Towson University Celebrates Ribbon Cutting For New StarTUp Accelerator Program

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TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Towson University President Dr. Kim Schatzel volition articulation Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski successful cutting the ribbon for Towson University’s StarTUp astatine the renovated Towson Armory.

This recently renovated abstraction volition beryllium location to different entrepreneurship programs, competitions and events for students and different professionals.

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The StarTUp accelerator is an intensive eight-week, cohort-based fellowship wherever start-up businesses tin enactment successful a collaborative abstraction to assistance expand. The radical of students volition person a $10,000 stipend and vulnerability to different palmy businesses that person travel retired of this program.

The programme is meant to supply opportunities for budding entrepreneurs. It was archetypal introduced by the enforcement manager of entrepreneurship Patrick McQuown.

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“We had precise competitory applications and we are precise pleased with the prime of ventures for our inaugural cohort,” said McQuown.

The archetypal cohort is six ventures and volition person the enactment of different entrepreneurs. They volition besides person 24/7 entree to mentorship from McQuown.

Some of the businesses successful this programme see Flave, Good Choice Productions and Everdura.

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