Kevin Keenahan of Tissue Analytics speaks to students at the weekly entrepreneurship unplugged speakers series

Medical imaging app co-founder stresses importance of networking for entrepreneurs

While networking is not his favorite part of the entrepreneurship process, Tissue Analytics co-founder Kevin Keenahan acknowledges that it is critical step to starting a successful business.

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There is no ‘I’ in ‘startup team’

If you’ve ever thought about starting your own business, the idea of creating a start-up team or even finding a co-founder has probably passed through your mind.

Speaking at this week’s Entrepreneurship Unplugged event, serial entrepreneur Shahab Kaviani said if you want to build a large company with lots of employees, investors have a stronger preference for funding companies with founding teams than ones without.

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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”

Frank DeSantis

Stanley Black & Decker’s in-house entrepreneur visits campus

Even though Frank DeSantis was speaking at the weekly Entrepreneurship Unplugged yesterday, he started his talk with the blunt admission, “I am not an entrepreneur.”

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