Ziying Tang

Faculty entrepreneur stresses importance of protecting intellectual property

Entrepreneurship Unplugged continued its fourth week of chats with TU faculty entrepreneur Ziying Tang, an Assistant Professor from the Computer Science Department at Towson University.

Tang is the principal inspector on a $40,000 grant to build a mobile application for helping improve the livelihood of stroke survivors. With extensive experience building products, Tang’s biggest advice was, “Protect yourself.” Continue reading “Faculty entrepreneur stresses importance of protecting intellectual property” →

Baltimore’s first food incubator offers small businesses a recipe for successful scaling

If you want to start your own food-based business in Baltimore, it’s fairly easy to do. The city allows certain bakers and chefs to get licenses to sell products made in their own home kitchens.

It’s scaling up your operation to meet a growing demand that’s the tricky part.

Bottoms Up Bagels co-founder Joan Kanner and Michelle Bond shared their experiences trying to expand their food-based business with students at this week’s Entrepreneurship Unplugged.

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Entrepreneurship speaker series returns this spring

The College of Business and Economics’ weekly entrepreneurship speakers series returns this spring with a new name: Entrepreneurship Unplugged. The series started off with a bang on Tuesday, hosting not one, but two speakers; Josh Smith of TransitioningU and David Robson of SpiralMath.

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iphone with a cracked screen

Broken phone but no car? No problem for this TU student’s business

What use is an iPhone with a broken screen?

Well, it’s functional, but it’s certainly not ideal.

Many people today go on living with their cracked iPhone screens, finding the time and money it takes to fix the problem inconvenient and time consuming.

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Towson U student entreprenuer talks beer and business

While Friday’s Entrepreneur Fireside Chat got off to a five-minute late start last week, launching late is not always a bad thing when  it comes to releasing your initial product, said student entrepreneur Bobby Gattuso.

“You have to understand and know when you’re ready to [take] those big steps. … [You have to] really understand when it’s ready to properly launch,” he explained to the group of students and faculty members gathered for the weekly chat presented by the Minor in Entrepreneurship and Student Launch Pad.

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