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#5, Georgetown Cupcake’s Katherine Berman & Sophie LaMontagne: An entrepreneurial path to millions of cupcakes while saying no to private equity 

Looking for a crash course in what to do when your young business takes off and you want to build a national brand without selling out? Then, this is the episode for you. Host Dan Simons sits down with Katherine Kallinis Berman and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne, the sisters who co-founded and co-own Georgetown Cupcake and starred in the popular TV series, “DC Cupcakes.” They share the unfrosted truth about how they survived the early go-go years and kept their business growing while keeping true to their vision and core values, millions of cupcakes later. Learn how they managed explosive early growth, maintained quality standards during rapid expansion and built sustainable systems that still power their success today. These battle-tested strategies are essential listening for entrepreneurs ready to scale without compromising their vision.

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Top News From WTOP – 7AM Update- June 28th, 2025

The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today’s stories include: Voters in Fairfax County to select their nominees to replace late Rep. Gerry Connolly, Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask judge to keep him in jail over deportation concerns, and DC journalist charged with possessing child pornography

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Top News From WTOP – 9AM Update – June 26th, 2025

The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

Today’s top news stories: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is challenging a preliminary report on U-S strikes in Iran. The DC Council has a new approach to getting the Washington Commanders’ stadium built. The weeks-long sex-trafficking trial of Sean Diddy Combs heads for closing arguments

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