Stephanie Taylor Co-Founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committee Steve Taylor Principal Software Engineer, Sophos kevin tien Chef and Co-Owner, Himitsu vicky theodorou Founder, Heirloom Catering Shaunna Thomas Co-Founder, WeAreUltraViolet.org
“Work on finding problems, not solutions. It can be easy to come up with some ideal product, but it is easier to work on a big, painful problem and build a solution from there.”
2018
— Allen Gannett’s advice to budding entrepreneurs
Shawna thomas Washington Bureau Chief,Vice News arienne thompson Director of Public Relations, MoKi Media chris thompson Running Back, Washington Redskins Elliot Totah President, Oxbridge Development kelly towles Artist Ivanka trump Assistant to the President, The White House tiffany trump Law Student, Georgetown University devin tucker Public Relations Manager, BrandLinkDC CLAUDIA UCEDA Reporter/Producer, Univision Jennifer vasquez Senior Producer, NBC jayne visser President, Montana State Society Jakub Vrana Forward, Washington Capitals reed walker Co-Founder, Cotton & Reed Distillery John Wall Point Guard, Washington Wizards read Wall President, Read Wall
trever faden Founder, Atlas Lane Faden’s online property management company helps remove landlord stressors by storing background and credit checks, scheduling maintenance and managing rent payments. The firm has grown since launching in 2016 and doubled its staff in the last year alone, says Faden, 26.
allen gannett CEO, TrackMaven Gannett’s first book, “The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time” hits bookstores this spring. “I wrote it because I work with big brands every day and I constantly hear how people do not think they have the “magical” power of creativity when in reality, creativity is a skill that anyone can master,” says the 26-year-old founder of TrackMaven, a marketing analytics software firm that helps big companies optimize their social media content.
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