The Center for Enterprise Development, with support from JP Morgan Chase, published a study on the racial wealth divide in Baltimore. Baltimore is hardly alone in struggling with the challenges of wealth inequality which,...more
What to Pack? I promise this is the last in a series of recent columns focusing on “sales”. It all started with watching entrepreneurs struggle at the TEDCO Entrepreneurs Expo with their pitch to a panel of investors. There...more
Finally Maryland has something to celebrate about its manufacturing sector – a growth spurt that it hasn’t seen for years. But it’s deceptive if we don’t recognize and support a more important underlying trend – the Maker...more
Our Urban Doppelganger. There’s a lot of buzz around innovation districts, much of it fed by the Brookings Institution’s extensive research on the movement. The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, whose board I’m on, is...more
Rethinking How We Sell. This past month, we explored the challenges of perfecting your elevator speech and getting that next meeting. And the final column of the year struggled with how to make a business relationship more...more
Here we go Again. Who else feels an ill-defined tinge of malaise this time of year? For me, it’s not without some guilt. There’s much to appreciate; if you have faith (however experienced), health, family and friends, what’s...more
Our last ReSET focused on the clarity and chaos of pitching to a panel of judges you’ve never met, all while facing a room of entrepreneurs who weren’t as lucky as you to get into the light… This all happened at TEDCO’s...more
TEDCO celebrates Maryland’s innovation economy with its Entrepreneurs’ Expo, a day-long series of keynotes, breakout sessions, networking and deal making among 700 of Maryland’s entrepreneurs.
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Understandable attention has been given to the weaponization of social media and its impact on political, commercial and personal realms. Less attention has been spent on the effect of such automation on companies’ internet...more
Two interesting conversations played out recently – one dealing with the fallout from employees who tried to hold a company sale hostage, the other tentatively exploring how to give employees in advance a stake in the...more
When selling their company, entrepreneurs put all their energy on getting the deal done on the most favorable terms possible. As mentioned in last week’s ReSET, the odds are that the buyer will impose an earn-out or similar...more
Entrepreneurs dream of the big exit – to cash out and check out. Buyers implicitly understand this and try to mitigate the risk of the entrepreneur’s disengaging so that what they’ve bought doesn’t evaporate. The game is...more
Previously published in Balitmore City Biz List.
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing corporate boards and management teams is how to align around and execute on a shared vision. Jason Pappas, Managing Partner of Antson...more