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Great new start

Written by: In: Summer 2010

3 Aug 2010

This week, as we wrapped up the TEC program with our last meeting, I had the realization that the summer semester is coming to an end, and I only have one more month before going back to school. Today, I was offered to continue working at Spectrum Bridge while I continue my education, on a [...]

Great lessons

Written by: In: Summer 2010

3 Aug 2010

Mallory Short and I talked to Spectrum Bridge’s CEO Richard Licursi about two weeks ago, we discussed the position of Spectrum Bridge and how the future looks for the company, and it looks very promising. Spectrum Bridge aims to become the household name, the first name you think about when you think about Spectrum, and they [...]

Iteration

Written by: In: Summer 2010

23 Jul 2010

This week at SBI, the software engineering team has been very busy with deploying new services and fixing any small bugs that are found. Quantity over quality? In some cases, I believe, yes. You have to start by getting your name out as far as possible, and then you can focus on increasing your quality [...]

Success by Networking

Written by: In: Summer 2010

23 Jul 2010

Every week, we have the pleasure of discussing ideas and thoughts with very successful people via TEC. These speakers have many things in common, success stories that begin with struggles and near failures, how they pulled together enough capital to get going or to continue, and while their stories were unique, they all had one [...]

What’s SBI doing?

Written by: In: Summer 2010

23 Jul 2010

Last month, Spectrum Bridge in partnership with Google, created the first smart grid deployment over white space. This was a big step in our fast growing start up. The United State’s recent transition from analog TV to digital TV opened up very valuable spectrum for use by unlicensed devices. The most promising use of this [...]

Not long before TEC is over, and I must say this makes me sad. The most exciting part of TEC for me was the guest speakers, I’ve always been a fan of this type of presentations. In one of the discussions, Danny was talking about integrity, hard work, being smart, and good character in the [...]

As a software engineering intern at Spectrum Bridge, my main responsibilities include fixing bugs in existing code, documenting existing code, and writing new code. With everyone in my team having an average of ten years experience in programming language used by the company, and my lengthy experience of less than one month, I find myself frequently seeking [...]

Hey there, my name is John Abassian, and I’m a Junior at the University of Central Florida. I’ve been working with Spectrum Bridge as a full time software engineering intern. The first week at Spectrum Bridge has been a very exciting experience. Apart from the great coworkers, excellent environment and just overall fun workplace, I’ve already acquired [...]


What is TEC?

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.