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ThinkB1G Advantage: Student Edition

We're focused on finding better and more creative ways to connect students with

career opportunities at startups and high-growth entrepreneurial companies. Feel

free to forward the below newsletter or share an online link if it can be a helpful

resource to students at your institution inquiring about such opportunities.

New Term, New Opportunities to Join a Startup!

We're all about better connecting you with internships, co-ops and entry level

positions at startups and high-growth companies. The next 45 days are prime time

for doing so. Here's how we can help:

1. Side/personal project get you jobs; here's how to go about it

2. Dozens of current openings at startups for students & upcoming grads

3. Entrepreneurial programs that can take you west this summer

4. Advice & insights to better prepare for the technical interview

5. Additional ThinkB1G resources to help you find the next big thing

Project-Based Experiences: Your Path for

Standing Out

Startups love to see what you’ve built. Not only is it a way to showcase your

abilities and talents, it's also a key indicator that you’re passionate about your field.

Having a great GPA or being in the right student groups is not enough. For

startups, it’s about building things.

Take advantage of your time in college to build & assemble your portfolio of

project-based experiences (aka side projects, personal projects). Use your four

years (or longer) as an opportunity to deepen your practitioner's knowledge of a

certain area or experiment with new technologies. It is less about building

something successful and more about applying, experimenting, learning, and

growing.

Academic projects count, but not nearly as much as personal ones. Startups are

more interested in what you do outside the classroom. It demonstrates that you're

intellectually curious and willing to invest personal time to solve problems and hone

your skill sets.

Where to get started? Pursue personal projects of interest that show you're

passionate about solving problems. Seek out the “hacker culture” or

entrepreneurial community on campus and get involved. Participate in hackathons.

Pick up new skills via sites like Khan Academy, Coursera or Udacity and then

apply them.

As examples, if you’re into software, build an iOS app, experiment with new

technologies, design a product that does something cool, contribute to an open

source project. For others, experiment with growth hacking projects, creatively

design a new user experience using wireframes, build a website for a local startup

or nonprofit, get experience with sales or business development. Build anything.

The next is to communicate what you’ve done. Here are some suggestions:

CS/Software Students. Get on GitHub as soon as you can. Post your code

and projects on a consistent basis. As many startups are huge advocates of

the open source software community, find open source projects that you

can work on and contribute to actively. It shows that you care and are

furthering the community.

Non-CS/Software Students. Use Seelio or a blogging tool to package and

describe the projects you’ve worked on. Use visuals where you can and

indicate your approach, outcomes, and what you’ve learned along the way.

It’s not so much about success or failure here. It’s about your thought

process, what you did & learned, and how you've developed your skills.

Finally, make it easy for startups to see what you’ve done. Include a prominent link

to your GitHub repository or online portfolio on your resume and LinkedIn profile

(i.e., in the header of your resume). Briefly highlight your projects throughout.

Your project-based experience will best position you for opportunities at startups.

Take advantage of your time on campus to assemble a rich & diverse body of

work.

Openings for Students & Upcoming Grads

Want to land a role where you can have impact, make a difference, and be part of

something special. Here's a group of companies that are looking for YOU. Led by

visionary leaders with disruptive, game-changing products, they offer opportunities

to work with amazing teams on challenging projects and technologies.

BookBub - Cambridge, MA

BookBub is a rapidly growing, profitable ebook

discovery startup with millions of members. The

rise of digital publishing is altering the way books

are found, purchased, and read. Join us to tackle

these issues and to help readers discover great

books they’ll love.

Software Engineer (New Graduate)

Cask - Palo Alto, CA

Cask lets any Java developer quickly and easily

build Hadoop and HBase applications that can be

instantly deployed on-premise or to the cloud. The

apps can be managed, monitored, and scaled

using a simple-to-use web dashboard.

Software Engineer - Internship

Software Engineer - New Grad

Clever - San Francisco, CA

1 in 6 schools in the US use Clever to manage

their learning applications. Clever makes it easy for

teachers to use software in the classroom.

Engineer Full Stack

Engineer Intern

Exablox - Sunnyvale, CA

Exablox is a storage startup that was formed to

bring enterprise class featured storage device

integrated with cloud management accessible to

small and medium businesses. We are developing

ground breaking technology in file systems and

cloud technologies.

