Alex Hormozi has made a significant investment in Skool, an online community membership platform created by Sam Ovens. This move has added credibility to Skool and opened opportunities for entrepreneurs to build and monetize their audiences. Skool combines social networking with online learning, offering features like course hosting and community forums. Hormozi's involvement is seen as a strong endorsement of the platform's potential.

While local tech and business culture continues to thrive via meetups and other initiatives, some Baltimoreans say innovators and organizers often get tunnel vision once their own projects get rolling. Patrick Rife, founder of photo booth tech company Pixilated, is working to change that perception with a new digital community: Baltimore Creators. The Baltimore-area native and seasoned tech scene connector created the platform out of frustration over this sense of isolation that traditional networking can’t always fix. Potential relationships discussed while exchanging contact information at in-person events can die a quick death as people are subsumed back into their daily grind

Several new cutting-edge companies are now contributing to the Baltimore business landscape, thanks to the latest Techstars Equitech Accelerator. The third local cohort led by the global pre-seed investor in partnership with UpSurge just wrapped, and at last week’s celebratory pitch night, several non-local founders declared their love of Baltimore and announced plans to deepen their local footprints. The evening, hosted at the MT Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, featured post-pitch fireside chats that illuminated how localized entrepreneurship programs — like the ones Techstars operates around the world — can act as two-way streets: They connect companies aiming to grow with ecosystems eager to expand