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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Popular Mechanics Lists Best Startup Cities in US - Baltimore is number 5

Popular Mechanics recently ranked best start-up cities and Charm City made the list at number 5. The growing entrepreneurial climate of GenXers and Millennials in this town has been a pleasure to observe the last number of years, and it seems some outsiders are taking notice.
From the article....
 Under Armour launched here in 1998 with a handful of employees—it now has more than 1,300. In 1999, Emerging Technology Centers opened in the historic Canton neighborhood in the 19th-century brick buildings formerly occupied by a can manufacturer. In 15 years the business incubator and accelerator has aided more than 350 companies that have attracted $1.6 billion in investments. In the past two years seven more accelerators have opened in Baltimore.