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- Starting, Growing & Succeeding as a Woman Entrepreneur panel (Mar 14, 2012) Entrepreneurship is being widely touted as what will put our nation’s economy back on the path to prosperity. Join the Fairfax County Chamber March 14 for Starting, Growing & Succeeding as a Woman Entrepreneuer to hear firsthand from some of the region’s leading women entrepreneurs how they...
- ACTiVATE at UMBC Alum Wins 2012 Enterprising Women Award (Jan 26, 2012) Sequoia Ramsey, President/CEO of Realistic Computing, Inc., and ACTiVATE at UMBC alum, wins 2012 Enterprising Women of the Year Award.
- Finding a Way In (Jan 4, 2012) Female scientists hoping to become entrepreneurs face obstacles — but there are organizations like ACTiVATE that can help.
- Center Co-Founder Tapped to Lead Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship (Dec 14, 2011) Julie Lenzer Kirk, co-founder of the Path Forward Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, has been named the Executive Director of the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship. The Board has elected co-founder Renee Lewis as the Interim Director. Julie will retain her seat on the board and as...
- How Winning Contests Helped a Startup Beyond Launch (Nov 10, 2011) ACTiVATE's Kris Appel talks about her strategy to fund part of her startup through business plan competitions
- ACTiVATE wins national award (Nov 8, 2011) ACTiVATE® WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FOR IMPROVING REGIONAL ECONOMIES THROUGH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION BALTIMORE – November 8, 2011 – ACTiVATE®, the flagship program of the Path Forward Center for Innovation and...
- Renee Lewis recognized as mentor (Oct 3, 2011) Path Forward Center co-founder and ACTiVATE at GW instructor is called out for her mentorship and dedication to helping entrepreneurs at GW.
- Support Women Running Growth Businesses (Sep 30, 2011) In an interview with Kauffman's Lesa Mitchell, she mentioned nonprofits helping women worthy of funding (including ACTiVATE).
- ACTiVATE Alum recognized (Sep 29, 2011) ACTiVATE alum Emlyn Stancil recognized by the Daily Record as one of their 2011 Leading Women for her professional experience, community involvement and commitment to inspiring change. Celebration event to take place Dec 1st.
- ACTiVATE'ing Women Entrepreneurs Closes Early-Stage Gap to Drive Economic Recovery (Sep 28, 2011) A recent Kauffman Report confirms ACTiVATE’s focus on helping women start growth-oriented companies
- ACTIVATE Alum launches Computer Mania Day to attract middle school girls into science and technology (Sep 19, 2011) Computer Mania Day 2011 National Initiative for Women in the Sciences BALTIMORE, MD, September 19, 2011—With the increasing demand for women in science and technology, American students must be exposed to the opportunities available to succeed in this...
- From Skydiving to Biometrics: One Entrepreneur's Story (Sep 16, 2011) Mary Haskett, ACTiVATE'D in Texas, shares her interesting journey to entrepreneurship in the biometrics field
- Finding the Best Treatments for the Fight Against Cancer (Sep 15, 2011) Read this NSF-inspired profile on ACTiVATE alum Mona Jhaveri and her fight to find (and fund!) potentially live-saving therapies for ovarian cancer.
- Rewiring the brain to regain control after a stroke (Sep 14, 2011) ACTiVATE'D grad Kris Appel is changing lives of stroke victims.
- Spot On Sciences Simplifies Blood Tests for Elderly and Remote Patients (Sep 13, 2011) Jeanette Hill, graduate of the ACTiVATE program in Austin, Texas, has a breakthrough technology that helps collect and ship blood samples from home without compromising results.
- Bridging New Technology's Valley of Death (Sep 12, 2011) This first in a weeklong series featuring ACTiVATE and ACTiVATE'D women's technologies. This one is on the Path Forward Center and the program in general.
- Corporate refugees are prime entrepreneurial candidates (Aug 5, 2011) Interview with Julie on ACTiVATE
- From Spark to Fire: What Turns Ideas Into Opportunities? (Aug 2, 2011) Preview of what happens in a "Get Sparked!" workshop...
- ACTiVATE Michigan receives funding (Jul 27, 2011) Funding awarded to bring ACTiVATE to Michigan.
- ACTiVATE Columbia receives grant (Jul 27, 2011) Network 2000 awards $15,000 grant in support of the ACTiVATE program in Columbia, Maryland.
- ACTiVATE Austin Alumna 1 of 3 North American Finalists for Cartier Awards (Jul 21, 2011) ACTiVATE Austin Alumna, Jeanette Hill is finalist in Cartier Business Plan Awards. She joins UMBC ACTiVATE alum Mona Jhaveri, who won in 2008.
- Empowering Women Entrepreneurs (Jun 13, 2011) ACTiVATE is featured as the author discusses the imperatives of empowering women entrepreneurs and the outcomes from the London We Own It Summit that took place June 9, 2011.
- The Download: Six Serial Entrepreneurs Share Lessons from the Trenches (May 30, 2011) ACTiVATE's own Renee Lewis is one of 6 serial entrepreneurs profiled in a Washington Post article.
- Path Forward Center in DC SmartCEO Magazine! (May 1, 2011) Two page spread on the Path Forward Center and ACTiVATE in the May edition of Washington SmartCEO magazine.
- Kauffman Awards Grant to Center for ACTiVATE Replication (Apr 25, 2011) The Path Forward Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, home of the award-winning ACTiVATE® program, has been awarded a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to support the creation of materials to be used in replicating the ACTiVATE® program.
- Three ACTiVATE Alum receive national recognition (Mar 7, 2011) Enterprising women recognizes three ACTiVATE alum for their business success and community involvement.
- 25 Women-run startups to watch (Feb 23, 2011) UMBC ACTiVATE's Kris Appel comes in at #3 on the list of the 25 women-run startups to watch at Fast Company Magazine.
- WIPP Partners with the Path Forward Center (Jan 24, 2011) Women Impacting Public Policy and the Path Forward Center partner to empower women economically.
- A Tech Leaders Builds a Business with Bite (Dec 17, 2010) UMBC ACTiVATE Alum Juanity Boyd Hardy featured for her international business.
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