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Originally published by WYPR By Dominique Maria Bonessi Almost 70 percent of venture capital investments for start-ups in Baltimore are coming from outside of Maryland, according a Johns Hopkins [...]

Originally published in Next City by Oscar Perry Abello Over the past few years, Baltimore small businesses are attracting more capital than you might expect, but the nature and sources of that [...]

Originally published in Technical.ly Baltimore by Stephen Babcock Startups in Baltimore have seen an uptick in funding over the last several years, but a “more robust” financing system is needed [...]

Originally published in the Baltimore Sun by Sarah Gantz Baltimore needs a more robust financing system to help small businesses grow and to attract new companies. That’s the conclusion of a new [...]

Originally published in The Daily Record by Tim Curits Baltimore must do more to attract venture capital and other financing for its small businesses and startup companies, a new report from [...]

Originally published in JHU’s The HUB by Jill Rosen Baltimore, a city with clear economic assets and competitive advantages, should have a more robust financing system to cultivate a range [...]

September 2017 Download the full report here. Baltimore has the potential to be a city that is truly hospitable to small business growth, with all the economic benefits of jobs and tax revenue [...]

Wes Moore, host of WYPR’s Future City, talks with 21st Century Cities Initiative Executive Director Ben Seigel about how applied research can help cities run better. What do you think of [...]

The 21st Century Cities Initiative (21CC) at Johns Hopkins University will host its 2017 Symposium—21st Century Neighborhoods: Research. Leadership. Transformation—at the Renaissance Baltimore [...]

By Ben Seigel and Camila Montejo-Poll The 21st Century Cities Initiative held a May 2017 forum exploring the private sector’s role in proactively expanding economic opportunity and closing the [...]