Makers, service providers and city officials alike joined us at the new Union Collective space last month as we celebrated the release of the State of Urban Manufacturing: Baltimore study. The report, created by the Urban Manufacturing Alliance with help from Made in Baltimore, outlines...
The first ever Made In Baltimore Lookbook offers a collection of some of the best products Baltimore City makers and manufacturers have to offer. The pages of our 2018 lookbook highlight the creative output of over 30 Baltimore City companies who, when combined, employ hundreds...
Made In Baltimore is excited to announce that our holiday store is returning to Station North this year for a FIVE MONTH RUN! This year's location is 20 W. North Avenue, the former site of Liam Flynn's Ale House in the North Avenue Market. We'll...
Calling all Baltimore Makers! Made In Baltimore is creating Baltimore's first ever all-local product lookbook, and we want to feature your goods. This publication will be printed in the thousands and distributed to retailers and consumers throughout the Baltimore region. This is an opportunity to reach...
This is a guest blog post by Rich Mokuolu, CEO at Inventaprint Inventing and producing a product – from conception to completion – is a long, but exciting and rewarding process. One of the trickiest parts of this process is finding a manufacturer to produce your...
Who would have ever thought that a daycare provider from the city of Baltimore would become the Brittle Queen and founder of Natasha’s Just Brittle? In the summer of 2009, I wanted to teach my daycare children a simple lesson in business fundamentals. Since cooking...
We asked our November Maker of the Month, MimiDre, owner of Fly Nerd Apparel to share tidbits of her journey into entrepreneurship. Mimi started her business as a side hustle, just like many of you reading this blog post. Read below as she shares some...
By Mark Frieden, President of Crossbow Strategies In the 20th century, the business model for companies was to maximize the profits for their shareholders. There was only one reason to exist: make money. As companies targeted higher and higher quarterly profits, shareholders and company executives made more money....
By Abbie Garcia One of the biggest components of successful marketing strategy is consistency of communication, both in terms of form and content. In fact, communication is the single most important factor that will lead to the success or demise of your entrepreneurial endeavor. Getting your...