Community College of Baltimore County’s Center for Business Innovation‘s 3rd annual B’more BOLD Conference for Baltimore-area entrepreneurs and innovative business owners will be held June 11-12, 2023 at the Maritime Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, Md.
Participants will gain valuable insight and practical guidance to start, grow or fund their businesses from dozens of thought-provoking speakers and innovative business owners such as Seth Goldman, Honest Tea Founder and co-founder of Eat the Change; Ali von Paris, Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and founder of Route One Apparel; Pava LaPere, Forbes 30 Under 30 winner and founder of EcoMap; Justin Baer, Shark Tank’s $1 million deal winner and founder of Collars and Co.; April Richardson, entrepreneur and founder of DC Sweet Potato Cake; and Luke Cooper, venture capitalist and founder of Latimer Ventures.
Topics include marketing and advertising, pitching, alternative funding, recruiting, employee development, leadership strategies and more.
“We are proud to bring together more than 50 speakers covering the hottest topics in business today in over 40 general sessions and breakouts to help current business owners and entrepreneurs start, grow and fund their ideas,” says Dennis Sullivan, executive director of CCBC Center for Business Innovation and conference chairman. “If you have an entrepreneurial mind, this is for you.”
New this year are pre-conference summits, which will be held on Sunday, June 11, to discuss the challenges and opportunities for women-owned businesses, how to access capital and resources for minority-owned tech businesses, and how veterans can start and grow their ideas as veteran-owned businesses. Early-bird pricing is available for a limited time.
Since 1957, CCBC has opened the doors to accessible, affordable, high-quality education empowering generations of area residents to transform their lives and the lives of others. Each year, over 50,000 students enroll at the college’s main campuses, extension centers and online to make their starts, earn degrees, launch and build careers. CCBC offers the region’s most expansive selection of degree, certificate and workplace certification programs that prepare students for transfer, job entry and career advancement in such industries as business, education, health care, information technology, cybersecurity, construction, and transportation. Designated as the “Best Community College” among the Maryland Daily Record’s 2024 Reader Rankings, CCBC is also nationally recognized as a leader in innovative learning strategies and among the nation’s top associate degree producers.