When you've got a good thing going, it's hard to suppress the buzz. Check out a sampling of our testimonials to the right as well as select press links below.
Finding
a Way In [01/04/12]
Nature.com
article featuring ACTiVATE and alum Dr. Mona
Jhaveri
Center Co-Founder Tapped to Lead Maryland Center for Entrepreneur [12/14/12]
How
Winning Contests Helped a Startup Beyond Launch
[11/10/11]
Featuring alum AND
ACTiVATE instructor, Kris Appel
ACTiVATE
wins national award [11/08/11]
SSTI
awards ACTiVATE Excellence in Technology-Based
Economic Development
GWERT Mentors program matches
local startups with successful entrepreneurs
[10/3/11]
Featuring Renee
Lewis
Support Women Running Growth
Businesses [09/30/11]
BusinessWeek
interview with Kauffman's Lesa Mitchell,
ACTiVATE mention
ACTiVATE Alum recognized as
"Leading Woman" by Daily Record
[09/29/11]
Featuring ACTiVATE at
UMBC graduate Emlyn Stancil
ACTiVATE'ing
Women Entrepreneurs Closes a Gap Needed to
Drive Eco [09/28/11]
Kauffman report
shares why supporting nonprofits that help get
and promote women in
high-growth
entrepreneurship is not a cause, it is an
economic
opportunity.
ACTIVATE Alum launches Computer Mania Day to attract middle schoo [09/19/11]
The National Science Foundation sponsored a week-long series on ACTiVATE on LiveScience.com, spotlighting a few of our ACTiVATE'D women. Check out the incredible stories below!
Bridging New Technology's Valley
of Death [09/12/11]
Spot On Sciences Simplifies Blood
Tests for Elderly and Remote Patients
[09/13/11]
Rewiring the Brain to Regain
Control After a Stroke [09/14/11]
Finding the Best Treatments for
the Fight Against Cancer [09/15/11]
From Skydiving to Biometrics: One
Entrepreneur's Story [09/16/11]
Corporate
refugees are prime entrepreneurial candidates
[08/05/11]
Q&A with Julie Lenzer
Kirk, Baltimore Business Journal
From
Spark to Fire: What Turns Ideas Into
Opportunities? [08/02/11]
Insight into
"Get Sparked!" workshops, Maryland Entrepreneur
Quarterly
ACTiVATE
Columbia receives grant
[07/27/11]
Baltimore City BizList
ACTiVATE
Michigan receives funding
[07/27/11]
Crain's Detroit
ACTiVATE
Austin Alumna 1 of 3 North American Finalists
for Cartier [07/21/11]
Cartier
International Business Plan
Empowering
Women Entrepreneurs [06/13/11]
ACTiVATE
is featured in a review of the London We
Own It Summit
The
Download: Six Serial Entrepreneurs Share
Lessons from the Tre [05/30/11]
Renee
Lewis featured in this Washington Post
article.
Kauffman Awards Grant to Center for ACTiVATE Replication [04/25/11]
25 Women-Run Startups to
watch
(UMBC ACTiVATE's Kris Appel is
#3!)
Fast Company, February 24,
2010
WIPP and the Path Forward Center
partner to empower women
economically
Women Impacting Public
Policy Press Release, January 24, 2011
A Tech Leader Builds a Business
with Bite
Featuring UMBC ACTiVATE
Alum Juanity Boyd Hardy)
Business News
Daily, December 17, 2010
Tech Transfer Program Successfully
Boosts Economy and Entreprenuership
NSF
Current, November 2010
Exercise Device Improves Arm
Mobility in Stroke
Patients
Featuring UMBC ACTiVATE
Alum Kris Appel's
company)
LiveScience.com (courtesy
of our founding funders, the NSF
), November 8, 2010
Where are the female
entreprenuers?
(A blog call-out
from ACTiVATE Austin alum, Mary
Haskett)
ACTiVATE'ing Women in
Entreprenuership at
Mid-Career
Enterprising Women Magazine,
October 2010
Second Act - Kris
Appel
Money Magazine, October 2010
ACTiVATE spurs tech women to get
out & do well on their own
Diveristy Careers in Engineering and
IT, Oct/Nov issue
Baltimore County Incubator Seeks
More Women-Owned Startups
Baltimore
Business Journal, October 4, 2010
New Study Shows ACTiVATE®
Entrepreneurship Program for Women Outperforms
Federal Stimulus by Creating Jobs at Lower
Costs
Press Release, September 21,
2010
InnovateTech Ventures helps
universities bring technologies to market
(featuring ACTIVATE at UMBC's Richelle
Burnett)
Washington Post, September 13,
2010
Why Business Owners are Heading
Back to School (featuring ACTiVATE
Austin's Gayle Reaume)
Entrepreneur
Magazine, September 7, 2010
Commutes, Cats, and Cakes:
Enterprising Ideas! (
featuring ACTiVATE at UMBC alums Phyllis
Scalletar and Carol Covin)
Huffington
Post, September 3, 2010
Executive Snapshot: Juanita Hardy
(ACTiVATE at UMBC alum)
Gazette
of Politics and Business, August 13, 2010
Good News! Managing Innovation as
a core business strategy has bottom-line
benefits
DC Examiner, August 10,
2010
Hit TV Shows Spawn Summer Camps
for Couch Potatoes (featuring Gayle
Reaume, ACTiVATE Austin)
Wall
Street Journal, August 3, 2010
Mid-Career Entrepreneurs:
Starting up after Settling
In (featuring Kris Appel, ACTiVATE
at UMBC)
Huffington Post, July 28,
2010
Feature: ACTiVATE at UMBC Alum
Carol Covin in upcoming
book
Book: This is NOT the
Career I Ordered
Software Producer (that's Julie!)
Says Creativity Benefits
Entrepreneurs
The Gazette, June 11,
2010
Path Forward Center Launch
covered in Scene Bisnow
June 3, 2010
Introducing
She Owns It: "I Didn't Know There Were Women
Like Me"
(yes, she's talking about
ACTiVATE!)
NY Times, May 12, 2010
Governor Visits ACTiVATE Alum Dr.
Kimberly Brown, Amethyst
Technologies
(Her job creation
initiated his visit!)
April 9,
2010
UMBC and the Path Forward Center
sign license for
ACTiVATE(R)
UMBC News, April
8, 2010
Women Taking the Lead - Encore
Path's Kris Appel
bmore Magazine,
February 2, 2010