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To be competitive, Maryland needs to create a dedicated fund to invest risk capital in promising early-stage life science companies.

After a search with a national firm failed, a Columbia executive search firm has been hired to lead the next leg of the hunt for a CEO for the Maryland Technology and Development Corp.

Amid a superheated competition among states to develop thriving technology industries, the two dominant tech councils in Maryland are merging.

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has partnered with the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) to award a new round of N-STEP grants, which support early-stage entrepreneurs in ways that other grants do not.

To gauge the health of Maryland’s startup environment, look no further than the Technology Development Corp. of Maryland’s (TEDCO) annual Entrepreneur Expo.

“The “Fast Pitch” sessions are among my favorite. This year I moderated a panel of investors who critiqued three minute pitches from ten entrepreneurs randomly selected from a fish bowl of cards.”

“One of the things we heard from our customers and potential customers is that it’s a little confusing to navigate the kind of alphabet soup of programs,” said John Wasilisin, CEO of TEDCO.

“For three hours, I sat across from startup founders and entrepreneurs working in life sciences, technology and cybersecurity fields and listened to their elevator pitches. The sessions were part of this week’s Entrepreneur Expo in Baltimore, hosted by Maryland’s Technology Development Corp.”

The startup-centered event was held in Baltimore this year. Here’s a social media rundown of what happened.

Harbor Bank hosted a pitch event through its Community Development Corp., with 15 presenters from local startups and businesses and 10 prospective investors.

Dr. Rebecca Bridgett, St. Mary’s County Administrator, and Mr.

TEDCO created a diversity outreach work group this year to try and figure out why programs are not attracting more diverse applicants and how the organization can begin to fix the problem.

Carol L. Alter, MD to Lead Collaborative Care Efforts for Leading Behavioral Healthcare Company