Working on or looking to work on a cool project? Startup Shell is UMD’s home for builders, designers, and entrepreneurs. They are a student-run co-working space designed to help you find the people and resources that you need to build the next Google or Oculus. Their founders have been a part of YCombinator, raised multimillion-dollar seed rounds and exited their companies. They also accept fellows with particular skill sets who can join exciting projects, get top internships and even start their own companies.
Members of Shell get access to their 24/7 co-working space on campus (next to Iribe) located in the EA IDEA factory. Their space has dedicated server hosting for members, a dual 3090 ML rig, top-of-the-line audio/video equipment and many more resources for members. Additionally, they launched their Founder Kit last semester which encompasses well over $50K in resources ($20K fee-free Stripe processing + 50% off Atlas incorporation, 6 months free Vercel Pro, $1.5k Snap ads, among about a dozen other services). Explore the full list at startupshell.org/resources.
Startup Shell regularly hosts successful founders, side-project hackathons and other fun workshops/social events open to all students. They just published our event schedule for September at startupshell.org/events! If you want to meet a fun, driven, and supportive community, check out their organization.
They will be hosting multiple events at the Shell space, 4462 Stadium Drive (EA IDEA Factory) Room #1101, in the coming weeks which are open to everyone.
- Learn About Shell on Tuesday, September 6th from 5:30 – 7:30 PM
- Break into Venture Capital: Invest up to $2M in Student Founders with Contrary on Thursday, September 8th from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
- Bloomberg Terminal: A $10B Product Wall Street Cannot Live Without on Wednesday, September 14th from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
- Repurpose Farm Plastic: From Idea to Execution on Tuesday, September 20th from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Check out the rest of their events at startupshell.org/events!
Interested in joining Startup Shell? Their applications will be opening at their Learn About Shell event on September 6th @ 5:30 PM at startupshell.org/apply. If you have any questions about Shell, feel free to reach out via startupshell.org/contact. Join their Discord to stay updated: https://startupshell.org/discord.
