TEDCO Federal Programs engages with federal research laboratories and manages programs that help businesses make use of the public investment in science, t
When I was asked to write about TEDCO’s core value of collaboration, the word that immediately came to mind was “ubuntu.” Ubuntu is a Zulu word that Archbishop Desmond Tutu defined as “My humanity is caught up, is inextrica
Aretha Franklin famously sang, “R-E-S-P-E-C-T; find out what it means to me!” The song earned her two Grammy awards, was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame and the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, and ranked number five on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Great
As Maryland faces economic, ecological, and technological challenges—many of which, like COVID-19, tend to arrive with little warning and immense consequence—we should remember that solutions and progress will come from companies throughout our state and region whose leadership reflects sound, pr
During the last year, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) has made significant changes to enhance our leadership, update our programs and reinforce our core values to better serve universities, entrepreneurs and the technology sector in our state.
I recently engaged in an exercise that involved evaluating a list of 88 core values with a goal of identifying those that were the most important to me. While this might seem easy, the list contained some admirable qualities like respect, compassion, and fairness.
Growing up in Houston, Texas, I witnessed the booms and busts of the energy industry. The risk-taking of the many firms that made Houston “the World’s First Energy Capital” defined the city’s economy in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and early ‘90s.