Join the Maryland Innovation Center for a summer get together! About this event The Maryland Innovation Center is excited to host a summer get together for professionals to mix and mingle and reconnect with the MIC community. Join us under the tents for food trucks, beer trucks, and a chance to check out the newly updated MIC. Registration will close on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 5 PM.

Join us for at the Social Capital for EntreSuccess (SCES) Academy to join a cohort of other entrepreneurs and business owner to learn and practice the key skill of building social capital. During this 5-week, two hour per week program, you will: - Increase social capital to take your business to the next level - Learn about business development programs, services and opportunities - Grow your revenue and profit margins through connections and resources A lack of social capital —…

  Join the Maryland Innovation Center for our pitch competition featuring entrepreneurs and start up companies in the community. $7,000 in prizes will be awarded! Spirited in atmosphere and in food and drink offerings, Pitch and Mingle is the perfect opportunity to stir up your social network, mingling with fellow attendees over light fare and libations! Come support the community's entrepreneurs, participate in the selection process, and make connections over cocktails at the MIC. So how does it work? 5…

Please join Maryland Innovation Center (MIC) CISO-In-Residence, Jason Taule for this informational program in our Executive Briefing series. This program is designed to help MIC Resident, Affiliate, and Circle company owners as well as senior leadership of regional SMBs address one of their organization’s most pressing business challenges – information protection and risk management. This session will help business owners and senior company leadership: Validate that you’re doing all you should to protect your company Learn about risks to which…

Join the MIC and The Style Jumper for a session on branding. Learn how to articulate and communicate your business offerings. Entrepreneurs spend a great deal of time with their amazing ideas, products and services, but one of the most frequently missed opportunities is the ability to share your brand at all times. Join us for a educational presentation where you will learn about: The Power of Nonverbal Communication How to Elevate your Personal & Professional Brand Message The Magnitude…

Join SOS Global for an evening of art, technology, and inspiring conversation. SOS Global and the Maryland Innovation Center invite you to join them in celebrating Earth Day 2022. This fun-filled evening will include an art gallery, interactive technology, and a panel of high school activists and guest speakers from Howard Community College and the Community Ecology Institute.  

Learn about available export programs that can help your business enter the foreign market. The Maryland Department of Commerce offers a range of export programs to help your business enter foreign markets. Come learn how Maryland can assist you through free export consulting services with our 18 foreign offices, export marketing grant funding, reimbursement of US Commercial Service and Export-Import Bank programs and services, subsidized trade show participation, and customized export counseling with our team of 10 staff based in…

Please join Maryland Innovation Center (MIC) and Greg Miller, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor, as he shares his perspective and recommendations on: Private funding markets & the current environment Potential sources of information & how to connect to the ecosystem Investing in the private markets How to access deal flow Lessons learned How founders/entrepreneurs should think about taking on investors Registration will close on May 15 at 11 PM and will be held as a hybrid event.

This three-part seminar, held on May 18, May 25, and June 1 is designed to be a fun way for you to explore your interest in a business and will teach you through actual exercises how to develop a business idea into a more complete business or product idea. The first session will help you explore your idea and give you some tools for inexpensively testing and validating them. The second session will introduce you to ways to refine your…

Join us for a 4 week series held May 19-June 9 for a refresh on your marketing. About this event Refresh your brand with a digital marketing tool kit in this 4 week workshop to help improve customer acquisition and sales. Business Owners, Digital Marketers and Creatives are welcome to join us for a live event workshop to help you build assets to transform your business. Leave with the tools you need to grow your business in the digital age.…

Find the answer with this hands-on, comprehensive program providing a solid framework to support you as you start a business and begin your journey to success. We will dig into the steps you need to take and help you formulate your product or service idea, build a business plan, consider the marketing, sales, legal and financial aspects of starting a business. This program is built on the highly acclaimed Kauffman FastTrac® program. You will have access to a rich set of…

