Maryland — home to brilliant innovators, but not-so-great entrepreneurs.
That's the challenge the state faces if it hopes to bolster its high-tech economy, according to business, government and consultants who gathered in Silver Spring on Friday to chart that course.
In a state that has been programmed to concentrate on government business, more must be done to foster an entrepreneurial spirit, said Christian S. Johansson, secretary of the Department of Business and Economic Development.
"We have phenomenal innovators," Johansson said. "We're just not very good at commercializing that."
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Author: Lindsey Robbins
