Under Armour’s CFO has a thing for Baltimore startups [Links Roundup]

Here’s what it takes to get Under Armour CFO Brad Dickerson to invest in your startup [Baltimore Business Journal]: “Under Armour Inc. CFO Brad Dickerson is in the hunt for Baltimore startups that have an interesting take on business and strong leadership teams. That’s how Dickerson decides which Baltimore companies to support, he said. Dickerson has emerged as an angel investor in a second technology startup, Kinglet, after investing in Baltimore-based NewsUp.”
2015, where tech and credit collide [The Daily Record]: “In CardHub’s annual list of the top 10 credit trend predictions for the year ahead, the intersection of credit and the tech world features prominently.”
107 million: Number of spiders that call Baltimore facility home [Tech Times]: “In 2009, managers of the treatment plants took assistance from entomologists, over an ‘extreme spider situation.’ The Baltimore facility spans about four acres and, in 2009, experts estimated that there were more than 35,000 spiders per cubic square meter. On an average a spider measured about 0.5 inch, which included its legs.”
10 States Where the Women CEOs Tower Above [Inc.]: “8. Maryland Home to 121 companies on the Inc. 5000, the Free State is making hay out of sectors including: IT, aerospace and defense. Baltimore, alone, nurtures nearly half of those companies. There are 24 Inc. 5000 female CEOs based in Maryland, including Shari Lineberger Harris, whose residential real estate franchise Keller Williams is the 3rd fastest-growing, private company in the Baltimore metro area.”