GUWIL Spotlight: Tammy Cho

Georgetown University Women in Leadership recently started a new feature where members of the Executive Board interview aspiring hoyas on and around campus who have had early success. Our first spotlight focuses on Tammy Cho, an up and coming marketing whiz. She was interviewed earlier this week by Jenika Newsum – read on to learn more!

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Sweetgreen, Georgetown EiR Jonathan Neman’s Company, Receives $22 Million Investment

 From DCist by Matt Cohen

Revolution Growth—an investment fund founded former AOL executives Steve Case, local teams owner Ted Leonsis, and Donn Davis—has awarded local salad chain Sweetgreen with $22 million in funding, and Case will join the company’s board to act as an advisor.

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Interview with Maria Thomas, Chief Consumer Officer at SmartThings and Former CEO of Etsy

By Tammy Cho

Maria Thomas (@pesmou), Chief Consumer Officer at SmartThings,  Former CEO of Etsy, SVP & GM at NPR Digital, and Early Amazonian, shared her experiences as a non-founding executive in several innovative startup companies with us in this interview. Read on for the lessons she learned about being an effective entrepreneur and building strong startups. Read More

MVP 103 Recap: Building your MVP: How to create a product without (or with minimal) technical skills

On November 12th, Eric Koester, an Entrepreneur in Residence, adjunct professor, startup guru, and entrepreneur presented the third part of the MVP Workshop series. Read More

MVP 102 Recap: Lean Naming, Lean Logoing and Lean Teaming

By Riya Modi

Eric Koester, Entrepreneur in Residence and startup guru, continued the MVP Workshop Series on October 22nd by focusing on “Data-Driven Decision Making” and “Tapping the Crowd.” Koester stressed the idea that lean entrepreneurship is simply a process: it is “the scientific method for startups.” During the workshop, he demonstrated how to use the process to determine the name and logo for one’s company.
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Georgetown Alumni Gather at DC EShip Hub 1776

By Bridget Holmes, Georgetown Alumni Career Services

The Hoya: College Problems No Match for Apps

Students are creating mobile tools to solve problems in the social scene at Georgetown and beyond. Kelly Lui published THIS STORY for The Hoya recently including vignettes about Hoya students and recent alumni who have launched businesses around apps. Highlighted in … Read More

To Stand Out, Find Your Niche & Try Entrepreneurship

“I would say to you, current Georgetown students, begin testing your ideas, however impossible, on a small scale.” Founder of mkThinkTank Marley Kaplan, in a recent OpEd piece for The Hoya, encouraged students to be entrepreneurial and offers tips on how … Read More

I have an idea, but now what?

Stop stalling and get started. Connect with experienced entrepreneurs at Chalk Talk and find out how you can take your idea to the next level!

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