I think we have this cultural experience
of entrepreneurship as something you
know Silicon Valley something startup-y
but entrepreneurship at its core is more
about problem-solving. Our vision at
Georgetown is that every student should
develop an entrepreneurial mindset. It's
for everyone. You don't have to major in
any particular field, you don't have to
be interested in business, you don't have to
be having a startup yourself. If you
think about the pace of change in our
world today, you need to understand
ambiguity, risk, and opportunity. The
things that we teach in entrepreneurship
are valuable no matter what career path
you're gonna choose.  There's so much
available for students here at
Georgetown. We have courses on
entrepreneurship for some undergraduate
and graduate students, pitch competitions,
mentors speaker events, incubator
programs, it's an amazing array for
any student interested entrepreneurship.
The reason why I started UHustle was
because I felt the support that
Georgetown gave me. Whether you're
starting from the very beginning, whether
you come in with a $50,000 a month
business, Georgetown really wants to take
that and not say oh good job but oh
you've done great now let's move you
forward and now let's move to the next
steps. We have so many alumni who are
successful entrepreneurs and they love
to come back and talk to our students,
offer advice and mentoring, connections.
You see different startup founders that
didn't even go to Georgetown come to
Georgetown to speak just because we are
an entrepreneurship hub. I think DC first
is just an incredible city, so really
doing anything here is great, but
specifically around entrepreneurship
just the incredible diversity of people
businesses and opportunities here. As you
walk around you'll see all these
different neo restaurants shops that are
founded by Georgetown alums...and we're
also part of this global network.
DC is a global hub and
entrepreneurship is changing lives and
making a difference all over the world,
we're right here in the middle.
Part of the mission of the
Entrepreneurship program here at
Georgetown is to give students an
opportunity to find something that
they're passionate about and then to try
to go out into the world and
actually do it. Anybody can be an
entrepreneur. I've met a lot of people
across the University and the one
thing that everybody has in common is
that they're passionate, they're
passionate about something. If you're
willing to push through, if you're
willing to take the hits, if you're
willing to fall down and get yourself
back up then entrepreneurship is for you.
For over two hundred and forty years
Georgetown University has attracted
brilliant, ambitious young people who
want to change the world. It's an amazing
place to be an entrepreneur.
