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Sourcefire’s sale bounty too late for Maryland [Links]

"The state sold its shares of the company shortly after it went public for a return on its investment of $3.2 million. The state’s payout would likely have been much larger, had it held on to Sourcefire."

Sourcefire’s sale bounty comes too late for Maryland [Baltimore Business Journal]: “The state sold its shares of the company shortly after it went public for a return on its investment of $3.2 million. The state’s payout would likely have been much larger, had it held on to Sourcefire.”
Angel Funding Opportunities Are Soaring in Washington, D.C. [Tech Cocktail]: “Personal angel investments, often in sums of $500,000 and lower, are becoming more common than million-dollar venture financing . . .”
Zero Gravity Learning: Baltimore Teacher Goes to Space Camp [Baltimore Fishbowl]: “Tamirate [Aklog], a science teacher at Digital Harbor High School … was one of the special few who got to spend a week at Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.”

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