A lot is going on in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia with startups, business owners and entrepreneurs. It is a great place to be an entrepreneur. Here are some great articles you should read from the week of December 16, 2012.
- Maryland Innovation Initiative awards $300000 in grants (Baltimore Business Journal) – The initiative is a partnership between the state and five academic research universities: University of Maryland, College Park; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; University of Maryland, Baltimore; Johns Hopkins University; and Morgan State.
- Entrepreneurs east of the Anacostia share space at the Hive 2.0 (On Small Business) – HIVE2.0: A new tech incubator east of the river, ARCH Development Corporation, a nonprofit focusing on Anacostia, opened the HIVE 1.0 for small businesses two years ago but reached capacity and opened a second location (HIVE 2.0, which has financial support from Capital One).
- Dear Washington: Small business owners’ holiday wish list (Washington Post) – This week, we asked entrepreneurs and small business owners what policy makers in Washington could do to help their companies have a merry holiday season and a happy new year, beyond simply averting the year-end fiscal cliff. Here is their holiday wish list.
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