Learn the key personal skill tied to your business and career success, how to build social capital. Join us for the Social Capital for EntreSuccess (SCES) Academy to join a cohort of other entrepreneurs and business owners to learn and practice the key skill of building social capital. During this 5-week, two hour per week program, you will: - Increase social capital to take your business to the next level - Learn about business development programs, services and opportunities -…

Calling all Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) businesses, come and join us for a resource session at the Maryland Innovation Center (MIC). You will learn more about what the MIC has to offer as well as resources from the Maryland Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs and the Small Business Development Center. Speakers for the event include: • Jimmy Rhee, Special Secretary of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs • Brandon Mason, Business Consultant, Maryland Small Business Development Center…

You have an idea for a business. Now what? Join us for our next Kauffman FastTrac® cohort to find out! About this event Arts-based entrepreneurs must have the creative aptitude and the business acumen to match. If you’re an artist, photographer, poet, videographer, graphic designer or musician pursuing a business in the arts, this course will help you achieve creative and financial fulfillment. From communicating the value of your work to intellectual property, accounting to insurance, creative entrepreneurs must be…

Learn the key personal skill tied to your business and career success, how to build social capital. About this event Join us for the Social Capital for EntreSuccess (SCES) Academy to join a cohort of other entrepreneurs and business owners to learn and practice the key skill of building social capital. During this 6-week, two hour per week program, you will: - Increase social capital to take your business to the next level - Learn about business development programs, services…

Join us for a 4 week series held Sept. 26- Oct. 17 for a refresh on your marketing. About this event Refresh your brand with a digital marketing tool kit in this 4 week workshop to help improve customer acquisition and sales. Business Owners, Digital Marketers and Creatives are welcome to join us for a live event workshop to help you build assets to transform your business. Leave with the tools you need to grow your business in the digital…

Have you ever thought of starting a business or have a product idea that you would like to explore? About this event This four-part seminar, held on Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 12, and Oct. 19 is designed to be a fun way for you to explore your interest in a business and will teach you through actual exercises how to develop a business idea into a more complete business or product idea. The first session will help you explore…

Don’t just speculate. Design it. This four-part seminar, held Wednesday evenings from April 19-May10, will give you the tools you need to cut through ambiguity and move forward with confidence. Vance MacEwen, co-founder of Greatest Possible Good, delivers interactive workshops taking you through the design thinking process. You’re not just taking another class; thanks to a generous Howard County grant, you get open access to your instructors’ calendars while taking courses at the MIC. Apply what you learn in real-time.…

Join Dr. Essiet-Gibson, a former government program officer with over 2 decades of experience managing federal grants and contracts, to learn strategies to maximize your chances of success in accessing millions of dollars in federal grants for the early development of health and biotech innovations.

Refresh your brand with a digital marketing tool kit in this 4 week workshop to help improve customer acquisition and sales. Business Owners, Digital Marketers and Creatives are welcome to join us for a live event workshop to help you build assets to transform your business. Leave with the tools you need to grow your business in the digital age. Start from scratch or improve existing brands with hands on experience. Learn from professionals as they help your business with:…

Refresh your brand with a digital marketing tool kit in this 4 week workshop to help improve customer acquisition and sales. Business Owners, Digital Marketers and Creatives are welcome to join us for a live event workshop to help you build assets to transform your business. Leave with the tools you need to grow your business in the digital age. Start from scratch or improve existing brands with hands on experience. Learn from professionals as they help your business with:…

Don’t just speculate. Design it. This four-part seminar, held Wednesday evenings from May 24 thru June 14, will give you the tools you need to cut through ambiguity and move forward with confidence. Vance MacEwen, co-founder of Greatest Possible Good, delivers interactive workshops taking you through the design thinking process. You’re not just taking another class; thanks to a generous Howard County grant, you get open access to your instructors’ calendars while taking courses at the MIC. Apply what you…

