McDonough Professor Critiques BitCoin
Bitcoin, the internet’s first decentralized digital currency and the largest of its kind in terms of total market value, was recently examined at the McDonough School of Business. While Bitcoin is still shrouded in mystery for some, the new currency has made its way into business schools as certain prominent professors’ are beginning to open up on their thoughts on the currency.
Shaq Shares Advice and Life Tips to McDonough Students
He’s been called The Big Diesel, The Big Aristotle, The Big Deal, Superman and Shaq Fu. Now, Shaquille O’Neal can add business school mentor to that lengthy list of nicknames and monikers. The future Basketball Hall of Famer spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of students at the McDonough School of Business as part of the 2015 Diversity Dialogue Conference. Continue reading…
McDonough Evening MBA Win Pitch Competition With Local Roots Farms
Daniel Kuenzi, an evening MBA student at Georgetown McDonough, recently won the pitch competition at Georgetown’s Evening of Social Innovation. One of 12 groups of Georgetown students who presented socially conscious business ideas at the event sponsored by the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, Kuenzi envisions a world where produce is fresh, affordable and accessible. His business, Local Roots Farms, is helping make that dream a reality. Continue reading…
McDonough Hosts Communications Act Breakfast Discussion, Feb 24
The McDonough School of Business’s Center for Business and Public Policy hosted a breakfast discussion at the National Press Club (529 14th St., NW Washington, DC). The event, titled “Rewriting the Communications Act: An Introductory Event,” was the first discussion in a series hosted through the center’s Evolution of Regulation and Innovation Project. Continue reading…
McDonough MBAs To Compete in VCIC Global Finals
Five MBA students from the McDonough School of Business took home the first place at the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) regional event in Boulder, Colo., on Feb. 6. This win places the Georgetown team in the VCIC Global Finals, which will be held at UNC on April 9. Continue reading…
Morgan Stanley CEO Talks Shop With McDonough Students
It’s not every day that you get to have the CEO of a huge corporation give you business advice, but nearly 200 Georgetown McDonough students were granted that opportunity when James Gorman, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley, addressed them on February 5.
For a company like Morgan Stanley that receives more than 100,000 resumes a year, standing out can come down to finding the area of the company that that is the best fit, but interestingly enough many students present had already accepted full-time positions and internships at the company. Continue reading…
