Entrepreneurial Speaker Series
Come out today and learn from an expert!
posted about 11 years ago
Vlad Friedman, UMBC Computer Science Alum, will be giving a speech during free hour today, discussing his 5 Most Critical Factors For Creating Successful Startups.
Anyone interested in computer science as well as entrepreneurship is encouraged to come out.
Vlad started his first company in his basement at the age of 18 while attending UMBC. He is the CEO and founder of Edgewebhosting, Inc., a Baltimore based provider of fully managed mission critical web and application hosting services. What started as a single server in a closet slower than your iPhone), a T1 internet line (slower than your wireless connection) and 1 employee at startup has transformed into a team of 45+ technical gurus managing over 2,000+ servers, 20,000 websites, fighting off 15 million hacker attacks per day, and servicing a wide range of customers including enterprise, e-commerce, application developers, health care providers, banks, educational institutions, political parties and fortune 500 companies. The company has doubled in size every 3 years with almost no advertising by maintaining its founding principles.
Anyone interested in computer science as well as entrepreneurship is encouraged to come out.
COMMONS 310, Noon - 12:45
Vlad started his first company in his basement at the age of 18 while attending UMBC. He is the CEO and founder of Edgewebhosting, Inc., a Baltimore based provider of fully managed mission critical web and application hosting services. What started as a single server in a closet slower than your iPhone), a T1 internet line (slower than your wireless connection) and 1 employee at startup has transformed into a team of 45+ technical gurus managing over 2,000+ servers, 20,000 websites, fighting off 15 million hacker attacks per day, and servicing a wide range of customers including enterprise, e-commerce, application developers, health care providers, banks, educational institutions, political parties and fortune 500 companies. The company has doubled in size every 3 years with almost no advertising by maintaining its founding principles.
