Leonsis Family Annual Bark Tank Pitch Competition at Georgetown University

Student and alumni entrepreneurs of Georgetown University pitched their ventures with the community at the second annual Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize “Bark Tank” pitch competition on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Finalists pitched to win over a panel of judges and the audience to win a share of the $100,000 Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize. Oxiwear (O2 Wear) won both the First prize & Peoples Choice Award

Software developer is on a mission to create new technology that could help save her life.

“A young software developer is on a mission to create new technology that could help save her life. Last year when Georgetown University student Shavini Fernando’s body turned blue on campus, she started pounding on her chest to keep herself alive. She’s up for thousands of dollars in prize money to expand the wearable device she’s building.” Eva McKend – Spectrum News