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Project Internships

8 weeks, the internship of a lifetime.

What you will get out of this internship:

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A real-world project
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Work experience at a top start-up
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A letter of completion by the company
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A letter of recommendation from the host company mentor

Work with the very best companies

What you will get out of this internship:

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Tech / Deep Tech

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Finance

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Media / Journalism

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Engineerung

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Machine Learning / AI

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Consulting

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Mental Health

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Fashion

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Health Tech

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Environmental Science

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Non-profits

Example Host Companies and Managers!

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BILLION DOLLAR STARTUP IDEAS

Industry: Tech, Media

LED BY MICHAEL BERVELL,

 Founder & CEO,

HBS MBA & Microsoft alum

Billion Dollar Startup Ideas is one of the world’s largest generators and aggregators of unicorn-level start-up ideas, with a reach of over 850,000 people.

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JUNEBRAIN

Industry: Healthcare, Tech

LED BY DR. SAMANTHA SCOTT,

 Founder & CEO,

Stanford, USC & NIH alum

JuneBrain is focused on improving remote monitoring in ophthalmology/neurology and serving a $300K customer pipeline with a patented wearable eye-scanning device and SaaS platform.

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FINTECH LAUNCH (STEALTH MODE)

Industry: Finance, Tech

LED BY KEVIN JUNKER,

 Founder & CEO,

Cambridge Uni, Google & McKinsey alum

Fintech Launch is focused on bridging the gap between financial products for individuals in markets including the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

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IPMD

Industry: Healthcare, Tech

LED BY MIN LEE,

Founder, CEO & President,

UC Berkeley alum

IPMD is on a mission to revolutionize patient experiences using AI solutions and has been a part of many prestigious start-up programs, including those by GCP, Nvidia, AWS, and IBM.

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SOFTENMIND

Industry: Mental Health, Tech

LED BY HANH HA,

Co-founder & CEO,

Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alum

Funded by glocal VC, Antler, SoftenMind aims to bring affordable and professional mental health services to Vietnamese people through proprietary digital and AI tools.

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FAIR OPPORTUNITY PROJECT

Industry: Tech, Non-profit

LED BY LUKE HEINE,

 Founder & CEO,

Harvard & YC alum, Microsoft

Recognized in Forbes, NYT, and the Harvard Education Review, Fair Opportunity Project sends free college application advice to 63,000 public educators and provides free 1:1 mentorship to hundreds of students.

Example projects that students could create

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Competitor analysis for health tech company focused on scaling nursing homes

(02)

White paper for San Francisco-based nonprofit focused on mental health

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Machine learning model to predict customer churn for e-commerce website backed by Y-Combinator

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Marketing campaign for series-A backed media company

Startup Internship Time Commitment

# of sessions with host company

8

# of sessions with company leadership

4+

# of hours per week expected of the student

5 - 10

Program oversight from Ladder program manager

Goal output

Professional level work project presentation

Program Timeline

Week 1
Meet the company coach and define the project
Week 2
Work on the project with the company coach
Week 3
Finalize the first draft of the project, meet with the company coach
Week 4
Present the first deliverable to the company
Week 5
Meet with the company mentor, define the second deliverable
Week 6
Work with the company coach on the second deliverable
Week 7
Finalize the final project pass off
Week 8
Present the final project to the company

The Application & Placement Process

How students apply

Fill up an application form

Get shortlisted

Received a placement decision

Start the program

We match students with companies based on their indicate interest.