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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 touchalain@enternships.com

@alaindesmier / @enternships

www.linkedin.com/in/alaindesmier

Thank You!