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Startup Prize Comes to GU

By Margaret Heftler November 21, 2014

Georgetown students and alumni are now able to submit their business plans through the university for the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition and startup platform for social good, and...

COURTESY THATCHER SPRING 
From left, founder Thatcher Spring (COL ’04), Bridget Sauer and Mike Schell comprise the team of GearLaunch, a startup.

Startup Enters Apparel Industry

By Alex Mitchell and Editor-in-Chief October 31, 2014

Since leaving Georgetown a decade ago, Thatcher Spring (COL ’04) has been involved in a variety of entrepreneurial ventures, most notably his recent San Francisco startup, GearLaunch. Hoping to...

Startup Targets Restaurants

By David Brown and Editor-in-Chief October 24, 2014

A successful startup company will identify both a daily problem and the solution — and that’s exactly what Improvonia, an app created by Georgetown MBA alumni Konstantin Zvereff-Akiiki (GRD ’11)...

New Publication Highlights Local Entrepreneurship

New Publication Highlights Local Entrepreneurship

By Laura Owsiany and Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2014

Venture Capitol, a new online journal dedicated to entrepreneurship, launched this semester through the efforts of two students whose converging reflections on Georgetown University’s stock career...

Entrepreneurship Series Fosters Startup Culture

By Chris Balthazard September 16, 2014

This weekend, the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative will hold Georgetown Startup Weekend, Entrepreneurship Day and TechBuzz, a series of events in the Rafik B. Hariri building that reflect the growing...

Meta-Startup Aids Potential Investors

By Rahul Desai and Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2014

When the idea for Trendify dawned on me in February, I envisioned software that could analyze historical data to predict whether any given startup would succeed and determine potential pitfalls that the...

Socializing Key for Student App

By Caroline Welch March 25, 2014

Daanish Jamal (MSB ’16) took a leave of absence from Georgetown this semester to found his company and smartphone app, NextSpot, aimed at those who find Facebook events too formal for planning group...

Alumni Find Their Entrepreneurial Niche

By Sports Editor and Maura Hohman April 19, 2012

Like many recent college grads, Máuhan Zonoozy (MSB‘09) and Berni Schnider (MSB ‘09) spent the beginnings of their lives after graduation trying to find something to be passionate about....

New Site Aids Student Search for Housing

By Bonnie Duncan September 14, 2010

Two current MSB students and one alumnus will demonstrate the spirit of Georgetown entrepreneurship this Wednesday with the launch of a website focusing on off-campus housing. For Peter Swiek (MSB...

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