I started working last Tuesday for a company called Unbank Ventures. What I mainly do is related to sales and operations. Unbank Ventures is located in San Francisco and it takes about 30 minutes for me to walk there. It builds a global platform to provide education, advisory and investor connections to startups, financial institutions…
Tag: IIP San Francisco
Work Week 3: Venture Capital in San Francisco
San Francisco and Silicon Valley to the south have been home to innovation, more specifically, the area has become synonymous with technological innovation. Today, companies like HP, Intel, Apple, Google, eBay, Cisco, Oracle, Genentech, and Facebook call San Francisco and the Valley home. So, too, do the venture capital and law firms that have made…
Chillin’ in the Traffic
The organization that I am interning at, Alliance for Smiles, has an informal, friendly, and creative atmosphere rather than one that is very formal and highly organized. There is no set dress code and there are no time sheets that you have to fill out for when you arrive and leave. You can take breaks…
Get the Professionals Together
When people talk about “Startups”, I usually think of one that locates in a basement of a house or a garage. I was very surprised to found that the startup company that I work for is in a office place called “Runway”. Runway is a place for startups and teams to finish their work. It…
New Journey
If you ask Americans, which city they want to live in their country, San Francisco is definitely the top five. The cool climate in summer and the warm climate in winter, the blue skies, the charming beaches, the exquisite Victorian buildings, the romantic nostalgic cable cars, and the crowded Union Square and Fisherman’s Wharf all…
First week in San Francisco
It has been two weeks since I got to San Francisco for the International Internship Program. When I first came here, I did not have a company to work for. People from AIC worked hard to get me a company so I can participate in the internship program. They finally got me one company called…
In a Coastal City Far Far Away…
Although I have ventured into northeastern states such as Connecticut and Massachusetts and as far south as Texas, this is my first time visiting the West. Before being selected for the trip, I had a general idea of San Francisco’s culture and professional background. I knew that San Francisco was not only home to innovation…
Now Go – IIP San Francisco
My name is Elaine, I come from China and moved to Pittsburgh in June 2017. I have been lived in New York for two years before I moved to Pittsburgh. I still remembered the very moment the 16-year-old me had just landed in New York City from China with nothing but two 50 lbs suitcases:…
The Start: IIP San Francisco
I am an international student from China and I am currently a sophomore in Business School of University of Pittsburgh. My major is Accounting, but I am also planning to take Business Information System and Marketing. I have taken most of the Business core classes, for examples, Financial and Managerial Accounting, Quantitative Methods, Managing in…
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