by the Startup UMD Suite to speak with a UMD staff person

GROW

• Apply for a loan through the SBDC
• Engage a student-led consulting project through QUEST, CYC, or AMA
• Collaborate with a UMD professor on a research project
• Meet with the Investment Manger for the Dingman Center Angels and Maryland Momentum Fund
• Relocate or scale your venture in the Discovery District

START

• Meet with a trained business counselor at the SBDC
• Listen the to Dingman Bootstrapped podcast on how entrepreneurs got their start
• Attend the annual Innovate Maryland event
• Stop by the Startup UMD Suite to speak with a UMD staff person

GROW

• Apply for a loan through the SBDC
• Engage a student-led consulting project through QUEST, CYC, or AMA
• Collaborate with a UMD professor on a research project
• Meet with the Investment Manger for the Dingman Center Angels and Maryland Momentum Fund
• Relocate or scale your venture in the Discovery District