Software Engineer (New Graduate) - Cloud

Service

Tools Developer

Software Development Engineer in Test

Infrastructure Development Engineer -

Python/LAMP

Software Test Automation Engineer (Python) -

File Network Storage Systems

Hudl - Lincoln, NE or Boston, MA

Hudl helps teams connect around the video and

data they need to win with simple online

software. Coaches and athletes love us because

we make watching and analyzing video online so

damn easy.

Development Internship / Co-op

Imprivata - Lexington, MA

Imprivata is a leading provider of authentication

and access management solutions for the

healthcare industry.

QA Mobile Engineer (OneSign)

Software Engineer iOS (OneSign)

Software Engineering Intern (Research &

Discovery Group)

LaunchSource - Boston, MA

LaunchSource equips college seniors and recent

grads with the necessary training & tools to land a

sales & business development position at a high-

growth technology company in Boston.

Business Development Associate Program

Marqeta - Emeryville, CA

Founded in 2010 Marqeta’s mission is to power the

future of money. We're a leading issuer processor

and program manager for card and mobile-based

payments programs.

Software Engineer Intern, Payments Platform

NuoDB - Cambridge, MA

NuoDB, the leader in webscale distributed

database technology, is redefining relational

database technology to tackle the multiple

challenges associated with cloud computing and

the rise of global application deployments.

Web Systems Engineer

Software Engineer Intern

Java Developer - Entry Level

Core/Engine Developer - Entry Level

Panorama Education - Boston, MA

Panorama is a data analytics company focused on

K-12 education. Our mission is to help ensure

every student has great teachers, great schools,

and a great education.

Software Engineer

Pertino - Los Gatos, CA

Pertino is helping to reinvent networking for the

cloud era by leveraging the power of the cloud, the

dynamic nature of virtualization, and the agility of

software. It’s called cloud networking, and it’s the

most disruptive thing to happen to networking

since the Internet.

Software Engineer (Intern)

SwiftStack - San Francisco, CA

Infinite storage, impressively easy. We bring

simple management and extensive integration

facilities to a proven, scalable open-source core.

Software Engineer Intern / Co-op

Software Engineer New Grad

Valore - Boston, MA

Valore offers innovative solutions that help

students pay less for their education. That means

cheaper textbooks, more affordable student loans,

resources that help graduates get debt-free faster,

and more.

Software Engineer (New Graduate)

Yieldmo - New York, NY

Yieldmo is saving the world from bad mobile ads.

We think ads should look great and work great. We

combine the best of design and data to invent new

formats, ruthlessly optimize them, and deliver

unprecedented results.

Java Engineer

Scala Engineer

More Opportunities for You

True Entrepreneur Corp (TEC)

The TEC program brings undergraduates from

across the country to the San Francisco Bay area

to spend the summer with their portfolio companies

and learn firsthand what it’s like to work at a

startup. Geared for students interested in

technology and startups, 2015 TEC Fellows must

be members of the undergraduate classes of 2016

or 2017 and be eligible to work in the United

States. Deadline is January 31, 2015.

KPCB Product Fellows

Here's another way to jumpstart your career in

Silicon Valley. The KPCB Product Fellows

Program is open to outstanding undergraduate or

graduate students who will graduate from a U.S.

university with a degree in computer science,

engineering, mathematics, physics or fields related

to software development, as well as graduate

students in M.B.A programs. The deadline for

submissions is 11:59 pm PST on January 31,

2015.

Lightspeed Summer Fellowships

For student teams working on a startup,

Lightspeed Venture Partners offers summer

fellowships to support entrepreneurship and

innovation among highly motivated engineering

and CS students. Each selected team will receive

$5K per team and $10K per team member,

mentoring by one of Lightspeed’s investment

professionals, and office space in Menlo Park, CA.

Fellows are under no obligation to Lightspeed, and

Lightspeed receives no equity as part of the

program. Applications for Round 2 will close on

March 15, 2015.

Preparing for the Technical Interview

Cleared that first hurdle for your dream job and don't know what to expect for the

technical interview? No worries, we're here to help. While every company can be

different, here are some of our companies sharing what to expect and how best to

prepare for the technical interview.

More ThinkB1G Resources

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building cool things? Stand out by taking a couple

minutes to provide the details that startups are most

interested in knowing about you. We’ll forward your

profile directly to startups throughout the year.

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these companies offer opportunities to work with amazing people on exciting projects and technologies. Roles

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