My Summer Supporting Small Businesses

Cosette LaChance, WH & COL ’25, Seattle, WA

This summer I had the opportunity to work with the William Factory Small Business Incubator in Washington State. William Factory is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting small business enterprises and overall …

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Summer with Pinnacle Healthcare

Jacky Zheng, COL ’25, Blue Bell, PA

Over eleven weeks, I have spent my time with Pinnacle Healthcare Staffing, a startup that seeks to bridge the current nursing staffing shortage with improved employer support. Within the company, my role was …

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Supporting Diverse Founders: My Summer at Harlem Capital

Alivia Jiang, WH ’26, Corning, NY

This summer, I had the opportunity to work in venture capital at Harlem Capital, a fund specifically focused on investing in diverse and underrepresented founders. When thinking about how I wanted to spend my …

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Working at an early-stage start-up (Kade Pay)

Aria Eghbali, COL & SEAS ’24, Dix Hills, NY

This past summer I had the opportunity to work on a start-up which was operating in the B2B SaaS space, and more specifically, in payment infrastructure. The start-up was Kade Pay, …

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Boot Camp Series for Current & Incoming Master’s Students – How Hiring Works in North America

Are you a current or incoming master’s student ready to plan for the upcoming year? Are you already thinking about internships and full-time jobs and how to stand out in a competitive job market?

If so, this boot camp series …

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CS Radio – Episode 207: Jennie Ripps, COL ’03, Owl’s Brew Boozy Tea

Join Michael and Natty as they welcome Jennie Ripps, Penn Class of 2003 and founder of Owl’s Brew, a pioneering tea-infused alcoholic beverage brand. Jennie shares her journey from an English major in the College of Arts and Sciences at …

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Michael DeAngelis Senior Associate Director, Communications & Technology
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Pasta Summer: Bringing A Product To Market

Dagny Lott, SEAS ’24, Swarthmore, PA

This summer I participated in a 13-week internship at NEPRI, an early-stage CPG (Consumer Product Goods) company. I’ve worked for a few start-ups before with as few as 10 or as many as 500 …

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My Summer in Singapore

Arpan Bagui, SEAS & WH ’25, Tampa, FL

This summer was a chance for me to try something new. I wanted to do something besides finance, which is what most of my prior professional and academic experiences had been geared …

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My Summer at Souscout 

Jinze Wang, SEAS Master of Science in Engineering, 2024

This summer I worked at Souscout as an data engineer intern. Souscout is a start-up company that provides consulting service to soccer clubs based on its software and database. I am …

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Empowering the Finances of Filipino Youth: From Idea to Venture

Liz Sunga, COL ’24, Manila, Philippines

The cliches go on: no man is an island, Rome wasn’t built in a day, success is best when its shared… and this summer, these cliches became a reality for me. I’ve always admired …

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