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Online publication highlighting the Georgetown startup ecosystem, including stories on campus, in the alumni community and in the DC metropolitan area.

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Joined September 2014
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The Careers in Innovation Panel is happening now! Come to ICC 103 to check it out.
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@tuckernuck discussed their online boutique that caters to an all-American fashion sense! #fashionstartup bit.ly/1yqQtXn
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@BeeckCenter The Careers in Innovation Panel is TONIGHT at 5:30pm in ICC 103! #careeradvice #launchyourstartup #innovationspace
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@dctechmeetup We are hosting a Careers in Innovation Panel TONIGHT at 5:30pm in ICC 103! #careeradvice #launchyourstartup #innovationspace
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@TechDayHQ We are hosting a Careers in Innovation Panel TONIGHT at 5:30pm in ICC 103! #careeradvice #launchyourstartup #innovationspace
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@1776 We are hosting a Careers in Innovation Panel TONIGHT at 5:30pm in ICC 103! #careeradvice #launchyourstartup #innovationspace
Come to ICC 103 TONIGHT at 5:30pm to have your questions answered by experts in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation! #careeradvice
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We talked to students in the @msbgu for some advice on recruiting and the startup job-market! Here's what they said: bit.ly/1CBTIr7
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If you are thinking of launching a startup, this event is for you! The Careers in Innovation Panel is Tomorrow Night - ICC 103 at 5:30pm.
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This is what a Venture Capitol spring break looks like bit.ly/1yZacrP #nyu #entrepreneursfestival
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"The most important decision in the history of Facebook was a 6 hour discussion convincing us not to sell Facebook for a billion dollars"
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"Facebook was the first company to craft Real Identity." #ThielAtGU
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"It turned out that people didn't want to do networking as virtual cats and dogs," Thiel on the failure of SocialNet + emergence of LinkedIn
"If you want to determine the future then try to make it happen." #ThielAtGU
"If people want to sit back and watch the movie of the future unfold and eat popcorn, then there will be no innovation at all." #ThielAtGU
"3 takeaways: You want to do something you're good at, you're passionate about, and that other people are not doing." #ThielAtGU
"Germany is this pessimistic and comfortable sort of place," Thiel talking about his upbringing #ThielAtGU
"California and Germany have these extreme opposites: California is this optimistic and really really desperate place" #ThielAtGU
"I don't think everyone should be an entrepreneur or drop out of college, I think people should ask a lot more of why am I being educated?"
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"I don't believe in an alternative to education, I think the problem is the way it has tracked people in all these sort of uniform ways."