AI investor John J. Villa told the August Entrepreneurship and AI Salon that when everyone has the same tools, the edge comes from relationships, industry expertise, and reputation.

At the Entrepreneurship and AI Salon, Realworld founder Genevieve Bellaire (MBA’15, L’15) explained why brand, community, and trust now matter more than the product itself.

A refreshed Venture Development website, an AI plugin for founders, weekly co-working in Hariri, and easier access to Venture Advisors: what is new for Georgetown founders this fall.

RAM Infrastructure, a project development firm building infrastructure platforms and led by a Georgetown alumnus, announces it has joined the Leonsis Venture Lab.

Jen Dalton (B’99, MBA’12) talks with Cynthia Groves about company culture, knowing when to leap into entrepreneurship, personal branding and intentional networking.

Recap of the 2026 Summer Launch Incubator virtual showcase, where eight student ventures presented progress after six weeks of customer discovery and product work.

How AI shows up across Georgetown Entrepreneurship courses, advising, pitch competitions, and student ventures, framed by Jesuit values and discernment.

Three Georgetown student startups that developed through campus programs won national entrepreneurship competitions.

Draws entrepreneurship lessons from Tom Brady's 2026 McDonough commencement address on resilience and preparation when facing long odds.

Phoebe Gates, co-founder and CEO of Phia, talks with Georgetown students about AI shopping, consumer trust and why founders should start building early.

Defense founders and investors discuss building for the tactical edge, lessons from Ukraine, and how startups can win with the military at Venture in the Capital 2026.

Two founders and a Hoya investor discuss AI that feels human, the limits of latency and cost, and why taste matters at Venture in the Capital 2026.

Student founders Lucas Raskin of Guardian RF and Jarren Reid of Usul share how they moved from campus projects to defense startups.

Create the Future podcast episode in which Jeff Reid and Father Quentin Dupont discuss entrepreneurship for the common good as rooted in human flourishing.

Profile of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Health Initiative, which treats health care entrepreneurship as broader than biotech and supports student health ventures.

Explains the Entrepreneur's Examen, a reflective practice drawn from Jesuit discernment that helps founders check their ventures against their values.

Spectrum Equity managing director John Connolly reflects on his path from Wall Street to growth equity and shares career advice for Georgetown students.

Base Power co-founder Zach Dell explains distributed home batteries, building a factory in Austin and lessons in company building for Venture in the Capital 2026.

Leaders from NobleReach, Second Front Systems and Archer Aviation discuss why new technology stalls between invention and deployment, and how policy can help.

Panel by panel takeaways from Venture in the Capital, covering AI infrastructure, product development, venture careers, policy, defense technology, and young founders.

Investors and founders discuss rebuilding American manufacturing, the role of automation and why products drive industrial growth at Venture in the Capital 2026.

Three global health leaders share how telemedicine, corporate philanthropy and human-centered design can improve maternal and child health around the world.

Recap of the fall 2025 Georgetown Entrepreneurship Summit and Bark Tank, with a link to the McDonough story on the $125,000 competition.

Techstars co-founder Brad Feld talks with Jeff Reid about mentorship, startup communities and the Give First philosophy of helping without expecting a return.

Inaugural Create the Future podcast episode on values-driven entrepreneurship for the common good, with a link to listen on Spotify.

Jeff Reid talks with Dan Simons of Founding Farmers and Bill Creelman (C’96) of Spindrift about building purpose-driven, profitable companies.

Spotlight on Georgetown's Office of Technology Commercialization, how it moves research into startups and licenses, and the Research and Innovation Showcase it co-hosted.

Leaders from Sequoia, Y Combinator, Goldman Sachs, MaC Venture Capital and NobleReach discuss AI regulation, startups and government at Venture in the Capital 2025.

General Catalyst's Niko Bonatsos shares his path into venture, how he spots consumer breakouts and why he is excited about Gen Z founders.

Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire talks about curiosity, spotting talent, defense manufacturing and why great companies start with real problems.

Alumna Marina Paul won $100,000 for her sportswear brand SUPERHERA at the GEA alumni pitch competition during John Carroll Weekend 2025.

