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Student Entrepreneurship

Develop an entrepreneurship mindset and fuel your entrepreneurial journey through competitions, skill-building workshops, networking and mentorship with founders and alumni and opportunities to grow your venture or ideas.

 

Student entrepreneurship programs

Other recent events

Dana Frank

College Speaker Series

Get the inside scoop on what it takes to become a successful business leader. Trailblazers interact with students, faculty and staff during the day and host a fireside chat at the StarTUp at the Armory.

Boss Up Panel

Boss Up Panel

Interested in starting your own business? Looking to gain inspiration from real-world success stories? Ignite your entrepreneurial spirit and build meaningful connections at these panel discussions.

Meet and Greet

RealTalk

Whether you’re curious about a career path or want inspiration to begin your own entrepreneurship journey, this is a space to connect, learn and build relationships with professionals and student peers.

Past events

Tuesday, September 30, 5:30–7 p.m.

Curious about starting your own business? Looking to gain inspiration from real-world success stories? Join us to ignite your entrepreneurial spirit and build meaningful connections.

  • Moderator: Layla Morgan ’25, founder, Earth’s Groove
  • Rennard Brown, business development specialist manager, Startup Business Acceleration Team, Baltimore County Department of Economic & Workforce Development
  • Crystal Smith, vice president, Freshmeet U., Inc
  • Joshua Wittstadt, co-founder, Pixelationz Studios LLC; TU student

A candid conversation series for TU students to explore entrepreneurship at the StarTUp at the Armory.

We invited TU students from all disciplines to engage in candid, roundtable chats with professionals about breaking into different industries, overcoming challenges and exploring entrepreneurship. Whether you’re curious about a career path or seeking inspiration to begin your own journey, RealTalk offers a relaxed and welcoming space to connect, learn, spark new ideas and build meaningful relationships. (4/18/25)

Each RealTalk allows time to hear from a professional, learn from student peers, and network. Refreshments provided.

We invited students from all disciplines to engage in honest, roundtable chats with professionals about breaking into different industries, overcoming challenges and exploring entrepreneurship. Whether you're curious about a career path or seeking inspiration to begin your own journey, RealTalk offers a relaxed and welcoming space to connect, learn, spark new ideas, and build meaningful relationships. Refreshments provided. (2/21/25)

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Join Dana Frank, author of Get Up and Get it on: A Black Entrepreneur's Lessons on Creating Legacy and Wealth, for a conversation with Edna Primrose '84, TU Foundation president, about what it means to be a multi-faceted entrepreneur. Frank, a celebrated entrepreneur and third-generation steward of her family's apartment rental business, will share key strategies from her book, which offers readers practical steps to rewrite the narrative of their financial futures, regardless of the circumstances they were born into. (11/12/24)

Curious about starting your own business? This panel was the perfect place to ignite entrepreneurial spirit. (10/16/24)

  • Lianna Banks, Towson University Alumni; Owner of Events by Elle B.
  • Jal Irani, Founder and CEO of Flave; Professor at Towson University and Johns Hopkins University
  • Kerrie Carden, Founder and CEO of Equip Advisory
  • Cat Volcy, Towson University Graduate Student; Mental Health, Wellness and Travel Content Creator

Participants learned how Greater Baltimore attracts investment from Silicon Valley and also learned about venture capital, regional investment and Baltimore-based ventures. (5/14/24)

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