Open to all since 1981, the Enterprise Forum® has promoted the growth, education, and success of the entrepreneur and business community of the greater Washington & Baltimore area. A non-profit, volunteer organization, it provides exceptional quality events that are open to the public. Its many programs are targeted to local start-ups, high technology businesses, venture capitalists, angels, and the professionals who support them.
Enterprise Forum activities provide excellent time-proven opportunities for the best networking in the area and for generating great ideas for growing and building high technology companies. Several companies that have presented at the Enterprise Forum have subsequently grown to become highly successful enterprises.
The local chapter is one of a network of 24 worldwide chapters of the Enterprise Forum, which was created as an outreach educational program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). Participation and membership by the general public, regardless of their affiliation, is encouraged.
Why the Forum is for you!
Although each person joins the Forum or attends Forum events for individual reasons, the most common reasons listed by participants include:
- Insights to better run companies, from startups to full size publicly traded companies
- Preparation to launch or grow a start-up
- Contacts for employment by companies
- Sources of valuable, interested potential employees for companies
- Access to professionals with special services aimed at companies
- Contact with potential clients for service professionals
- Investment opportunities and sources
- General knowledge about entrepreneurship
Membership
Although there are benefits to joining the Forum (only $75 per year, save even more with multiyear membership options), membership is not required for Forum events, as all events are open to the public. Similarly, although the Forum is associated with MIT, an MIT affiliation is not required for participation, membership, or leadership of the Forum.
Programs & Activities
The primary Forum activity is a series of large events, often featuring business leaders and case presentations by select businesses, both large and small, located from the local area. Other activities include workshops, business plan competitions, and interactive satellite broadcasts of programs from other MITEF chapters. Except for a break during the summer months, the Forum Events are year round. The case studies are held at the NRECA Conference Center (Ballston, VA) or the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Laurel, MD) at 6:30 p.m.
Supporting the Forum
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