Written by: Connor Hood In: Summer 2010
4 Aug 2010Jon Callaghan, partner at True Ventures, said it himself: When you’re on the drug, you’ll know it…You’ve got to be all in. Otherwise it’s just a hobby” After living out in San Francisco for eight weeks and experiencing what it’s like to be a TEC intern at True Ventures, I can now confidently say that [...]
Written by: Connor Hood In: Summer 2010
23 Jul 2010Week 5 is over and done with and it was another great one for all the TEC interns, myself included. It was a mellow week at BrightRoll for me because the whole entire team from all across the country came into San Francisco for the week for the annual sales conference. I finished up a [...]
Written by: Connor Hood In: Summer 2010
12 Jul 2010We are now more than half way through with the TEC 2010 program heading into the final stretch with only 3 weeks left. Week 4 was amazing, with the climax of the week being jumping out of an airplane at 13,000 feet with fellow interns, JP and Amelia (Amelia’s friend, Zach, came along for the [...]
Written by: Connor Hood In: Summer 2010
7 Jul 2010One of the commonalities between the people I have met over the past couple weeks is that a lot of their success has come in part due to long-term lasting relationships that they have developed over the past several years. One of the unique parts of the True Ventures TEC program is that on a [...]
Written by: Connor Hood In: Summer 2010
28 Jun 2010Week three was just as exciting as the first two and I am amazed at how fast this program is flying by us. Before we know it, we will all be going our separate ways in less than 5 weeks. Because our time in San Francisco with True Ventures is going by so quickly, I [...]
Written by: Connor Hood In: Summer 2010
21 Jun 2010After two weeks in San Francisco, I can comfortably say that I am now settled into the busy life I’ll be living for the next 6 weeks. Trying to run my business, and focus on my work at Bright Roll has been difficult, but I have been able to find a good balance between work [...]
Written by: Connor Hood In: Summer 2010
10 Jun 2010First week at the True Ventures TEC program; where should I start?! First off, I am Connor Hood, from Austin, TX. I am a rising Senior at Babson College which is a small school out in Boston that’s main focus in Entrepreneurship. I’ve founded a few companies in the past; the most recent is a [...]
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.