After soaring to success on Madison Avenue, Linda Sawyer, GWSB BBA ’83, made the jump to entrepreneurship and co-founded Skura Style in partnership with her childhood best friend. Sawyer, CEO of the venture, describes it as “a lifestyle brand that wants to enhance the experience around the kitchen sink.” The company launched in 2017 with a […]
When Dan Simons was forced to change his business model less than two months ago, it wasn’t in the plans. For the last 12 years, Simons, GWSB BBA ’92, and his partners have been building and expanding their restaurant company. What started as a single Founding Farmers restaurant in D.C. on Pennsylvania Ave in 2008 […]
A six-credit internship as a GW undergrad changed Maria Rodriguez’s life. Years later, she’s reconnecting with the university to give more students that same opportunity. ~ As a first-generation American, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Spain by way of Venezuela, Maria Rodriguez, GWSB BBA ’82, says education was constantly reinforced growing up, and […]
As someone who built a successful business in the fashion industry from the ground up, Corinne McCormack, CCAS BA ’76, wants to inspire and offer tips and support to budding entrepreneurs. “If you think there is something you want to do, you should go for it,” she says. “I knew I wanted my own company […]
Jennifer Maher, CCAS BA ’04, is an Amtrak warrior, and her office is her backpack. But that’s how she prefers things. As CEO of 1776 — the Northeast Corridor’s largest network of entrepreneurial incubators — she travels to their nine campuses (soon to be 10), with the majority of her time split between Philadelphia and […]
Engineers, by nature, like tinkering. But when Orville Standifer, SEAS BS ’67, tackles a do-it-yourself project, he takes it to the extreme. Take his re-piping project. After two hot water pipes in his house sprang pinhole leaks in a 60-day period, he decided to redo much of the plumbing in his house. The project was […]
One early spring evening, Allen Gannett and I met up prior to a lecture on creativity at the GW School of Business (GWSB). With a backpack, styled hair, jeans, and an untucked button down underneath a sweater, Gannett cuts the figure of a GW upperclassman, confident and comfortable in his surroundings. Together we entered Duquès […]
When hiring interns, employers like that GW students fit the bill while the university lessens interns’ burden on footing the bill. Amiko Matsumoto, GSEHD MA ’01, first met Mallory Barg Bulman, CCAS BA ’00, MPA ’04, when Bulman was a student at GW and Matsumoto served as director of the school’s Office of Community Service. […]
As the school year comes to a close, many students turn their attention to ‘What’s next?’ Internships, jobs, and career paths become the focus, and each year at this time, the George Washington Women in Business (GWWIB) steps up. On Saturday, April 7, GWWIB hosted its 9th Annual Spring Conference, an event that offers […]
When thinking about reducing carbon emissions, obvious solutions come to mind: buy local to decrease carbon footprint; switch to electric cars; and use public transportation. But what about all the millions of goods that are transported every day across the US? When Adam Pener, ESIA MA ’00, joined Green Ox Pallet technology, a start-up making […]
