A Change in Direction

TEC has come to a close, and I’m now in my first week of classes at Yale. In the three short months since the program began, it’s incredible how much has changed, and how much those changes are a direct result of my experiences with True and Schematic Labs in San Francisco this summer.

Just like anybody else starting their junior year in college, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do when I finish school (and even before that), but even as I ask myself that question, I have a feeling that I already know the answer.

Before this summer, I hadn’t really done much of anything related to entrepreneurship. This semester, I’m working on starting an Idea Institute as a branch of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, I spent the weeks after the TEC program in the final stages of launching a microfinance nonprofit in Arizona (my hometown), and right now I’m working on building an application that will help people focus and be more productive through the application of feedback loops. My major is Economics, but somehow my schedule includes a class on Law and Technology, Introduction to Computer Science, and a seminar on the legal aspects of VC and startups.

In short, I feel like all my energies are focused on innovation and technology, and it’s no coincidence that this is all coming after my summer with True in San Francisco. The lifestyle, the energy, and the pure excitement of startups and venture capital couldn’t have been revealed in a better way. I met people I never would’ve imagined I would get a chance to meet; I learned more than I ever could have expected; and I experienced some of the best summer months I could hope for. Not to mention that everyone I met at True, and the other TEC interns, are some incredible people that I know I’ll stay in touch with, and see again soon.

Thanks for an amazing summer, True, and I hope to be back soon.

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