Taste of Entrepreneurship!

Last night we also went to Taste of Entrepreneurship at the Homer Building. It was run by BUILD, a local nonprofit changing the lives of disconnected high school students through a four-year entrepreneur program. It showcased 16 student business teams selling products they made. Here, the BUILDers.

BUILD connects low-income students to entrepreneurial experiences, mentors, and training to change their career trajectories and lead them to college. Here, Accenture DC managing director Stuart Solomon, who spoke about entrepreneurship, with SilverStrategy’s Tara Chantal Silver and BUILD DC exec director Christopher Brown.

Over 300 guests enjoyed an open bar and food from Ben's Chili Bowl, Zenful Bites, and Eat and Smile. Here, lawyers Agustin Ulanovsky and Dan Kobrinski flank cove’s Adam Segal.

Vida Fitness The Yards (which opens this summer) membership director Ali Burgess with Vida Fitness Metropole’s Christine McNutt.

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