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Minority Innovation Weekend is a weekend summit dedicated to aiding minority innovators launch tech-focused startups, exploring trending technologies, and showcasing tech startups that have a minority founder or co-founder.

OVERVIEW The Minority Innovation Entrepreneurship Program (MIEP) / Minority Innovation Weekend (MIW) Innovation Marketplace and Pitch Competition (IM&PC) will showcase tech-focused startups that have been launched by a minority founder or by founding teams that include a minority co-founder. Teams participating in the IM&PC portion of MIW will have the opportunity to pitch to investors. …

Call For Speakers – Minority Innovation Weekend 2019 Volunteer to speak at Minority Innovation Weekend (MIW) 2019! Attention all Tech Startup Founders, Cyber Security Experts, Health Equity Technologists, and Venture Capitalists!   Minority Innovation Weekend 2019 is coming back for our 3rd year! Minority Innovation Weekend (MIW) 2019  will occur on Saturday October 12th and …

Minority Innovation Weekend Boosts Tech Entrepreneurs Technology-related businesses are the main engine of the U.S. and global economies, but people of color and women are only a small fraction of the nation’s technology entrepreneurs. To address this problem, and to advance the broader mission of the National Society of Black Engineers, the Baltimore Metropolitan Area …

Minority Innovation Weekend adds emerging technologies track, startup showcase Minority Innovation Weekend is looking to provide resources for people looking to start a business, and those who are looking to learn about how new technology is shaping business and society. The event, organized by the National Society of Black Engineers – Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter, returns …

Baltimore Professionals Host ‘Minority Innovation Weekend’ A one-day conference hosted by NSBE–BMAC, the Baltimore chapter of NSBE Professionals, brought more than 50 engineers, technologists, entrepreneurs and others to Hotel RL in downtown Baltimore on Saturday, Nov. 11. The goal of the event, named Minority Innovation Weekend (MIW), was to provide knowledge to enable individuals to …

Minority Innovation Weekend helped entrepreneurs move toward launch The National Society of Black Engineers’ local chapter provided tech entrepreneurs of color with resources to launch their businesses at its first Minority Innovation Weekend. The Nov. 11 conference featured a dozen speakers total, starting with a keynote Fixt CEO Luke Cooper, and ending with a panel discussion …

Minority Innovation Weekend to provide lessons on launching a startup Minority Innovation Weekend is focusing on steps to build a business in Baltimore. The daylong event, organized by The National Society of Black Engineers – Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter, is set for Nov. 11 at the Hotel RL in Inner Harbor. The goal “is to …

BALTIMORE — The National Society of Black Engineers – Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter (NSBE-BMAC) Launches the Minority Innovation Weekend in November. The goal of the Minority Innovation Weekend is to provide minority innovators with fundamental knowledge needed to successfully launch startups. The National Society of Black Engineers – Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter (NSBE-BMAC) is launching the …

National Society of Black Engineers hosts Minority Innovation Weekend The first Minority Innovation Weekend kicks off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2017 at Hotel RL – Baltimore Inner Harbor. The weekend event features talks by speakers with experience in launching startups who will discuss defining and validating ideas; defining the competition; making a …