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COMMUNITY CORNER: This Georgetown Student is Changing How Companies Market to Gen-Z.

COMMUNITY CORNER: This Georgetown Student is Changing How Companies Market to Gen-Z.

By Amna Shamim February 4, 2022

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COURTESY BENJAMIN VON WONG
A promotional poster for the student startup Fiber Filters, which seeks to keep microplastics out of the worlds oceans.

Georgetown Student Startup Addresses Microplastic Pollution

By Georgia Payne November 17, 2017

Student-run startup Fiber Filter is promoting its new fiber-catching laundry bag prototype in a promotional video that aims to pressure washing machine companies to take social responsibility for microplastic...

RICHARD SCHOFIELD FOR THE HOYA 

Midnight MUG, located on the second floor of Lauinger Library, is offering student entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their new products in a Startup Hotel installation opened in mid-October.

Startup Hotel Promotes Student Entrepreneurship

By Will Cassou November 10, 2017

Startup Hotel, an installation in Lauinger Library, is giving aspiring entrepreneurs a new opportunity to show off their startup projects. The about 8-foot-tall translucent tower with shelves holding...

REPUBLIC KOLACHE

Hoya Alumnus Honors Roots With Republic Kolache

By Emily Greffenius October 31, 2017

Family traditions shape lives. The most recent business venture of Texan native Chris Svetlik (SFS ’09) is a testament to the enduring influence of tradition and heritage. Republic Kolache, co-founded...

STEHPANIE YUAN FOR THE HOYA 
The Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, run out of the McDonough School of Business, accepted 29 sophomores. The fellowship offers programming to students interested in entrepreneurship.

Fellows Program Welcomes Entrepreneurs

By Tara Subramaniam November 13, 2015

The McDonough School of Business’ Entrepreneurship Fellows Program accepted 29 new fellows from the Class of 2018. This year’s admits include 16 students in the MSB, 11 students in the College and...

COURTESY TERESA MANNIX
Victoria Schramm (COL ’12) announced the Georgetown Startup Stipend Program at last Friday’s Entrepreneurship Day.

Stipend Aids Entrepreneurs With Debt

By Kim Bussing and Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2014

StartupHoyas recently announced its new Georgetown Startup Stipend Program, which aids aspiring entrepreneurs with student debt, no strings attached. The program, funded by a donation from the Schramm...

Entrepreneur Brings the Beat

By Kim Bussing September 20, 2013

With a hit single on iTunes and his songs circulating Internet radio stations, Darnell Bland,Jr. (MSB’15)  is anything but your typical business student.  Double-majoring in marketing and management...

Entrepreneurship Day Promotes Student Innovation

By Abbey McNaughton November 15, 2012

More than 300 people attended the third Georgetown Entrepreneurship Day on Nov. 9. The event, which was sponsored by the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Hoya Challenge and the MBA Entrepreneurship...

Website Will Connect Entrepreneurs to Alums

By Alex Galan September 21, 2012

AlumniFunder, a website that aims to connect Georgetown students with alumni who are working on startup ventures, will launch Sept. 29, according to site founder S. Ryan Meyer (SFS ’99). AlumniFunder,...

Budding Entrepreneur’s Start-Up Makes Headway

By Masha Goncharova April 7, 2011

Angela Morabito (SFS '12) began her own company, Headlines, with support from a Compass Fellows  grant. Headlines, which sells scarves and other accessories with inspirational messages, has gained...

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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