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Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets

The Ed Snider Center is an interdisciplinary Center of Excellence within the Robert H Smith School of Business, promoting innovation and enterprise.

The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets, housed at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, engages in world-class interdisciplinary research that fosters our understanding of the kind of institutions that promote innovation and enterprise. The center engages in public outreach through teaching, programs, and media and is committed to sharing its knowledge with the

scholarly community, current and prospective students, business leaders, and the public at large. The center was launched in the fall of 2014 with a $5 million gift from the Snider Foundation, led by alumnus Ed Snider. The commitment was the second-largest in school history, behind a $15 million gift from Robert H. Smith in 1997. A $1 million commitment from the Charles Koch Foundation provided additional support for the Ed Snider Center.

08/10/2017

Female Entrepreneurs from Latin America Visit the Smith School

On July 26th, a group of female business leaders from Latin America visited the Smith Business school and discussed pipelines and programs for getting girls and women, school-aged through college, interested and involved in business. If you missed the speakers, check out this article for a recap:

https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/female-entrepreneurs-latin-america-visit-smith-school

A delegation of female business leaders from Latin America visited the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on July 13, 2017, as part of the Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Americas (WEAmericas) initiative in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. Depart...

The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets would like to recognize the 12 stellar participants of the Women Investi...

08/09/2017

High School Girls Invest in Learning

The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets would like to recognize the 12 stellar participants of the Women Investing in Learning and Leadership program (WILL). WILL participants came from across the country to learn about themselves and the business world, as well as grow as a community. For more about the program and the participants, click here:

https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/high-school-girls-invest-learning

Rachel Hacker, a rising high school sophomore from Fort Wayne, Ind., never saw college in her future. But her perspective changed following a residency program July 16-21, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Congratulations to the winners of the Ed Snider Enterprise Leadership Fellows (SELF) Business Pitch Competition, Team Sp...

08/09/2017

GPS Tracker Wins Pitch Competition

Congratulations to the winners of the Ed Snider Enterprise Leadership Fellows (SELF) Business Pitch Competition, Team Spot! The winning group of young entrepreneurs successfully pitched to a panel of professional judges on July 28th. All 29 participants in the program put weeks of effort into their well-crafted and thorough pitches. Read more about the SELF program, the winning team, and the panel of judges here:

https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/gps-tracker-wins-pitch-competition

A team of aspiring entrepreneurs won the 2017 SELF Business Pitch Competition with Spot, a tiny GPS tracker that users can attach to car keys, smartphones or other items they don’t want to lose.

George Mason University's Mercatus Center publishes a yearly ranking of the states by fiscal condition. Find out where M...

07/11/2017

Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2017 Edition

George Mason University's Mercatus Center publishes a yearly ranking of the states by fiscal condition. Find out where Maryland falls this year:

https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings

How does your state rank?

"The United States — built on the promise of individualism — offers protection in its founding documents to mavericks wh...

07/10/2017

Independence of thought vital to America

"The United States — built on the promise of individualism — offers protection in its founding documents to mavericks who break from the party line. Yet the underlying pressure to conform persists anywhere humans gather."

For a fascinating read, check out Snider Center director Rajshree Agarwal's new op-ed in the Baltimore Sun.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0704-freedom-oxygen-20170629-story.html

We celebrate more than independence from the United Kingdom on the Fourth of July. We also celebrate independence of thought.

05/04/2017

Support Fearless Ideas / Ed Snider Center for Enterprise & Markets Development Fund

Don't forget the Faculty/Staff campaign ends tomorrow (May 5)! If there is a 75% participation rate you can win some cool MD socks and score some ice cream! Participate today - you can donate to any development fund, including the Snider Center!

http://giving.umd.edu/giving/Fund.php?name=ed-snider-center-for-enterprise-markets-development-fund

UMD has given me every opportunity that I currently have now as a young professional, and for that, I am forever grateful. If my donation can help programs in need, I am a happy supporter. In addition to a wonderful education I was afforded so many wonderful experiences that I couldn't ask for anyth...

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