Preview of the inaugural Startup Africa Summit on April 23, 2025, organized by the Georgetown African Business Alliance to spotlight African startups.

Four venture investors discuss building in downturns, capital efficiency in the age of AI, emerging markets and staying authentic at Venture in the Capital 2025.

Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois shares lessons from law, PayPal and Square, and what it takes to succeed in venture, at Venture in the Capital 2025.

Kara Swisher and Eric Newcomer discuss tech's influence in Washington, the media business and advice for young journalists at Venture in the Capital 2025.

Mayor Muriel Bowser discusses D.C.'s startup climate, its venture capital program and why young people should engage in policy, at Venture in the Capital 2025.

Bessemer partner and SFS graduate Adam Fisher reflects on Georgetown, investing in Israel's startups and the risks of the current AI cycle.

Three Georgetown alumnae in venture and education share the risks that shaped their careers and advice for women building companies.

Founders of DIG, Weee! and &pizza share how they built their food businesses, from supply chains to scaling teams, at Venture in the Capital 2025.

Announces Georgetown Entrepreneurship's sponsorship of Founding DC, a WTOP News podcast hosted by Dan Simons that interviews Washington region founders.

Podcast production company Shanda Studio and co-founder Dumi Mabhena join the Leonsis Venture Lab alumni startup community.

Tim Hughes (SFS’94) of SpaceX and Delian Asparouhov of Varda Space Industries discuss the growing space economy at Venture in the Capital 2024.

Eight student teams pitched at Bark Tank, the Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize competition, and shared $150,000 in prizes.

The Leonsis family gave $5 million to Georgetown Entrepreneurship, supporting the Leonsis Venture Lab and the Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize.

Jeff Reid discusses the growth of AI startups in the Middle East, driven by government investment and policy.

Andreessen Horowitz general partner Katherine Boyle explains American dynamism and how her Jesuit education at Georgetown shaped her path to venture capital.

Bowery Farming founder Irving Fain explains indoor vertical farming, the future of the food supply chain and lessons for founders.

Investors and a self-driving truck founder discuss the challenges and promise of hard tech and defense startups at Venture in the Capital 2024.

Leaders behind Panera, Honest Tea, Impossible Foods and 16 Handles share lessons on building food brands at Venture in the Capital 2024.

Profile of former Georgetown soccer player Marina Paul and how she built SPRHRA (later SUPERHERA), sports apparel designed for women athletes.

Leaders from a16z crypto, Silver Lake, NobleReach and Kodiak Robotics discuss why policy matters to investors and startups at Venture in the Capital 2024.

Georgetown alumni behind 4AM Skin, Orka Beverage and Chestr share how they started their companies and what they learned at Venture in the Capital 2024.

The founders of HigherDOSE and 111SKIN discuss sustainability, product claims, retail strategy and the future of wellness at Venture in the Capital 2024.

FirstMark co-founder Rick Heitzmann shares how banking and operating shaped his investing, and how he backs contrarian founders riding big trends.

Space Capital's Chad Anderson explains how falling launch costs opened the space economy and where he sees opportunities for founders and investors.

Overview of how Georgetown supports student and alumni founders through competitions, mentoring, and incubators, told partly through OxiWear founder Shavini Fernando.

Georgetown experts and founders discuss how biotechnology, AI and alternative proteins can make food healthier, tastier and more sustainable.

Eight student teams pitched at the fall 2023 Bark Tank and shared $125,000 in prizes.

Monumental Sports Network spotlights the 2023 Bark Tank, where Reservoir won, and Ted Leonsis explains why he supports Georgetown student founders.

Recap of the 2023 Summer Launch Incubator showcase, where nine student and alumni ventures presented.

Announces the three winners of the May 2023 Ventures and Values Pitch Competition, which awarded $12,000, with Communicare in first place.

Research summary by Gerard George, Thomas Fewer, and Quentin Dupont on corporate purpose viewed through moral philosophies of the common good.

Research summary on how founder status and stigma affected firm survival in late Imperial Russia.

