UpSurge Baltimore

🚀 Got a groundbreaking tech startup but struggling to get the word out? Join us on July 30th for UpRise’s game-changing event: “Blank Checks, Not Blank Stares: How to Communicate and Market Your Technical Solutions” from 4-6 PM at the UpSurge Offices! 📍✨ Unlock the secrets to compelling marketing with: 🔹 Joel Benge - A master of tech marketing and communications 🔹 Brad Hennessie - Robotics innovator and founder of NextStep Robotics Turn your brilliant ideas into irresistible stories. Don’t miss this chance to make your tech startup shine! 🌟🚀 RSVP now using the link below! 📲

Maryland!! Have you heard about the opportunity of a lifetime the will change the trajectory of our state?!?! Maryland Corps/Service Year Option is looking for recent high school graduates and those that have recently completed their GED to apply by July 22nd for a one-of-a-kind opportunity for you to serve your community while: ✅ Developing your personal and professional skills, gain on the job training, mentorship, and exposure to employers and colleges across the state ✅ Earning a $15 per hour wage, and ✅ Getting help with transportation and child care. ✅ Earning a $6,000 completion award to use toward tuition costs or as a cash stipend! ✅Opportunity to enroll in a federally recognized registered apprenticeship pathway If you know someone who would be a great Maryland Corps/Service Year Option Member, the application deadline is July 22nd so hurry to get your application in at serve.maryland.gov

Last week, the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced 12 federally designated Tech Hubs will receive a total of $504 million in implementation funding for their Phase 2 proposals, part of the multi-phase Tech Hubs program that aims to spread $10 billion in federal funding across the 31 Phase 1 awardees (including Baltimore) with the goal of accelerating U.S. innovation and global competitiveness. The Baltimore Tech Hub was not selected for Phase 2 funding. As one of the biggest champions for entrepreneurs, startups, and tech as the people, companies, and instrument for equitable economic growth, I was disappointed by the decision. But then something happened - a moment of critical hope that proved we are indeed living the #Equitech vision. The day we found out, we did what we always do in #Baltimore. We came together! Over 60 tech founders, leaders and community members gathered at #equitechtuesday to lessen the blow, to lift each other up, to talk about the path forward and to collectively get back to work. Ask Gov. Wes Moore. Partnership is not as buzzword in Maryland. It is a way of life. No one can solve centuries-long problems and capitalize on generational opportunities alone. Ask Mark Anthony Thomas. Collaboration is no longer fleeting in Baltimore. We embrace it. Rallying communities, including diverse voices, capturing data and shifting narratives is hard. It takes time. Ask any of our brilliant startup founders, especially those that identify as women, as people of color or who find themselves anywhere outside an established tech hub. Building teams, creating culture and nurturing transformational change takes a village. As the ecosystem builder for the Baltimore Tech Hub, UpSurge Baltimore is proud to partner with the Greater Baltimore Committee to support the Tech Hubs program. We're proud of the proposal put forth by our consortium. 48 organizations and institutions across the region came together to craft 4 ambitious and interconnected projects leveraging physical space, regional networks, and partnerships to produce the world's most advanced technologies at the intersection of #biotech, #AI and predictive #healthcare, along with a diverse and dynamic set of entrepreneurs, innovative startups and highly-prepared workforce of the future unlike anything we've ever seen. In order to sustain the momentum we’ve created in the 3 years since UpSurge's launch, continue the progress we have made together in the past year, and give the Baltimore Tech Hub the best possible chance to win a share of the estimated $4 billion in federal funding scheduled to be awarded in 2025, we need all of our public and private sector leaders to be ALL IN! Let's unleash every form of capital we have at our disposal, most importantly, active participation and significant funding. In-kind resources and short-sighted philanthropic support is not enough. The time to step up, take big swings and contribute to collective impact is NOW! Who's in?

Excited to partner with Orange Barrel Media to highlight amazing social enterprises working to build a more diverse and equitable economy for Baltimore's future. Over the next few weeks, as you make your way around the city, check out the kiosks you see around you and help us celebrate these phenomenal entrepreneurs who call Baltimore home. This particular image is on the corner of Lombard and Calvert streets, on the building occupied by T. Rowe Price. All the kiosks can be found using map link: https://lnkd.in/gp6sEpBJ