Join the Maryland Innovation Center for our pitch competition featuring entrepreneurs and start up companies in the community. $7,000 in prizes will be awarded! Spirited in atmosphere and in food and drink offerings, Pitch and Mingle is the perfect opportunity to stir up your social network, mingling with fellow attendees over light fare and libations! Come support the community's entrepreneurs, participate in the selection process, and make connections over cocktails at the MIC. So how does it work? 5 startups…

Join the Maryland Innovation Center for our pitch competition featuring entrepreneurs and start up companies in the community. $10,000 in cash prizes will be awarded! Spirited in atmosphere and in food and drink offerings, Pitch and Mingle is the perfect opportunity to stir up your social network, mingling with fellow attendees over light fare and libations! Come support the community's entrepreneurs, participate in the selection process, and make connections over cocktails at the MIC. So how does it work? 5…

Don’t just speculate. Design it. This four-part seminar, held Wednesday evenings from June 7- June 28, will give you the tools you need to cut through ambiguity and move forward with confidence. Vance MacEwen, co-founder of Greatest Possible Good, delivers interactive workshops taking you through the design thinking process. You’re not just taking another class; thanks to a generous Howard County grant, you get open access to your instructors’ calendars while taking courses at the MIC. Apply what you learn…

Join us for the Social Capital for EntreSuccess (SCES) Academy to join a cohort of other entrepreneurs and business owners to learn and practice the key skill of building social capital. During this 6-week, two hour per week program, you will: Increase social capital to take your business to the next level Learn about business development programs, services and opportunities Grow your revenue and profit margins through connections and resources

During Business Appreciation Week, HCEDA is hosting an expo-style resource fair where business owners can access information on HCEDA's services and programs, connect with the business development team and mentors, and explore initiatives like the Catalyst Fund and New LIFT Microloan Fund, along with a guided tour of the Maryland Innovation Center.

Everything in the world requires money. Money gives you options. It determines the car you drive, the places you shop, where you live, and how and when you can retire. Join us as we discuss the important aspects of preparing and planning for retirement and beyond. Learn about some of the common mistakes that are made when planning and how to avoid them. Presenter Bios: Dave & Jackie are financial advisors with a business and banking background. This dynamic team…

During this live (in person) hands on workshop, you will learn how to create and launch an Operating Budget using your existing accounting software and historical data, without creating spreadsheets from scratch or getting bogged down in mind-numbing detail. Many business owners would like to be more confident about their numbers and have timely and reliable data to make better data-driven decisions (and not just rely on their gut). We’ll also review the easy-to-calculate ratios found on your Income Statement…

Email is the single most powerful, engaging, and cost-effective marketing channel for the majority of B2C/D2C businesses. In fact, most major e-commerce brands consider it “very critical” to their success! However, many small business owners and first-time entrepreneurs misunderstand how to use email marketing to get significantly more customer engagement, loyalty, audience understanding, and ultimately, sales. In this session, $12m e-commerce owner Andrew Aversa will explain the core principles of email marketing that generate billions of dollars in revenue for…

Class meets Thursdays on January 11, 18, 25 & Feb 1 Refresh your brand with a digital marketing tool kit in this 4-week workshop to help improve customer acquisition and sales. Business Owners, Digital Marketers and Creatives are welcome to join us for a live event workshop to help you build assets to transform your business. Leave with the tools you need to grow your business in the digital age. Start from scratch or improve existing brands with hands on…

Class meets Thursdays on January 11, 18, 25 & Feb 1 Refresh your brand with a digital marketing tool kit in this 4-week workshop to help improve customer acquisition and sales. Business Owners, Digital Marketers and Creatives are welcome to join us for a live event workshop to help you build assets to transform your business. Leave with the tools you need to grow your business in the digital age. Start from scratch or improve existing brands with hands on…

Class meets Thursdays on January 11, 18, 25 & Feb 1 Refresh your brand with a digital marketing tool kit in this 4-week workshop to help improve customer acquisition and sales. Business Owners, Digital Marketers and Creatives are welcome to join us for a live event workshop to help you build assets to transform your business. Leave with the tools you need to grow your business in the digital age. Start from scratch or improve existing brands with hands on…