Deeper Than a Hustle: A Speaking Engagement with Marcus Johnson at UMBC
Music, entrepreneurship and AI: a free talk on building a business around your purpose. Marcus Johnson at UMBC, Thu Oct 15, 4 PM.
Everybody's talking about the hustle. But what happens when the hustle isn't enough?
Join Billboard-charting jazz keyboardist, entrepreneur, lifestyle brand creator and entertainment law professor Marcus Johnson for a speaking engagement at UMBC's Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, part of the Raymond V. Haysbert, Sr. Entrepreneurship Lecture Series.
This is a talk, not a concert. Marcus shares the real blueprint behind a career built across music, law, lifestyle branding and business, and the DEEPER framework at its core: Dream, Engage, Environment, Plan, Execute and Reflect.
What you'll walk away with:
- How to build a business, and a life, around your purpose
- How music and entrepreneurship feed each other
- How to use AI to multiply your productivity, protect your time and show up like the big boy
- Practical tools you can apply immediately, on your own terms
For students, creatives, founders and anyone building something of their own.
Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
UMBC University Center, Room 310
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Free. Reserve your spot here so we can save you a seat and send you reminders. UMBC students can also RSVP through myUMBC.
Hosted by the UMBC Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. entrepreneurship.umbc.edu
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UMBC University Center
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
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