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Ignite! TEDxGeorgetown 2018

Ignite! TEDxGeorgetown 2018

By Maddie Schwartz and Maddie Schwartz October 26, 2018

TEDxGeorgetown is this Saturday, Oct. 27, in Gaston Hall. The theme of this year's conference is “Ignite.” So, why is the theme “Ignite,” you may ask? Is it because the great Katy Perry once...

The Corp Introduces New Leadership

The Corp Introduces New Leadership

By Natalie LaRue January 23, 2015

After a year which featured the first new storefront in 14 years, Students of Georgetown, Inc., underwent a change in leadership in January, electing a new Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating...

Saatchi CEO Shares Advertising Expertise

By Aaron Lewis and Editor-in-Chief February 28, 2014

CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi Kevin Roberts discussed how companies today are changing businesses through creative advertising Tuesday evening in the Lohrfink Auditorium during an event titled,...

GUASFCU, Corp Choose New Leaders

By Aaron Lewis, David Brown, and Editor-in-Chief February 21, 2014

There has been a changing of the guard at two of Georgetown’s largest student-run organizations, Students of Georgetown Inc. and the Georgetown Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union, with both...

Lessons Learned At GUASFCU

By Chris Kelly and Editor-in-Chief January 24, 2014

Now that I’m ending my final fall semester as a senior, underclassmen often ask me if there is anything I’d change about my experience. Would you have been involved in something else? Would you have...

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Tim OShaughnessy (MSB 04) spent seven years as CEO
LivingSocial Chief Executive Officer and Georgetown alum Tim O’Shaughnessy (MSB ’04) announced Jan. 10 that he is stepping down from the company as it continues to report fiscal losses.

While LivingSocial’s model of publicizing discounts via daily emails garnered enormous success and spurred competition from similar sites such as Groupon, the company suffered $106 million in losses in the first nine months of 2013, according to The Washington Post.

O’Shaughnessy announced his decision in an email to staff on Jan. 10 and will remain in his position until a replacement is found in the first half of 2014, the Post

LivingSocial CEO Steps Down

By Natasha Khan January 17, 2014

LivingSocial Chief Executive Officer and Georgetown alum Tim O’Shaughnessy (MSB ’04) announced Jan. 10 that he is stepping down from the company as it continues to report fiscal losses. While LivingSocial’s model...

No Too Big or Small in Business

By R. Douglas Kahn September 20, 2013

It may seem far away now, but four years of undergraduate study goes by quickly, and when it ends, suddenly it’s time to face the real world. If grad school isn’t in the cards — or even if it is;...

Staffer of the Week: TM Gibbons-Neff

Staffer of the Week: TM Gibbons-Neff

By KP and KP September 9, 2013

Once a week, The Hoya recognizes a staffer that has done a particularly awesome job — now you can get to know about them, too. As part of our Leavey 421 series, we’ll be posting quick interviews with...

New GUASFCU CEO to Start March 1

By Emma Hinchliffe January 24, 2012

Nikhil Lakhanpal (MSB '13) was chosen as the next CEO of the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union on Jan. 15. Lakhanpal has been a GUASFCU intern since the fall of 2009,...

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