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After Pandemic Decimated Air Travel, These Low-Cost Start-Ups Are the First New U.S. Air Carriers in 14 Years
The pandemic’s disruption has created opportunities for entrepreneurs in the airline sector as it has for other industries, said Jeff Reid, founding director of Georgetown Entrepreneurship and a professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
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Revealed: The 40 Under 40 Class of 2021
The Washington Business Journal is pleased to announce the honorees for our 2021 40 Under 40. This annual list of business owners, CEOs, nonprofit executives, attorneys and other corporate leaders shines a light on names you should get to know.
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Women in Business: One School’s Story
In 1956, Rita (Zekas) Sielicki applied to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., to study accounting. Four years later, she was the first woman to graduate from what would become the McDonough School of Business.
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Drew Leaves Veteran Small Business Owner of Blush Box Speechless After Major Surprise
Drew meets small business owner and veteran Kathy Oliphant-Wilson (MBA’14), who runs Blush Box, to find out why she was so passionate about starting the company. Drew’s also surprises her with $5,000.
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Young Investors See a ‘Buying Opportunity’ If Biden Raises Capital-Gains Taxes on America’s Millionaires
“There are some who may view it as, ‘Oh, here’s my opportunity to get on board,’” said James Angel, professor.
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Nearly 70 Million Americans Have Criminal Records. We Must Give Them a Second Chance
Fellow CEOs from Business Roundtable, a founding partner of the Second Chance Business Coalition, along with the Society for Human Resource Management, Stand Together, Dave’s Killer Bread Foundation and the Georgetown University Pivot Program.
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Xi’s Next Target in Tech Crackdown is China’s Vast Reams of Data
“You need companies that are very competitive,” said Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor who has written about data politics in China.
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Peloton’s Clash with Agency Over Treadmill Safety Threatens to Tarnish Brand
“There is a rule of thumb dating way back to the Tylenol case, where people were poisoned,” said Luc Wathieu, a professor of marketing.
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On Earth Day 2021, Meet the B-School Sustainability Graduates
Surabhi Agrawal, MBA: “Sustainability is a partnership between people and planet and I am proud that my work spans this.”
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What is Options Trading? A Beginners Guide
Here’s an example of how options trading works from James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University.
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