This past week, it was both my pleasure and my sadness to participate in the graduation of 20
ACTiVATE(R) Class of 2009
incredible women from the ACTiVATE® at UMBC’s Class of 2009. I am sad because we have spent every Monday night of the last year together (OK – we took the summer off!). As with classes before, it’s been a great experience. I felt privileged to witness incredible growth in already strong, accomplished women. Just goes to show – we all have room to grow no matter WHAT stage we’re at!
Dr. Kimberly Brown, ACTiVATE® @ UMBC Class of 2007, did an excellent job at delivering the keynote speech. She talked about what motivates people to make the leap into entrepreneurship – to move from the finite realm of job descriptions to the infinite possibilities entrepreneurship brings. ACTiVATE®, she said, made a difference for her by making the impossible indeed VERY possible. When she joined the program, she was negotiating to buy a business but at a standstill. Some simple advice she received at her interview provided her with the information she needed to move the talks along and purchased a government contract just 2 days into the class. Her company, Amethyst Technologies was born. What started as a 2 person company with 1 client has now grown 20 people with 9 clients, purely through word-of-mouth marketing. Incredible.Getting to know Kimberly through the program and outside of it, I am confident Amethyst is posed for even greater growth and impact under her leadership. Her opportunities are infinite.
Among the benefits Kim talked about receiving from the program, one that stood out in my mind as hard to find elsewhere was the support of and connections with other women like her. ACTiVATE® provided not only a community of smart, successful women focused on the same goal (starting a company), but we were able to provide her with numerous role models and connections to inspire, motivate, and assist her on her path. Emlyn Stancill, one of our current graduates, reiterated Kim’s sentiment at the end of the night. She said she’s so busy with
motherhood and work that she never has the opportunity to meet other women who so ‘get’ what
she’s trying to do. Through the other women in the ACTiVATE® program who get and support her, she’s found her people. And we SO get her because we are just like her!
As with the 4 years prior, another group of women are added to the impressive list of ACTiVATE® graduates. I recommend that you watch out for them…you’ll be seeing their businesses making headlines in no time!
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Congratulations to the Class of batch 2009 graduates! Some women group are added to the impressive list of ACTiVATE® graduates.Dr. Kimberly Brown did an excellent job at delivering her speech. She talked about her experience to motivates and inspires many people to make the leap into entrepreneurship. Thanks for sharing your inspiring article to us.More power to your site! G_d bless
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Congrats on your graduation, you surley do have infinite possiblities.
Hey congrats on graduating! And yeah you are absolutely right, everyone has room to grow and gain new knoledge no matter what stage they are at in life.
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