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Pava LaPere
Tech Ventures
New accelerator to fuel student startups
Published Aug 27, 2019
FastForward U's nine-week program will be divided into two tracks for beginner and advanced student entrepreneurs
Startup at Fast Forward U
Startups
Pledge to give back
Published July 16, 2019
Founders Pledge encourages successful startups to pay it forward with support for current Hopkins entrepreneurs
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
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
President Daniels and Mayor Pugh chat near a window
FastForward
Where startups get started
Published April 27, 2017 Photos
Johns Hopkins' 23,000-square-foot FastForward 1812 space in East Baltimore features offices, labs, communal workspaces
A new home for innovation
Published Nov 29, 2016
Six-story Eager Park building at 1812 Ashland Ave. will soon be home to Johns Hopkins' FastFoward East
STARTUPS
Haven for innovation
Published July 16, 2015
JHU's new Technology Ventures helps bring ideas to the marketplace
Business incubator for East Baltimore
Published Jan-Feb 2015
University-run FastForward East will house nascent startups in dedicated space near medicine campus, hopes to build on success of Homewood-based accelerator / Gazette
Johns Hopkins FastForward accelerator fuels promising startup businesses
Published July 9, 2014
In first year, 9 startups were accepted by School of Engineering incubator