Student-run incubator + coworking space @UofMaryland. RTs ≠ endorsements.
College Park, MD
Joined February 2013
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Startup Shell retweeted
Thrilled to host @shyamalanadkat from @OpenAI at @startup_shell Our CEO @SanderSchulhoff joined us as we dove into the future of generative AI.
Big takeaway, GenAI will fundamentally change knowledge work!💡
More below 👇🧵
Startup Shell retweeted
Companies with poor customer service have a new force to reckon with — KarenAI.
dbknews.com/2023/05/11/umd-s…
Startup Shell retweeted
Don't miss out on the HackAPrompt Competition kickoff TODAY at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET, featuring Co-founder of @PreambleAI, Jon Cefalu!
Come learn about prompt hacking, the security challenges it poses, and how you can contribute to making AI systems more secure 🔒
Sign up now 👇
crowdcast.io/c/hackaprompt
Startup Shell retweeted
Interested in entrepreneurship?
There is a roadshow at @startup_shell in the IDEA factory this Thurs, May 4th, 4pm. The Center of Advancing Innovation is recruiting participants to its newest initiative, the Global Health Innovation Challenge!
Details ⬇️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
ALT Poster for the Global Health Innovation Challenge
Startup Shell retweeted
📢 Announcing the HackAPrompt competition!
The first ever prompt hacking competition, designed to enhance AI safety, launching this Friday 👇
🕵️ Become a prompt hacker
🏆 Win over $35,000 in prizes
😎 Get featured on Learn Prompting
Register now
aicrowd.com/challenges/hacka…
Startup Shell retweeted
Meet Ben Khakshoor and Sam Drozdov, the founders of Bloxbiz, an advertising platform for the $28B online gaming platform Roblox.
Bloxbiz's ad product hits 75M monthly active players on Roblox.
Bloxbiz dominates the Roblox ad market - because there's no competition.
Startup Shell retweeted
In 2020, these guys built the world's first virtual Adtech platform.
In 2021, they sold it for $17.5M
They went from idea to selling the company in only 10 months during the lockdown.
The most insane 0 → 1 story 🧵
Startup Shell retweeted
— The Background
Ben and Sam met in college.
Ben brought an edtech startup he’d created to the University of Maryland's incubator, called Startup Shell.
At the time, Sam was the director of Startup Shell.
Startup Shell retweeted
. @startup_shell is an independent student-run startup incubator @UofMaryland. We've had 4 @ycombinator-backed startups come out of the Startup Shell in the past 3 years 🚀
Today, for giving day, we're trying to fund-raise $10k to support founder grants and more. Please donate if you can 👇👇
launch.umd.edu/project/36755
Startup Shell retweeted
. @startup_shell is a student-run startup incubator at the @UofMaryland that helps students build and scale their startups!
So far, we've supported 200 ventures w/ combined value of $1B+!
This Giving Day, please support student entrepreneurship at UMD!
launch.umd.edu/project/36755
Startup Shell retweeted
This is exactly what @startup_shell is! Good friends and super passionate builders / creators in one place 🥂
Startup Shell retweeted
Thank you @startup_shell (at @UofMaryland) for hosting the Learn Prompting LLM workshop 🥂
Startup Shell retweeted
UMD I-Corps, @startup_shell, and partners are co-hosting a "Black Founders in I-Corps" event at the Startup Shell on 2/16, from 4:30-7 p.m., to celebrate Black entrepreneurs who have completed an I-Corps program. For more info and to register, visit: icorps.umd.edu/black-founder…
Startup Shell retweeted
Today, I had an opportunity to visit @UofMaryland to meet with students & faculty about their ongoing semiconductor & advanced manufacturing studies and tour their impressive research facilities that provide hands-on learning.
ALT Secretary Raimondo visits the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park
ALT Secretary Raimondo visits the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park
ALT Secretary Raimondo visits the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park
Startup Shell retweeted
Hey @alexisohanian! If you are visiting college campuses, drop by @startup_shell at the @UofMaryland again! Would love to show you what we have accomplished since your last visit 10 years ago!
Startup Shell retweeted
Today, @startup_shell co-executive directors (and @umdcs students) Anaum Khan and Nabeela Ibrahim presented to our Board of Visitors in the IDEA Factory!
Board members learned from #ScienceTerps about the campus' student entrepreneurship ecosystem ➡️ startupshell.org
ALT Startup Shell co-executive directors present to CMNS Board of Visitors
Startup Shell retweeted
Startup shell (@startup_shell) has joined the Uploadcare partnership program! It is the student-run coworking space and incubator at the University of Maryland.
Let’s foster entrepreneurship through collaboration together! 🚀
Startup Shell retweeted
We all must become climate ambassadors. #UMD will accelerate its Climate Action Plan goal to become a Net-Zero Carbon Neutral campus by Earth Day in 2025, and replace our university-owned fleet of 1,070+ vehicles with an all-electric fleet by 2035.
go.umd.edu/TwE