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Technical.ly
29-04-2025
- Business
- Technical.ly
Making the best of ‘Smalltimore': Inside the RealLIST happy hour for rising startup founders
People who talk about 'Smalltimore' hit on something crucial: The reality that nothing really happens unless people with common interests or passions actually come together to get things done. The corollary: Put yourself out there, and you'll just start meeting people. Come at it with an ounce of curiosity and humility, and you might find your next job, investment, coworker or professionally useful skill. At its best, 'Smalltimore' means Baltimore is small enough that you'll start running into the same people again and again, probably even in different contexts. The barrier to entry can be way easier to clear in a city this small, where you don't compete with millions of others for the same space and opportunities. On the flip side, 'Smalltimore' allows people to keep operating in their own particular silos, whether that's in the Johns Hopkins bubble (with its own myriad of silos) or in redlined Black neighborhoods. You don't need to know about the next generation of software developers coming out of the city's STEM high schools if you don't concern yourself with hiring locally. The fortunes of a startup on the rise don't matter if you work for a major private employer and never have to meet hungry entrepreneurs. We at have tried to be connectors across these divisions ever since we began focused reporting in Baltimore roughly 13 years ago. That's why, last week, we celebrated our latest RealLIST Startups — our annual feature honoring the region's most promising early-stage companies — with a happy hour that brought many of those winning firms' founders together to mingle with others from throughout the local economy. Regional leaders and staffers from Kaiser Permanente, T. Rowe Price and the Sport & Entertainment Corporation of Maryland joined various innovation ecosystem players to celebrate these companies at Spark Coworking, a longtime player in this small-business scene. Remarks from CEO Christopher Wink and Kaiser Permanente vice president Gracelyn McDermott punctuated a night filled with the informal connections that help make 'Smalltimore' something more expansive, beyond county and industry boundaries. Check out some photos from the celebration, courtesy of several of its attendees.
Technical.ly
29-01-2025
- Business
- Technical.ly
This Week in Jobs: Hit a high note in your career with these 24 open roles
Need a quick pick-me-up? Strike a chord. Whether you're a karaoke pro or can't carry a tune, breaking into song boosts your mood, releasing serotonin and oxytocin. The human mind loves music, and it's hard for the brain to feel anything but enthusiasm when you sing a favorite song out loud. While it's no substitute for a healthy mental health regime, breaking out in song can temporarily boost your mood. What's more, joining a choral or singing group can doubly benefit one's mental health, regardless of singing ability, combating loneliness and sadness. So start warming up those vocal chords because we've got opportunities worth singing about below. The News New year, new podcast. Introducing Builders Live, a monthly conversation about tech trends shaping local entrepreneurship hosted by Christopher Wink. Heads up! You can expect more drones flying over NJ, Delaware, and PA this year, thanks partly to agriculture, the military, hobbyists, and more. Here are four ways the new administration could impact the tech world in the first 100 days in office. It's Data Privacy Day. Learn more about protecting your company's online information in the age of AI. Speaking of AI — the new administration may have revoked Biden's AI order, but that doesn't mean the safety consortium will dissolve just yet. The Jobs Client Spotlight For startup founders who are still in school, legal guidance can seem like a luxury, but it can be essential to putting a business on the right path. Law firm Ballard Spahr has resources to help. Through the BASE (Ballard Academy for Student Entrepreneurs) program, the firm works with student entrepreneurs to help them develop their companies and gain leadership skills. Students in the program receive in-kind, pro bono legal assistance from a designated Ballard Spahr attorney team. Philly + Delaware DC + Baltimore Crossover could use a Software Development Engineer, Trilogy. Medifast is on the lookout for a Principal Product Manager – Data. Join T. Rowe Price as a Senior Software Engineer (.Net/C#) or Director of Enterprise Architecture- Governance & Strategy. Georgetown University is keeping an eye out for an HCM Systems Junior Analyst. IRAP (International Refugee Assistance Project) is hiring an . Pittsburgh LTIMindtree is searching for a Specialist- Data Engineering. Carnegie Mellon University could use an Embedded Software Engineer. Robotics company needs a Software Engineer- Perception. Virtusa could use a QA Lead. Remote The End