Research summary on the Apollo Soyuz project and how informal free spaces helped NASA and Soviet teams collaborate during the Cold War.

Links to a WJLA story on Pivot Fellow Raashed Hall, who won the MSB pitch prelims with a workout product he invented while incarcerated.

Jeff Reid's book chapter reflecting on a decade of teaching entrepreneurship and why universities should treat it as an interdisciplinary field.

A group of Saudi women entrepreneurs came to McDonough for leadership training, mentorship, and meetings with U.S. business and government leaders.

Research summary by Thomas Fewer and Murat Tarakci on whether CEO political partisanship, rather than ideology, predicts corporate misconduct.

Brendan Foody (B'25) and his startup Seros won the BIG EAST Startup Challenge, Georgetown's second win in the competition.

Research summary of a review article on how to design public private partnerships that tackle grand challenges.

Pivot Fellow Raashed Hall placed second in a Georgetown pitch competition with a workout product he patented while incarcerated.

Announces the winning entries of Hoya Hacks 2023, Georgetown's annual student hackathon, with a link to the UIS announcement.

Link to a McDonough story introducing Georgetown Entrepreneurship's new strategic pillars and reviewing its 2022 activity.

Link to a McDonough story on an alumnus who launched a coaching startup through the Georgetown Startup Accelerator.

Link to a McDonough story on the spring 2023 Rocket Pitch, where students gave two minute pitches of early venture ideas.

Student teams pitched at the fall 2022 Bark Tank and won $145,000 in prizes, with added funding from Ted Leonsis.

Recap and winners of the fall 2022 Rocket Pitch, where students from all schools gave two minute venture pitches.

The Georgetown Venture Lab started the fall 2022 Georgetown Startup Accelerator, a nine week virtual program for ten alumni founded startups.

Excerpt from the Washington Business Journal on Sam Owen's (M'14) vertigo device startup Otolith Labs raising funding that included Mark Cuban.

Michael Brown (B'94) of Battery Ventures gave a gift to help McDonough recruit entrepreneurship scholar Gerry George and strengthen Georgetown Entrepreneurship.

Describes how the Georgetown Venture Lab and its nine week Georgetown Startup Accelerator help alumni founders start early stage companies.

Points to a Washington Post story on alumna Hannah Williams (B'19), whose TikTok videos ask D.C. residents about their salaries.

Alumna Emily Owen launched Bibti, an app that pairs women as walking companions for safer travel at night.

Poets and Quants profile of Robotics For All, Maximilian Goetz's nonprofit offering free robotics and coding classes to underserved K to 12 students.

Cornelia Williams (NHS'22) and EMTomorrow, a 2021 Summer Launch Incubator venture, placed second in the American Heart Association EmPOWERED to Serve accelerator.

Profile of Sowmya Pelluru's underwear brand manakii, which donates a pair to people experiencing homelessness for each pair sold.

Excerpt from a McDonough story on the fall 2021 Bark Tank, where student entrepreneurs won $150,000 in prizes.

Podcast episode with alumna Shavini Fernando on OxiWear, an ear worn device that monitors blood oxygen and alerts when it drops.

Podcast episode with co-founder Zach Oschin on Elenas, a social selling platform for beauty products based in Bogota, Colombia.

Podcast episode with Juliette Silvain on CAVALL, an app that connects horse buyers and sellers at equestrian competitions.

The Georgetown Venture Lab welcomed the fall 2021 Georgetown Startup Accelerator cohort of 13 alumni founded companies.

Describes Georgetown Startup Interns (UNXD 290), a for credit course that places undergraduates in internships at D.C. area startups.

Recap of the spring 2022 Rocket Pitch, where five student teams shared $4,500 for two minute startup pitches.

Profile of student Besart Copa (SFS'22) and Chestr, a browser extension for sharing wish lists and product picks with friends.

Excerpt from a McDonough story on Georgetown Entrepreneurship's mission of using business to address social challenges.

A Different Funds study ranked Georgetown second among universities whose women graduates lead venture capital firms, citing the Venture Fellows Program.

