Posts Tagged ‘startup’

Internships: Not Just for Startups
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

We often talk about the benefits of working at a startup. Recently on Urban Interns we noticed that a good portion of the jobs were at larger organizations including a venture capital firm, a government organization, and an electricity supply company.

So we thought it would be worth it to point out that it's not just startups that hire interns, and while we do believe in the many benefits of working at a smaller organization (hands on experience, working with founders, networking), more established … read more

Part 2 in Our Series on Startup Culture: Day One on the Job
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011


It’s summer internship time, and you landed an awesome gig for the season at a cool new startup. Congratulations! Now for the bad news: you’ve just gotten yourself invited to the longest interview known to man. Huh? Well, if you are like most interns, you are looking for one or more of the following from your internship: connections, mentorship, or a full time offer at the end of the summer. To maximize your chances of getting any of those three, you’ve got to be … read more

How to Get & Stay Hired at a Startup
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

This week, we couldn’t help noticing that so many of our positions are based with “startups” – and by this we mean businesses that appear to be relatively young and still in high-growth mode. They might be innovators in their spaces, or they might be jumping on a trend – either way, these can be some of the most exciting but risky jobs. While you may end up at the next Google, you can also end up at the next Kozmo. (If you don’t remember

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Ultra Light Startups – Great Networking for Entrepreneurs
Thursday, July 16th, 2009

When starting a new business everyone tells you to network, network, network.  “Be out there,” “meet people,” – call it what you may, but the truth is that as the Founders of an early stage company, a VERY large part of our job right now is selling the concept of Urban Interns and building our brand.  While you can fill every minute of your calendar with networking events, quickly learned it’s more about quality of affiliations than quantity.  We deliberately keep our list of organizations … read more

The Recession Start-Up Phenomenon
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Urban Interns is a recession start-up.  And according to the Kauffman Foundation study released in the middle of June entitled  “Economic Future Just Happened”, we are also part of a rich tradition of entrepreneurship that stems from down markets. 

From the release:

“more than half of the companies on the 2009 Fortune 500 list were launched during a recession or bear market, along with nearly half of the firms on the 2008 Inc. list of America’s fastest-growing companies…job creation from startup companies proving to

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