Startup America – Pitch Across Maryland Tops Expectations

After more than two weeks crisscrossing the state with stops in Ocean City, La Plata, Hagerstown and pretty much everywhere in between, the bright yellow Pitch Across Maryland bus rolled into Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia on Friday.

There was music, booze, advice for entrepreneurs and, of course, more business pitches in the make-shift studio in the back of the bus.

Full Story: http://baltimore.citybizlist.com/article/pitch-across-maryland-tops-expectations-0

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Startup Weekend is coming to Missoula Montana! Startup Weekend Missoula, the first startup Weekend in Montana, is scheduled for January 18th, 2013. Please put this in your calendar!

At our next Hellgate Venture Network Meeting on October 25, Bob Clay and Dawn McGee, who recently participated in the Spokane Startup Weekend, will share their enthusiasm for the format and talk about plans for January.

If you have not heard of Startup Weekend ( http://startupweekend.org ), it is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world. Registration for Startup Weekend Missoula will open in early October, and will be available at http://missoula.startupweekend.org .