Tara Gupta (MBA'22) was named to the Forbes Next 1000 list for founding sustainability focused companies.

Recap of Honest Tea and PLNT Burger co-founder Seth Goldman's November 2021 campus talk on building mission driven companies.

Undergraduate team GoCook won the Spirit Prize at the 2021 Summer Launch Incubator, which hosted 12 ventures.

The Georgetown Venture Lab reopened in a downtown D.C. WeWork as a workspace for alumni founders.

Profile of Mackenzie Copley (C'15), who founded One Tent Health to offer free HIV testing and care in underserved D.C. neighborhoods.

Profile of Joshua Schwartz, who founded Pubvendo after asking publishers what they needed and finding demand for author social media promotion.

Interview with entrepreneur in residence Luke Cooper on the founder mindset he taught in the inaugural Georgetown Startup Accelerator.

Profile of twin sisters Alexandra and Samantha Blatteis and Home Base Spirits, a whiskey brand aimed at being approachable and sustainable.

Profile of alumni founded MisFit Foods, which blends meat and vegetables to cut meat consumption, and its path from the Venture Lab to Shark Tank.

Student group Plan-It Earth hosted its second virtual sustainability ideathon, asking teams for business ideas on urban development and climate.

Profile of Tory Pratt (SFS'11) and Pratt Standard, a craft cocktail syrup company that added virtual bartending classes.

Recap of the March 30, 2021 Demo Day for the 12 startups in the first Georgetown Startup Accelerator cohort.

Excerpt from a McDonough story on a Georgetown Startup Accelerator Demo Day featuring 13 startups and a keynote by Ted Leonsis.

Profile of Little Red Box Grocery, which brings affordable fresh groceries to underserved communities in Texas.

Excerpt of Jeff Reid's Washington Business Journal op-ed arguing that D.C. businesses should respond to disruption with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Profile of the Maker Hub in Lauinger Library and the student startups, such as OxiWear and GUAQ, that used it to build prototypes.

Announces the launch of the Georgetown Startup Accelerator, a remote nine week program for 12 alumni founded startups.

Excerpt from a McDonough story on the 2020 Bark Tank, where student and alumni entrepreneurs won $155,000 in prizes.

Student Ava McDonald (C'24), founder of Gen Z marketing company Zfluence, was named to the 2020 Ad Age 40 Under 40.

Podcast episode in which the GOODProjects co-founders discuss their summer tour interviewing community leaders in cities across the country.

Podcast episode with Halo Top co-founder Doug Bouton (C'07) on building the low calorie ice cream brand and selling the company.

Promotes open seats in the first year seminar Entrepreneurship in the Jesuit Tradition, with a video introduction.

Founding director Jeff Reid was named a Longenecker Fellow by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Jeff Reid and past students introduce the first-year seminar Entrepreneurship in the Jesuit Tradition, offered in fall 2020.

Announces a one day virtual COVID-19 Design Challenge hackathon on reducing the pandemic's effects on vulnerable communities, jobs, and education.

Lists three fall 2020 entrepreneurship courses on entrepreneurial thinking, foundations, and launching a venture.

Embedded Inside Entrepreneurship video on social justice and purposeful leadership.

Entrepreneur in residence Pat Henriques received a 2020 Special Posthumous Legacy Award for her work supporting women, veteran, and student entrepreneurs.

Embedded Inside Entrepreneurship video on persistence in entrepreneurship.

Profile of HealthCare Mobile, which trained community health workers in Nigeria to deliver COVID-19 education and services.

Announces the 2020 Georgetown Entrepreneurship Challenge Finals winners, Project Olas and AMO, Inc., with a message from the team.

Podcast episode with JD MBA alumnus Michael O'Neil on founding GetWellNetwork, a patient engagement technology company used in hospitals.

Recap of the third annual Startup Career Fair on March 3, 2020, which connected about 200 students with 19 D.C. startups.

Podcast episode with Latch co-founder Luke Schoenfelder on his path to building the smart lock company.

Podcast episode with caterer Mary Giuliani on founding MGC and Events in New York City.

