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Entrepreneurship

Nneka N'namdi, Alex Riehm, and Danna Thomas
Tech Ventures
Former city schoolteacher wins $15K for her 'happiness revolution'
Published May 1, 2019
Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab also awards $10K to Fight Blight Bmore at its year-end celebration
Charlie Wang
Intersession
'Execution is everything'
Published Jan 16, 2019
Undergraduate students get a crash course in how to build viable businesses from their ideas and inventions
Danna Thomas with two students
Social Innovation Lab
A revolution in teacher happiness
Published Nov 5, 2018
Accelerator program selects 10 business ventures for 2018-19 cohort, including Danna Thomas' Happy Teacher Revolution
A man uses a laser cutter
Tech Ventures
New innovation hub opens its doors
Published Sept 13, 2018
FastForward U Homewood features meeting and event spaces, plus a makerspace equipped with laser cutters, 3-D printers, and more
Exterior of FastForward U Homewood
Tech Ventures
A new hub for innovation
Published May 21, 2018
'FastForward U Homewood' set to debut this fall with a 2,200-square-foot makerspace and co-working space
Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Ohanian on innovation and entrepreneurship
Published April 30, 2018
Reddit co-founder discusses his rise to internet stardom and the advice he gets from wife Serena Williams
Three people meet with laptops
Student innovation
A starting point for startups
Published March 28, 2018
The Hatchery helps student entrepreneurs overcome early obstacles to launching a business
Steve Case addresses a small crowd
Entrepreneurship
Steve Case: 'Create the next Amazon'
Published Feb 16, 2018
Entrepreneur, AOL co-founder visits Hopkins to kick off new Anchor Ventures speaker series
Entrepreneurship
Five student startups get funding
Published Dec 5, 2017
Teams receive $5,000 grant plus mentorship and additional services from O'Connor Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Fund
A group of people pose for a photo in front of and on a set of stairs
Entrepreneurship
10 Baltimore startups selected for support
Published Oct 30, 2017
Social Innovation Lab will provide funding, mentorship, training to selected ventures over next six months