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Why Baltimore?

Struggles obtaining funding are often cited as a reason young entrepreneurs and startups leave Baltimore. However, our reporting makes clear that there are plenty of businesses that stay. Tell me some of the things that make Baltimore worth building your business in? What’s something about the Baltimore startup ecosystem you think isn’t anywhere else?

 

—Donte Kirby, Technical.ly reporter (donte@technical.ly)

 


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AI-based speech therapy company TikTalk2Me raises $1.5M

The company is looking to expand national sales and marketing from a base in Baltimore. Read more »

Emergent BioSolutions to restart COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in Baltimore

Months after pausing operations, the Maryland biotech company's Bayview plant was approved by the FDA to start making J&J shots once again. Read more »

Would you trade pay to keep working from home?

Disability insurance company Breeze surveyed 1000 people in the U.S to find out what the ability to work remotely was worth, and what workers would be willing to give up to keep it. Read more »


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Baltimore city’s 3 big goals for $2M buildout of city’s 54-mile fiber ring

The overbuild will not only repair and replace fraying fiber and strengthen the city's public safety radio system, but will also be the first major step in possibly extending broadband access to areas of Baltimore city lacking it. Read more »


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