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Business & Hospitality
District online · Grand Enterprise Hotel
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Business & Hospitality

Lead, host, and grow.

A living case study — a luxury DC hotel with a boardroom upstairs, a bustling kitchen, and a coworking floor where founders launch companies.

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Careers
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Rooms
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Mentors
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Missions
Inside the Grand Enterprise Hotel

Step into a workplace zone

Each zone opens a live mission inspired by real work that happens here.

Live objectives

Missions

Mission

Full House, Flooded Basement

It's Saturday night. Your hotel is sold out. The basement laundry just flooded.

Badge: Guest Champion
Launch mission
Mission

Launch Day

You're a founder. You've built the product. Now you need customers.

Badge: Founder
Launch mission
Career pathways

Careers you can pursue here

Tap to explore. Save the ones that spark your interest to your passport.

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Hotel General Manager

Lead a full hotel: guests, staff, revenue.

Bachelor's + hospitality experience
DMV pay: $92k–$175k
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Executive Chef

Design menus, lead the line, run the kitchen.

Culinary school + line experience
DMV pay: $68k–$135k
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Financial Analyst

Model, forecast, and inform decisions.

Bachelor's in finance/econ + often CFA
DMV pay: $85k–$145k
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Sales Manager

Build and lead sales teams.

Bachelor's + proven sales record
DMV pay: $92k–$180k
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Entrepreneur / Founder

Start and grow a business.

Skills + grit + often mentorship or accelerator
DMV pay: Varies — $0 to $1M+
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Event Planner

Design and run experiences.

Bachelor's or apprenticeship + portfolio
DMV pay: $52k–$95k
Mentor network

Meet the professionals

Real-world voices with real answers. Ask them anything.

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Teresa Alvarez
Hotel General Manager, downtown DC

Runs a 300-room property with a 200-person team.

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Omar Chen
Founder, DC-based SaaS startup

Raised $4M seed. Building software for public schools.