Archive for the ‘Summer 2010’ Category

Cause and Effect

Written by: In: Summer 2010

3 Aug 2010

Sitting in an airplane about to land thousands of miles from where I was just five hours ago leaves me with two feelings: awe and contemplation. “I’d like to ask you all to please turn of any electronic devices as we begin our final descent into New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. ” I’m in [...]

Well, I can’t believe TEC is officially over. I’m still hanging out in the Bay Area for 2 more weeks working at B-Stock Solutions, but I can’t help but feel it won’t be the same as we had our last Thursday session and our farewell dinner this past week. By the time this post makes [...]

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 [...]

My internship with Inventables is over. I’m not one for long goodbyes, so I’d much rather like to share some more insight into business that I learned this week. This week I read The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Blank. The book details an approach to creating a valuable business through Customer Development. Customer Development [...]

Hey everyone, Life has been super hectic! I will take more time to ruminate on the past year in my blog post next week, which should be a doozy considering everything that happened this summer. It has definitely been one of the best two months of my life and I am very grateful for everything [...]

Breakfast

Written by: In: Summer 2010

30 Jul 2010

I had breakfast for the first time this week- at about 9 PM.  Don’t get me wrong, an early meal is important- I generally consume a good amount of fruit and cereal on my way out the door- but it’s not the same as breakfast.  Breakfast means waffles or pancakes, maybe orange juice, but always [...]

It is Sunday afternoon and I’m staring down my final week of TEC. Feelings: mixed. On one hand, TEC really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How will I ever be able to replicate the level of access to the people who are making change, and turning ideas into progress? On the other hand, I’m very excited [...]

Tick of Time.

Written by: In: Summer 2010

26 Jul 2010

Time is an interesting thing. When I was younger, I never use to think about how time passed or how much time went by. I just use to be and live in the moment. I use to lie out in the grass for hours looking at the sky. I remember building a Lego structure for [...]

Cooking up a Good Startup

Written by: In: Summer 2010

26 Jul 2010

Wow that went quickly. If my calculations are correct, this will be my penultimate blog post for TEC, so I thought I would have a little fun with this one (not that I don’t usually try to make my blog posts fun). One of the recurring activities I’ve mentioned in my blog posts this summer is my [...]

This week, I was lucky enough to be invited by my bosses at Assistly to a Lean Startup talk, featuring IMVU’s Brett Durrett.  I was delighted when Mr. Durrett credited Continuous Deployment, Scrum, and IMVU’s Hack Weeks as a large part of his company’s success. Agile development and developer freedom are being increasingly used by tech [...]


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.