Navigating Maryland’s Start-up Community as Women Entrepreneurs

Mar 22, 2022, 10:00 PM – Mar 23, 2022, 12:30 AM

Join us for a unique Women’s Month event featuring entrepreneurs from Maryland’s technology and life sciences community. Hear from four women leaders as they share their experiences – from overcoming obstacles to advancing their businesses and securing funding. They’ll also discuss the current climate of entrepreneurship for women leaders and how to best navigate the start-up community

Virtual event
Panel Discussion

About this event

Join us for a unique Women’s Month event featuring entrepreneurs from Maryland’s technology and life sciences community. Hear from four women leaders as they share their experiences – from overcoming obstacles to advancing their businesses and securing funding. They’ll also discuss the current climate of entrepreneurship for women leaders and how to best navigate the start-up community.

TEDCO’s new Senior Director of Venture Funds, Katherine Hill Ritchie, will lead this lively discussion with innovative founders from TEDCO’s portfolio.

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EVENT RECAP


For those who missed this event, you missed what was probably the best event in the 88 that we have held to date.

Thank you Katherine Hill-Ritchie, Senior Director of Venture Funds at TEDCO for moderating such an educational and inspirational panel discussion on "Navigating Maryland's Startup Community as Women Entrepreneurs.

Thank you to Dr. Sue Carr, Founder and President of CarrTech, Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne, Founder and CEO of Nasaclip, and Dr. Anuja Sonalker, Founder and CEO of STEER Tech for sharing your stories, your struggles, your accomplishments, and your advice for fellow women entrepreneurs.

There are far too many valuable insights and take-aways to list here. However, here is a shortlist of what our panelists shared with the audience.

TEDCO Resources

* Venture Fund

* Builder Fund investments

* Intellectual Property Assistance

* Women's Executive Leadership Roundtable

* Prelude Pitch

* Seed funds for life science, tech, and cybersecurity

* Market Research

Articles and Publications

* Indra Nooyl, Former CEO of Pepsico on Nurturing Talent in Turbulent Times

* Adding Women to the C-Suite Changes How Companies Think

* Conscious Entrepreneur: Maximizing Potential Happiness

* Mechanical Bull: How you can achieve Startup success eBook

* Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in our Busy Lives

Thank you again to the TEDCO team and our panelists for an incredibly impactful event.

Your Startup Grind Maryland team

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Katherine Hill-Ritchie

    TEDCO

    Senior Director of Venture Funds

Panelists

  • Dr. Sue Carr

    CarrTech

    Founder and President

  • Anuja Sonalker

    STEER Tech

    Founder and CEO

  • Elizabeth P. Clayborne, MD, MA Bioethics

    NasaClip

    Founder and CEO

Organizers

  • Chris Haug

    360 Venture Management Group

    Chapter Director

  • Patrick Rockhill

    Doyle-Logan Systems

    Community Logistics and Data Analytics

  • Nichole Kelly

    CEI, True North Growth Labs

  • Tariq Najee-ullah

    Patent Insider

    Principal

  • Mel Litter

    Elemental Impact Solutions

    CEO, Elemental Consulting

  • Jason Mantzouranis

    Cachet Mode LLC

    COO, Project/Program Manager

  • Connor Boundy

    Atlantis Capital

    Executive Producer-Web 3 Series

  • Luke Pillarella

    Atlantis Capital, LLC

    Executive Producer - Web 3 Series

  • Sean Sutherland

    Kapowza

    Chapter Co-Director

Global sponsor

Dell Technologies logo

Dell Technologies

Presenting

TEDCO logo

TEDCO

360 Venture Management Group logo

360 Venture Management Group

Partners

Maryland Innovation Center logo

Maryland Innovation Center

Maryland Business Innovation Association logo

Maryland Business Innovation Association

Bethesda Green Innovation Lab logo

Bethesda Green Innovation Lab

Founder Institute logo

Founder Institute

CONNECTpreneur logo

CONNECTpreneur

Technical.ly Media logo

Technical.ly Media

Web Answer Media logo

Web Answer Media

Kapowza logo

Kapowza

Ortus Academy logo

Ortus Academy

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Pitch Creator

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