Embedded Inside Entrepreneurship video on how businesses should handle a crisis.

Links to a Junctional Thinking podcast episode where Jeff Reid discusses what entrepreneurship is and common myths about it.

Adjunct professor Eric Koester received USASBE's Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award for his teaching.

Andy Gordon (MBA'20) wrote New Grit, a book on startups helping revive struggling American cities.

Excerpt from Georgetown Magazine on Noobtsaa Philip Vang (MBA'16) and Foodhini, which sells meals cooked by immigrant and refugee chefs in D.C.

Podcast episode with the founder of Patrick's Pet Care, from the 2019 to 2020 Georgetown Entrepreneurship podcast.

Excerpt from a McDonough story on Halo Top co-founder Doug Bouton (C'07) speaking to students about starting the company.

Podcast episode on Wild Willett, a snack company that pairs beef jerky with fruit flavors.

Podcast episode with Mackenzie Copley on One Tent Health, a D.C. nonprofit offering free HIV screening from a pop up tent.

Announces the 2019 to 2020 cohort of entrepreneurs in residence and experts in residence who mentor Georgetown students.

Podcast episode with Dafero founder Lina Zdruli on her healthy snack company and its mission to support at risk women.

McDonough named two first year MBA students as the inaugural Kramer MBA Entrepreneurship Fellows, each receiving a scholarship.

Podcast episode with Causal Design co-founders Keith Ives and Reimar Macaranas on their evidence focused economic consulting firm.

Excerpt from Poets and Quants' 2019 list of the most disruptive MBA startups.

Podcast episode on GOODProjects, a D.C. nonprofit that creates opportunities for young people and families in Ward 8.

Podcast episode with SFS student Sahaj Sharda on Happy Price, his dynamic pricing startup, and his book on the end of the price tag.

Podcast episode with student Hannah Williams on Truckr, an app for finding food trucks and ordering ahead.

Excerpt from Forbes on former college football players who founded GOOD Projects to keep D.C. youth safe from gun violence.

Podcast episode with Dennis Craig of Farley Craig Capital, a D.C. venture firm backing local founders.

Excerpt from Technical.ly on former lawyer Quinnie Lin and why she started the consulting firm QB Strategies.

Excerpt from DC Inno's 2019 Inno Under 25 list of young D.C. area entrepreneurs.

Excerpt from Technical.ly on Kelly O'Malley leaving the Vinetta Project to manage the Georgetown Venture Lab.

Adam Shlomi (SFS'20) credits Georgetown Entrepreneurship courses with helping him start SoFlo SAT Tutoring, an online test prep company.

Excerpt from a McDonough story on the ninth Summer Launch Program, which hosted nine student and alumni ventures in 2019.

Podcast episode with M'Panadas founder Margarita Womack on her empanada company sold in D.C. area grocery stores.

Summer Launch participant Unveil partnered with Days for Girls to give reusable period kits to 50 girls at a school in Kenya.

Excerpt from Forbes on the Pivot Program's first cohort of 15 formerly incarcerated fellows trained in entrepreneurship.

Introductory episode of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship podcast series featuring student and alumni founders.

Link to VCIC's report that Georgetown's undergraduate team won the 2019 Mid-Atlantic regional Venture Capital Investment Competition.

Link to VCIC's report that Georgetown McDonough won the 2019 Venture Capital Investment Competition global finals.

Excerpt from The Hoya on Georgetown's team winning the 2017 VCIC Global Finals against 12 teams from three continents.

Excerpt from DC Inno on a McDonough MBA team winning the global Venture Capital Investment Competition for a third straight year.

Link to VCIC's report that Georgetown won the Entrepreneurs' Choice award at the 2015 VCIC National Finals.

Link to VCIC's report that Georgetown won the 2014 VCIC Undergraduate National Finals.

Excerpt from InSITE on a Georgetown MBA team, including two InSITE DC Fellows, winning the 2013 Venture Capital Investment Competition.

Link to VCIC's report that Georgetown won the 2013 VCIC Undergraduate National Finals.