four Divisions

LaunchPad

The LaunchPad Division prides itself on working with early-stage entrepreneurs to translate their ideas into functional minimum viable products (MVP). It does so through its comprehensive education and mentorship program where its analysts consult with founders to incorporate lean startup methodologies. Whether founders have already conducted some product development or have just come up with an idea yesterday, LaunchPad helps build from their ideas to an MVP. By the end of the semester, founders leave with an MVP ready to fully launch their startup.

Founders are generally assigned small teams of two to three consultants. LaunchPad hosts two weekly meetings: one with the entire division to foster collaboration and learn from each other, and one team meeting to come together and obtain real progress. At the end of the semester, each team of consultants present a final deliverable summarizing their work, key insights, and recommendations for next steps to their founders.

Venture Accelerator

The Venture Accelerator (VA) Division works with startups that already have a minimum viable product or even revenue, and are ready for the next stages of growth. Because these stages vary significantly for each startup, VA teams, usually consisting of 3 consultants and a project manager, tailor their work specifically to the needs of each founder. These needs have historically involved financial projections & analyses, marketing strategies, and intensive customer & market research, among other services. The primary direction of the semester is ultimately determined by the specific goals and needs of the founder.

VA teams host weekly meetings with founders to provide updates before ultimately presenting a final deliverable wherein they summarize key achievements, critical findings, and the team’s recommendations for the startup moving forward.

Creative

The Creative Division works directly with our entrepreneurs to help them with marketing and building out their brands. Our Creative team is also responsible for publicizing the events and activities of Georgetown Ventures and its startups to develop awareness on-campus.

Our Creative members work directly with LaunchPad and Venture Accelerator startups in any brand-related or marketing efforts, including logo creation, website design, and other graphic design. The Creative team also provides marketing and digital media education for our founders. Through email marketing campaigns or social media advertising, we help founders navigate the strategic marketing world. We also reach out to entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, alumni and companies to build up Georgetown Ventures’ mentorship and partnership network with the end goal of producing events and fundraising.

Tech

The Tech Division works with founders of both LaunchPad and Venture Accelerator to help develop any needed technical components of their business, building solid foundations for these new entrepreneurial ventures to scale. From pre-idea to post-money, there is always technical work to be done to assist GV founders, and our team focuses on bringing about effective change and growth through their contributions. Our tech team can provide a wide variety of services, from designing a landing page, or automating market research, or helping build out MVPs and refine existing products.