Written by: Qiyun Cai In: Summer 2009
27 Jul 2009Sorry for my late post! Have been trying to write about my week V experiences for the last few days, but didn’t really get to do it till today. Like any other weeks, last week was eventful and fun. Several highlights of the week: 1. Palo Alto We went to the True Palo Alto office [...]
Written by: Andrew Boni In: Summer 2009
27 Jul 2009The TEC Program is halfway over already. It feels like we just started. This week, I mocked up some new contact forms for both GigaOM and GigaOM Pro. One of the key features of the contact form is the implementation of something known as reCAPTCHA (slightly different from a regular CAPTCHA). In case you didn’t [...]
Written by: Stephanie Parker In: Summer 2009
24 Jul 2009Without a doubt, the TEC program and the entire San Francisco internship experience has only gotten better, more challenging, and more fun (this gloomy weather might mess it up, though!) during the time I’ve been here. As I write this long overdue blog entry, I’m splitting my peripheral vision between two laptops and a Dell [...]
Written by: Cameron Thompson In: Summer 2009
24 Jul 2009I have decided to write about something that has recently gained much notoriety, too much in my opinion — Twitter. Have you heard of it? Twitter has created a magnificent stream of mostly-useless information. I have found that many of the users tend to post updates that I not only don’t care about but I [...]
Written by: Alex Mielke In: Summer 2009
22 Jul 2009Like the prior weeks, week six had a number of highlights for me. First of all, I finally discovered the usefulness of Twitter when I came across a tweet by fellow TECster Stephanie Parker mentioning a very interesting article from Business Week’s Sarah Lacy about SendMe’s recent success. Forwarding the link to John and the [...]
Written by: Andrew Boni In: Summer 2009
22 Jul 2009Another stellar week out here on the west coast. I’m learning 20+ new skills/concepts/ideas every day – and not just tech related – I’m learning how the core of a start-up operates and how business is conducted. I absolutely love it. So, this week I redesigned the landing page on GigaOM Pro. After meeting with [...]
Written by: Cameron Thompson In: Summer 2009
21 Jul 2009This week I wanted to right about a few important takeaways from our discussion with Danny last Friday. He discussed the following four key points: integrity, hard work, being smart, and good character The first point, integrity, was reiterated several times in our discussion. Danny touched on the importance of good integrity in the business [...]
Written by: adaugelli In: Summer 2009
21 Jul 2009With only 9 days left of work, this summer has gone by way too fast. As projects and work start to wrap up – it’s amazing to think about and remember how much I have learned this summer. To catch up for weeks 6: 1. Meet the people you read about everyday This week, Danny [...]
Written by: adaugelli In: Summer 2009
20 Jul 20098 weeks is not enough time in San Francisco. This week marks the halfway point of my trip to the Bay Area and it feels like no time has passed. Just have to keep making the most of everyday. Some notes from week 5: 1. Keep looking forward to your next challenge Back in week [...]
Written by: Qiyun Cai In: Summer 2009
15 Jul 2009We had three speakers in week IV, all of whom are successful, well-known experts in their industry: Phil Black from True, Brad Garlinghouse, former Yahoo SVP, and Om Malik from GigaOM. It was amazing to listen to their stories, and have small-group conversations with them. Having often attended formal presentations before, I really enjoyed the [...]
The True Entrepreneur Corps is an internship program developed by True Ventures to pair undergraduate students with our portfolio companies for a summer of learning and innovation.
This summer, participating True companies include bloomspot, BrightRoll, Fitbit, Kiip, KISSmetrics, Loggly, Schematic Labs, Socialcast, Sparked, Tello, WeGame, and a stealth company.