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The Advice D.C.’s Student Entrepreneurs Wish They Had Before Their First Venture

It’s hard enough launching your first venture, but imagine doing that while balancing a full-time college course load. It’s not easy. That’s why local universities like…

August 23, 2017

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Students and Alumni Showcase Entrepreneurial Ventures at 1776

The students of Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative’s Summer Launch Program shared their work with the community at a showcase event on July 24 at 1776, a global incubator…

August 10, 2017

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How a College Grad is Devoting His Life to Supporting ‘Unsung’ Campus Workers

Febin Bellamy did. He’s the founder and CEO of Unsung Heroes, a platform dedicated to promoting awareness of the workers who often go unnoticed on campuses. “No one really…

August 9, 2017

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Google Employee’s Memo Triggers Another Crisis for a Tech Industry Struggling to Diversify

“It needs senior level attention,” said Jeff Reid, a professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. “It means there’s no quick fix. You can’t say,…

August 7, 2017

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Get Tibetan Food Delivered From This Immigrant-Driven DC Startup

Ever since Georgetown MBA graduate Noobstaa Philip Vang launched the food delivery service Foodhini in October of last year, Washingtonians have been able to get Syrian and Lao…

August 7, 2017

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Food Entrepreneurs Share the Best and Worst Career Advice They Have Received

Yang, who started Misfit Juicery in 2015 with Wong while the two were students at Georgetown University, said that the worst advice she has ever received is to be afraid of…

July 24, 2017

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Georgetown’s Literary Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Last summer, Eric Koester was at the end of his rope. An adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, Koester scheduled a meeting with…

July 20, 2017

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‘No One Should Feel Invisible

Motivation found Mr. Bellamy that summer, when his father suffered a stroke, and the young man had to step up and help support the family. He got a job at Wendy’s — and he…

July 16, 2017

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2017’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business

Melissa Bradley, professor of the practice: “Entrepreneurship is a complex sport. For entrepreneurs to be successful, there are so many diverse factors that must align at the…

July 5, 2017

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This 22-Year-Old Instagrammer Is One of the Most Powerful New Players in the DC Restaurant Scene

Welcome to Food Instagram, the corner of the internet where “yolk porn” is an entire genre and burgers topped with mac and cheese are so common they’re cliché. It’s the…

June 29, 2017