Georgetown Advances to Venture Capital Investment Competition Finals
The Georgetown Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) team won the South Region VCIC in Houston on Friday, Feb. 10. This win advances the McDonough School of Business team to the competition’s Global Finals in April. Continue reading…
Venture Capital Learning for Georgetown McDonough MBAs
Breaking into a career in venture capital, even with an MBA, isn’t necessarily easy. It’s something that many MBAs are interested in achieving, but that few MBAs have the help to make possible. And that’s why the MBA Venture Fellows Program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is so interesting.
The program is a collaboration between the MBA program and the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, and it provides full-time students interested in a career in venture capital with a year-long position at a local VC firm. It replaces the summer internship component for a typical MBA to focus solely on experience within venture capital.
The program begins early in the spring semester when students start applying for positions and interviewing with VC firms. If selected, the MBA works ten hours a week throughout the semester, and then the apprenticeship becomes a full-time internship over the summer before returning to shorter hours again in the fall. It officially concludes in December, after which time many students have asked to stay on until graduation.
To learn more about the program and what else McDonough offers its MBAs interested in venture capital, we spoke with Jeff Reid, the Founding Director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative. Continue reading…
Kogod Private Equity and Venture Capital Club Lives On
Five graduate students from The Kogod School of Business have revitalized a student organization at American University. After a year of inactivity, the Kogod Private Equity and Venture Capital Club (KPEVCC) found new life this past year. The resurgence of the once defunct club was outlined in an article published on the Kogod website.
Its return to competition surprised supporters, competitors and judges alike at the the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) Global Finals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on April 7-9. Continue reading…
Carey Students Competing in Next Round of Venture Capital Investment Competition
According to an article on The Hub, a team of graduate students from the Carey Business School will compete in the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) on Friday, February 12. VCIC is one of the world’s largest business school competitions, featuring teams from more than 70 business schools from around the world. Continue reading…
Team of McDonough MBAs Win Big at VCIC Finals
Georgetown McDonough MBAs Jordan Edelman, Eric Ellsworth, Amir Kabir, Ben Shopneck, and Coral Taylor took home the top prize at the global finals of the 2015 Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), the school’s second title in the past three years. Seventy business schools from across the globe converged onto the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where a panel of venture capitalists judged each team based on how well they analyzed startup companies, interviewed entrepreneurs, structured a deal, and negotiated terms. 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…
