ANNAPOLIS, MD – Joined tonight by hundreds of entrepreneurs at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Governor Martin O’Malley awarded $100,000 each to three Maryland companies in the State’s inaugural InvestMaryland Challenge, a national business competition which offered cash and in-kind awards as well as opportunities for startups to showcase themselves to potential investors. The winner in the Read the Rest…
Governor O’Malley’s Blog
Posts Tagged ‘InvestMaryland’
Why I Chose Maryland, December 4th, 2012
In this “People Behind the Policies” blog, we hear from a small business owner who talks about her decision to move her company to Maryland and how it affects our goal to Recover 100% of the jobs lost due to the Great Recession. “Why I Chose Maryland” As a small business owner, I looked all Read the Rest…
Maryland: A Hotbed for Startups, September 27th, 2012
By Raquel Guillory, Director of Communications We wanted to share this blog from the co-chairs of Startup Maryland where they talk about their experiences on the first-ever “Pitch Across Maryland” tour meeting entrepreneurs and discovering all that the State of Maryland has to offer for small businesses and startups. Contributed jointly by Startup Maryland Board Co-Chairs Julie Lenzer Read the Rest…
Maryland chooses to innovate for a brighter future, September 24th, 2012
By Raquel Guillory, Director of Communications In case you missed it, we wanted to share this oped in the Washington Post from our Secretary of the Department of Business and Economic Development on how Maryland continues to invest in innovation to make our children winners in the new economy. Maryland chooses to innovate for a Read the Rest…
Governor Martin O’Malley Announces InvestMaryland Challenge, September 24th, 2012
Announces first InvestMaryland investment Governor launches $300,000 InvestMaryland Challenge business plan competition BETHESDA, MD – At Bethesda-based BrainScope today, the latest stop on the “Jobs and Opportunity” Tour, Governor Martin O’Malley highlighted InvestMaryland, the State’s pioneering $84 million venture capital initiative, as a prime example of why Maryland is well-positioned for success in the Read the Rest…
InvestMaryland Challenge Announcement at BrainScope, September 24th, 2012
Bethesda, MD To all the great folks at BrainScope – thank you for exemplifying what our Maryland innovation economy is all about. We create jobs here in Maryland by the innovations that we accelerate and move forward in terms of how we feed, and how we fuel, and how we heal this world of ours. Read the Rest…
An Entrepreneur’s Dream, September 20th, 2012
By Raquel Guillory, Director of Communications Yesterday, Governor O’Malley joined Startup Maryland and dozens of local entrepreneurs and small business owners for the first-ever “Pitch Across Maryland Bus Tour.” The two and a half week tour is designed to connect entrepreneurs to our robust infrastructure of incubators, colleges, small businesses and research facilities while at Read the Rest…
Innovate Maryland, April 13th, 2012
Baltimore, Md Thanks very, very much. Dr. Doswell, thank you, thank you for that compelling story. My goodness, did that make you proud as a Marylander? Sometimes as Marylanders we suffer from a pathological modesty. We assume that the good things that happen here sometimes, for some reason, happen by themselves. They don’t happen by Read the Rest…
Governor Martin O’Malley Announces $84 Million in Investment for Maryland’s Innovation Economy, March 15th, 2012
Maryland first state in the nation to use online auction to raise funds for venture capital program
InvestMaryland will deploy first round of funds to seed early stage companies this summer
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley and Peter Greenleaf, chairman of the Maryland Venture Fund Authority, Read the Rest...
Governor O’Malley, Senate President Miller, Speaker Busch Sign Legislation Focused on New Economy, May 19th, 2011
Governor O’Malley signs legislation boosting the horse racing industry days before 136th Preakness Governor, Senate President, House Speaker add signatures to alternative energy measures Annapolis, MD (May 19, 2011) – Governor Martin O’Malley today joined Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr, House Speaker Michael E. Busch, and Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown to sign Read the Rest…
