Steve Case and Kevin Plank to speak at #UMD Cupid's Cup Business Competition

Steve Case and Kevin Plank to speak at #UMD Cupid's Cup Business Competition
2011-03-29
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University Of Maryland holds an annual entrepreneurship invitational. The event allows kicks off with the BB&T Business Invitational, a showcase of University of Maryland and Washington-Baltimore region start-ups, entrepreneurship groups and economic development organizations. Four finalist entrepreneurs will compete for $25,000 in prizes in the Cupid's Cup Business Competition, where contestants will be judged on their business pitch presentations and evaluated by a panel of judges â€" including competition sponsor and alumnus Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Armour. Presentations from other regional entrepreneurs will also be included. Plank will give a keynote address, along with alumnus Ed Snider, chairman of Comcast-Spectacor. The competition will kick off with a keynote from Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, chairman an! d CEO of Revolution Inc. and the Case Foundation, and chair of the White House's Startup America Partnership to stimulate emerging companies. The event is free and open to the public. Additional information, including a full agenda, is available at www.cupidscup.com.

A Break down of the event is below.

* BB&T Business Invitational Showcase: 1 to 3 p.m., Grand Ballroom

* Cupid's Cup Business Competition, 3 to 5 p.m., Hoff Theater

Location: Stamp Union

Speaking Times and speakers

3:30 p.m. â€" Steve Case, Co-Founder of AOL, Chairman and CEO of Revolution Inc., Chairman of the Case Foundation, Chair of the White House's Startup America Partnership

4 p.m. â€" Ed Snider '55, Chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, parent company of the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team, and Comcast Sports-Net

4:40 p.m. â€" Kevin Plank '96, Founder and CEO of Under Armour

Event host: Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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