Howard Community College | 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia MD 21044 | Phone: 410-722-4800 Fax: 410-722-4153 | Center for Entreprenurial Business Excellence
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Coaches Wanted
We are looking for people who are experts on business issues who would like to serve as coaches for our entrepreneurs.  Donate your time and energy to supporting our students who are starting their own businesses.

For more information and to volunteer, click here.

WHAT'S NEW

Exciting New Course at HCC!
ENTR-215:Taking Innovation to Market

Howard Community College, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, has developed a new course to teach budding entrepreneurs the process in between development and delivery to the marketplace.

Working directly with research labs, such as Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, the course teaches teamwork, critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Teams made up of high school, community college and continuing education students will evaluate a technology, perform market research, and analyze the potential for commercialization.

For more information, visit the TAP web site here.

ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT

Gold Rush ScanningGold Rush Scanning, a startup document scanning business, set up around David Gold, a 30 year-old man with Fragile X Syndrome was the first business to incubate in the Center for Entrepreneurial and Business Excellence.

The relationship between Gold Rush Scanning and the Center represents the spirit of the program with the integration of curriculum and support of entrepreneurs that provides experiential learning and viable business support to the Entrepreneur.

The idea behind document scanning is to transfer paper documents to digital format for efficient and reliable storage purposes. Gold Rush Scanning is dedicated to providing affordable quality document scanning services to Howard County customers. Their scanning services are focused on providing cost-effective solutions to the document overflow that many local businesses deal with.

For more information about Gold Rush Scanning, please call 410.262.4292.

WELCOME TO THE CEBE

Howard Community College is proud to announce the creation of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Business Excellence.

Our programs help prepare budding entrepreneurs for that big leap of faith -- and that’s also the purpose of this web site. From startup dreams to successful ventures, you’ll find a wealth of information to help you get where you’re going:

  • What it takes to start a business - from personality traits to the importance of branding
  • How to build a business -- from the business plan to the boardroom
  • What you need to know along the way -- from degreed courses to hands-on workshops and training

Let’s get started!
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