Written by: Stephanie Parker In: Summer 2009
22 Sep 2009It’s been almost two months since the True Entrepreneur Corps program ended, and I’m sure the team thought they wouldn’t be getting any more concluding blogs, but here I am! Right now I’m in Florence, Italy kicking off my Fall Quarter studying abroad. Needless to say, the experience is turning out to be one of [...]
Written by: Stephanie Parker In: Summer 2009
24 Jul 2009Without a doubt, the TEC program and the entire San Francisco internship experience has only gotten better, more challenging, and more fun (this gloomy weather might mess it up, though!) during the time I’ve been here. As I write this long overdue blog entry, I’m splitting my peripheral vision between two laptops and a Dell [...]
Written by: Stephanie Parker In: Summer 2009
9 Jul 2009I just got out of one of my daily meetings with Director of Product Management at BrightRoll, Barry–and I’ve been re-energized with the information, guidance, and freedom I need to finish off my current project and tackle the next one. The past week has been full of research, scouring the Internet for the real facts [...]
Written by: Stephanie Parker In: Summer 2009
29 Jun 2009I should really attend more conferences like this. I get so much new Twitter traffic!
Written by: Stephanie Parker In: Summer 2009
19 Jun 2009Running up Mission St at 8:05AM, not knowing whether to curse Google or my watch for failing to match “MUNI Time.”
Gathering with my co-workers during lunch to be entertained by “Swoops,” the angry Blackbird that attacks only *the unsuspecting* passersby on Front St. http://www.frontstreetattackbird.blogspot.com/
Having lunch at True Ventures on an uncharacteristically warm San Francisco afternoon, with some of the brightest people I’ve ever met–and receiving a Dr. Seuss book as required reading for the program.
…And I haven’t even talked about my work yet!
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.