Every year about this time, Hillman students at the University of Maryland reach out to make a critical one-on-one connection with the Hillman students who are graduating from Montgomery College and Prince Georges Community College--answering questions, showing them the hot…
By Wasique Iqbal On April 6-8, 2018 in the Xfinity Center at the University of Maryland College Park, I, along with 2 other classmates, Nazea Khan and Jason Acevedo, took part in Bitcamp. Bitcamp is a hackathon where we had…
For the last 3 years, the MC-Hillman Program has been developing its relationship with a local Toastmasters Team through an introduction by one of our esteemed alumni, Tchata Koubonou. Since that fateful day when he suggested we talk to the…
by Nazea Khan On March 7, nine Hillman Entrepreneurs from MC joined UMD Hillman students and many others at the Universities of Shady Grove for an event called the “Skilled for Success: Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset.” Here is the report…
By Marcos Solloso, Jason Acevedo, Wasique Iqbal, and Santiago Vallinas On hearing Larry Culp, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, Hillman student Jason Acevedo reported, “As soon as Culp started his lecture I was able to notice that he is…
by Dee Sangi, Laura Vasquez, Olalekan Olaniyi, and Jason Acevedo ---------- On November 28, about 60 members of the Montgomery College community--including a dozen Hillman Entrepreneurs--attended a presidential dialogue series with Seth Goldman, the co-founder and CEO of Honest Tea.…
By Jason Acevedo On Thursday, November 9, I attended a show case and happy hour at Launch Workplaces at the Rio in Gaithersburg, MD. I attended this event with Jason Denny and we both had a great experience. At…