That’s right, the nations capitol is making headlines on the national entrepreneurship scene! In a recent ranking by USA Today, Washington DC took the 5th spot overall in places to start a new tech company nationwide. CIO covered the ranking extensively, quoted: “…city officials and members of Washington’s nascent startup community, buoyed by new pro-growth [...]

Encore, a company co-founded by Georgetown senior James Li, was recently voted as “DC’s Hottest Start-up” during DC Week last Friday. Encore is a company dedicated to helping share the story of non-profits with their donors, creating more effective feedback loops. You can read more about Encore featured in the Washington Post’s blog here!

Today in Jeff Reid’s Understanding Entrepreneurship class, students heard from Allison Phillips about her non traditional journey into the start up world. Upon entering business school at UNC Chapel Hill with a background in IT, Allison never thought she would become an entrepreneur. After business school she took a job with McKinsey and Company, one [...]

Personal, a new company dedicated to securely storing and centralizing your small data, recently released a video highlighting their vision for more effective documentation procedure such as filling out the FAFSA. Sharon Gatobu, a Georgetown student who moved to DC from Kenya, shares her story about applying for financial aid and recognizes the Georgetown Entrepreneurship [...]

Recently, the Entrepreneurship Initiative had the privilege to bring Tien Wong, Chairman & CEO of Lore Systems and Opus8, to speak with students in our entrepreneurship classes. He wrote a blog post on his personal site about his experience, which you can read here! A special thanks to Mr. Wong, who engaged our students in wonderful dialogue throughout [...]