Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship This summer I had the pleasure of attending the Williams College Institute for Entrepreneurship (WSIE). During this course, my partner, Andrew Lee, and I had the opportunity to develop an idea we had. Although our concept grew into a social media platform for sharing people’s… Continue reading »
Flour Bakery + Café, Boston, MA This summer I had the opportunity to intern at the Boston-based Flour Bakery + Café, owned and operated by James Beard Award winner Joanne Chang. In my position as a business intern, I experienced every aspect of running a successful bakery company, from shadowing… Continue reading »
Kountable, San Francisco, CA This summer, I was an active impact analyst for Kountable, working remotely from southern California. Currently, there are a variety of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries that are unable to access capital and goods from global corporations without upfront payment due to the… Continue reading »
Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship The Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship (WSIE) is an eight-week program designed to allow students to pursue ventures across a wide range of industries. It is run by Tonio Palmer, director of entrepreneurship at the ’68 Center, and Adriana Roman, former Venture for America fellow… Continue reading »
Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship During the spring of the 2021-22 school year a teammate of mine and I started TokenTag, a platform for Web3 native and blockchain based businesses to know/understand their customers and create engagement/marketing campaigns based on our analytics. We started out looking to solve inefficiencies in… Continue reading »
Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship This summer, I participated in the Incubator Program for the Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship (WSIE) with my friend and business partner, August Orser ’24. Along with dedicating eight weeks to designing and constructing an idea, each team of aspiring entrepreneurs has access to workshops… Continue reading »
Kountable, San Francisco, CA This summer, I worked as a marketing and business development intern at Kountable Inc., a B2B marketplace working to revolutionize trade. Kountable helps unlock trades that may otherwise not happen through capitalizing on trades for small- to medium-size enterprises and their contracts with large suppliers, so… Continue reading »
Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship The Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship (WSIE) is a program designed to guide students through the process of brainstorming a business idea, creating a minimum viable product and launching the product. Although launching a fully functioning business is not a requirement of the program, it… Continue reading »
Pillar49, Toronto, Canada This past summer, I interned at Pillar49 in Toronto, Canada. Pillar49 is an entrepreneurial firm that partners with early-start companies and takes on the role of “active managers,” stepping in and providing operational and financial resources to support and drive long-term growth. They collaborate with the existing… Continue reading »
Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship 2022 was the inaugural summer for the Williams Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship (WSIE). Started by Tonio Palmer and assisted by Adriana Roman, WSIE exists to enable Williams students to pursue entrepreneurial projects full time during the summer. WSIE is something of an incubator, offering programming… Continue reading »