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@alaindesmier / @enternships
Entrepreneurship
Alain DesmierCommercial Director, Enternships.com
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28 years old
Graduated in 2005; President of Exeter Student Union and Editor of Student Newspaper
Corporate job to silicon valley start-up / entrepreneur
2nd fastest growing digital company in Europe
Enternships.com
Who am I?
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What do you want to be?• Entrepreneur?
• “Intrapreneur”?
• Employee
• None of the above?
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Why Entrepreneurship? SMEs Comprise 99%+ of total # of businesses in UK economy
High levels of graduate / youth unemployment
Less roles available in ‘traditional’ graduate industries / blue-chip corporations
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Why Now?
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Advantages?• Breadth of experience & flexibility
• Involvement & early responsibility
• Control over career progression & speed of progression
• Identity; recognition & fast turn-around
• Camaraderie
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Disadvantages?• Underemployment: jobs may initially have little or no relevance to qualifications
• Unstructured training
• Challenge: being thrown in at the deep end and forced to learn quickly can be daunting
• Unstructured career route
• Salary
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Inspirational startups
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How to get started?
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What is Enternships?• Internships for self-starters
• All year round
• Remote “enternships”
• MBA Projects
• Co-Founders
• Full-time roles
• University Microsites
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Who’s hiring
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Questions?
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Get in [email protected]
@alaindesmier / @enternships
www.linkedin.com/in/alaindesmier
Thank You!