Baltimore took the No. 10 spot on CNN Money's list of "Best Places to Launch a Small Business". The city's proximity to DC and NY, universities and the Emerging Technology Center make it a hot spot for starting a range of businesses.
Here's an excerpt:
"Sure, there's the swanky Inner Harbor, crab feasts and Oriole Park, but Baltimore's biggest selling point is location: a 30-minute train ride from Washington and just a couple of hours from New York. That puts businesses close to federal agencies with money to spend and to the country's finance capital. Baltimore is near the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration -- which sign off on new products and provide research grants -- as well as Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Medical Center. That makes the region fertile ground for biotech startups."
Read the full article
here.