Project Internship
8 weeks, the internship of a lifetime.
What you will get out of this internship:
A real-world project
Work experience at a top start-up
A letter of completion by the company
A letter of recommendation from the host company mentor
Work with the very best companies
What you will get out of this internship:
Funded by:
Funded by:
Funded by:
Tech / Deep Tech
Finance
Media / Journalism
Engineerung
Machine Learning / AI
Consulting
Mental Health
Fashion
Health Tech
Environmental Science
Non-profits
Example Host Companies and Managers!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
(01)
Competitor analysis for health tech company focused on scaling nursing homes
(02)
White paper for San Francisco-based nonprofit focused on mental health
(03)
Machine learning model to predict customer churn for e-commerce website backed by Y-Combinator
(04)
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
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Goal output
Professional level work project presentation
Program Timeline
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.
