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Press Releases -
2004 Archive
Dingman Center Supports Local Brewery Entrepreneur
College Park - November 17, 2004
- The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
at the University of Maryland's Robert H.
Smith School of Business granted $10,000
in start-up funding to local entrepreneur,
Matthew Fleischer, owner of Hook & Ladder
Brewery Co.
Fleischer, a second year MBA student at
Smith, founded the brewery with his brother
in 1999. Hook & Ladder won a Gold Medal
in 2001 at the Great American Beer Festival,
considered to be the "Academy Award in the
beer industry." Hook & Ladder has distributed
its beer in California, Florida, and Washington,
DC. Fleischer will use the funding to expand
his brewing company in the Washington, DC
and Baltimore, MD areas
(Click on each press release title to
view the full press release.)
Dingman Center Launches Region's First Minority
Business Development Center
April
6, 2004
The Dingman Center, working with the National
Community Reinvestment Coalition, officially
opens the region's first Minority Business
Development Center (MBDC) on April 14. The
Washington center will focus on gaining
high-growth minority businesses - not traditional
mom-and-pop shops - access to capital and
markets, as well as providing general business
consulting services to improvement opportunities
and economic performance, said MBDC Director
Reginald Richter.
(Click on each press release title
to view the full press release.)
Hot Dog Vendor Wins High Marks
February 25, 2004
Leon Leykin came to America 16 years ago,
from his native Russia. He came with his
wife and daughter, and a talent for electrical
engineering innovation. Discover how his
dream became a successful venture.
(Click on each press release title
to view the full press release.)
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