Last week, Baltimore Homecoming resumed after a COVID hiatus, bringingpeople with connections to our city back to see Baltimore's amazing energy. They mixed with corporate leaders, City Schools students, artists and community activists. They ate at exquisite restaurants, toured emerging spaces and got an up-close view of nonprofits changing lives across our city. And, on the final day, they saw our tech ecosystem up close, hearing from established and emerging founders (shout out to WhitePaw RunMitts for winning the Crab Tank competition!) and getting a taste of the passion propelling our work.
It was a powerful three-day experience that underscored the concept of AND. Building the world's first Equitech City is going to take all of us -- artists and activists and philanthropists and educators and scientists and investors and entrepreneurs. Baltimore will accelerate as this big set of gears turns smoothly together. Tech is a key part of that future progress, and it was energizing to watch Baltimore expats drawn into the Equitech vision.
Baltimore tech founders Jess Gartner, Delali Dzirasa, Ellington West, and Kristen Valdes speaking about building in Baltimore, on a panel moderated by Jeff Cherry.
UpSurge/Techstars Brown Bag Lunches
Don't miss the final two workshops in the series UpSurge is co-hosting with Techstars and Stanley Black & Decker at our Railway Express offices. Join us for:
We were excited for Youreka Labs when it announced an acquisition by Dispatch -- and more excited when Dispatch CEO Pat Burns affirmed, "We're going to continue to have a strong presence in Baltimore." Love to hear it! 💜
📢 Founders, we need your help! UpSurge is working with JHU's 21st Century Cities Initiative to understand the diversity of Baltimore tech. Please take a few minutes to complete this anonymized, confidential survey.
Back to normal? Not so fast! Take a look at how companies -- including Google -- are approaching a flexible return to the office. (Although who knows what you should wear when you get there...)
Catch UP: Media
"Today his invention sits in standard telephones, cell phones, computer tablets, and hearing aids around the world." Baltimore legend Jim West, was named one of Scientific American's Three Overlooked Black Inventors [Who] Shaped Our Lives.
📣 TEDCO CEO Troy LeMaile-Stovall and UpSurge's Jamie McDonald talked about our innovation ecosystem on the most recent TEDCO Talks.
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