TEC 2010: Living the entrepreneurial dream

Well ladies and gents, it’s been a wild ride. To say that the past eight weeks went by quickly would be an understatement. I had a great experience with the True Ventures True Entrepreneur Corp and I feel like the other entrepreneurs would say the same. I would like to say thank you to everyone that made this possible: Team EASC, or Emira, Adam (Dag), Shea, and Christiaan, all of the industry leaders and startup CEOs that took the time to speak with us, the entire True Ventures team for being so supportive of the program, and last but not least, the other TEC interns for making this as much fun as it was educational.

To future 2011 TECsters, if you are checking out this program via our blog posts, let me share a little secret with you: you will learn more in this two month program than you ever learn from any semester in college. You will work hard and learn so much, and most of all become inspired to start your own company or put effort to an idea that you are passionate about. But the best part of this internship is the people: True Ventures is renowned as having some of the best people in venture capital, and you get to hang out with not only their accomplished partners, but also the CEOs of their startup companies and incredibly knowledgeable friends of the firm. This leads me to my own motto for this summer and for what I think the TEC program stands for. It is:

TEC: Come for the education, stay for the people, leave with the dream.

Thank you all, and keep in touch.

Cheers,

Tyler York

PS. You didn’t think I would miss my last chance to post a song, did you? Well, you are right. When I first started listening to electronic music, it all began with Daft Punk’s hit single Around The World being on a mix CD I bought. From there, my life changed. Now, for the first time in almost a decade, Daft Punk is releasing a brand new album, the soundtrack to the upcoming movie Tron Legacy. I love the Tron Legacy theme by Daft Punk and I am very excited to hear the new direction that they are taking their music in. And thanks for listening for all these weeks. I hope it was worth your time.