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  <Title>Idea Competition Submissions DUE THURSDAY!</Title>
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    <span>Are you itching to make a difference in the world? </span>There are only 4 days left submit your Ideas for the Idea Competition! <span>Win </span><strong>$750 in cash for the most innovative idea! </strong>
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  <Title>Exactly ONE WEEK until Idea Competition Submissions are do!</Title>
  <Tagline>Mark down your calendars! October 10th at 1pm.</Tagline>
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  <Title>ENTR Workshop with Megan Wahler</Title>
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    <br><p><span>Finding the right customer involves making tough decisions about your </span><span>technology, your market, and your team. How do you know that you are </span><span>targeting the right people and how do you use your time efficiently to </span><span>target the people who are willing and able to buy?  This seminar will </span><span>cover some aspects of customer discovery, validating value propositions, and what</span></p>
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  <Title>Ideas for the Idea Competition due Next Week!</Title>
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    <span>Do you have an idea and want to win </span><strong>$750 in cash for the most innovative idea?! </strong><span>Are you itching to make a difference in the world? Submit your ideas through the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship Idea Competition by </span><strong><u>October 10th at 1pm!</u></strong><strong> Submit through the link below!</strong><div><br></div>
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  <Title>First Workshop TODAY with Gib Mason!</Title>
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    <p><span><strong><u>About the Event</u></strong></span></p>
    <p><span>Just what does an entrepreneurial mindset look like? How do you go about </span>developing one, and why is it important that you do? Competition is only getting stronger nowadays and the way to successfully compete is evolving. In the past, logical and linear thinking were in high demand....but that's changing. Now, inventive and conceptual thinking are<span> fast becoming sought after as a way to compete in the Information Age.</span></p>
    <p><span>In this workshop, participants will explore the six essential aptitudes </span>(Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play and Meaning) that Daniel Pink highlights as critical for personal and professional success. Come join <span>us to learn more!!</span></p>
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    <p><span>Gib Mason, Graduate Program Director, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and </span>Leadership, has 35 years<span> of experience in organizational stewardship and cultural development. He has an extensive history of helping multiple companies, in a myriad of industries, drive rapid growth and instill winning cultures. Gib has served these organizations as CEO, COO &amp; CFO. He has successfully lead start-ups, turnarounds, and mature businesses. </span></p>
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    <p><span>Just what does an entrepreneurial mindset look like? How do you go about </span><span>developing one, and why is it important that you do? Competition </span><span>is only getting stronger nowadays and the way to successfully compete is </span><span>evolving. In the past, logical and linear thinking </span>were<span> in high demand....but that's changing. Now, inventive and conceptual thinking </span>are<span> fast becoming sought after as a way to compete in the Information Age.</span></p>
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    <br><p><span>Just what does an entrepreneurial mindset look like? How do you go about </span><span>developing one, and why is it important that you do? Competition </span><span>is only getting stronger nowadays and the way to successfully compete is </span><span>evolving. In the past, logical and linear thinking </span>were<span> in high demand....but that's changing. Now, inventive and conceptual thinking </span>are<span> fast becoming sought after as a way to compete in the Information Age.</span></p>
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    <br><p><span>The Joseph and Frieda Faiman Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship provides a $500 scholarship award to an outstanding UMBC undergraduate interested in becoming an entrepreneur. The scholarship will be awarded for the 2019-2020 academic year.  </span></p>
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