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Bark Tank Winners Take Home $125,000 for Their Startups

By Kate Hwang November 3, 2023

Bark Tank, Georgetown Entrepreneurship’s annual startup pitch competition, awarded $125,000 to eight student teams Oct. 26. Each student team presented a startup idea centered around social good,...

Corp Hosts Local Entrepreneurs

Corp Hosts Local Entrepreneurs

By Tait Ryssdal March 14, 2017

To introduce Georgetown students to the intersection between food and entrepreneurship, Students of Georgetown, Inc. hosted Greg Menna and Jesse Konig, respective founders of local businesses District...

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Nitin Iyengar, left, Sebastien Garcia (GRD ’17), Rainier Go (MSB ’17), Shivum Bharill (COL ’17) and Chris Gabon attended Entrepreneurship: A Force for Good, where 16 student startups competed.

Students Pitch Startups at Competition

By Haley Snyder February 24, 2017

StartupHoyas hosted a competition titled Entrepreneurship: A Force for Good, at which 16 student-led startups pitched their ideas and products on Feb. 14. Grants were awarded based on a four-tier...

Your Best Friends at Georgetown

Your Best Friends at Georgetown

By Kat Vassell and Kat Vassell April 24, 2016

We've all heard of the "Georgetown Stereotype." I'm not so sure there's only one. I present to you some of the many characters of Georgetown: The SWUG (Senior Washed-Up Girl) In Training: No stranger...

Bitten By The Startup Bug

Bitten By The Startup Bug

By Margaret Hansen July 24, 2015

What do Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have in common — besides Silicon Valley? They’re bad examples. As successful entrepreneurs, we look up to them and look to be inspired by them, but...

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Members of the current Entrepreneurship Fellows Program are able to pursue entrepreneurship through classes and events. Applications for the program are currently open for sophomores.

Fellowship Program Expands

By Laura Owsiany and Editor-in-Chief October 17, 2014

Applications opened this week for StartupHoyas’ Entrepreneurship Fellows program. The program, which began in 2010 with the Class of 2013, offers sophomore students from all four schools the opportunity...

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Donna Harris, co-founder of 1776, accepts a sign from members of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship community to signify their new partnership.

Georgetown Partners With 1776

By David Brown, Kristen Fedor, and Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2014

Continuing the spirit of entrepreneurial education on campus, Georgetown has recently partnered with 1776, a startup incubator and venture capital fund based in Washington, D.C. The partnership will...

Unexpected Startup Hub Emerges

By Donna Harris September 27, 2013

Although D.C. was once dominated by politics, a new sector has taken hold: startups. Yes, it’s true. There are startups in Washington. Lots of them. But before they came to D.C., start-ups evolved...

Cracking the Code for Start-Ups

By Spencer Walsh November 2, 2012

In order to quickly transform an idea into a product, you need to know how to code. Don’t just take it from me. Take a look at some of the most successful collegiate entrepreneurs of all time: Mark...

Student Site Rouses Startups

By Mariah Byrne December 3, 2010

The entrepreneurship advice website asitchanges.com created by Georgetown students Rahul Singh (CED), Austin Yoder (COL '11), David Liu (MSB '12), Ivan Batischev (SFS '08) and Ankit Goyal (SFS '12), aims...

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