Which startup should I go to?

Posted by holgersindbaek on Monday January 16, 2012 @03:38PM
from the self-post dept.

I'm a student at Hyper Island (http://www.hyperisland.com/) in Sweden and I'm going on an internship after the summer holidays. I really want to go to startup in the San Francisco area but I'm a bit unsure which one I want to go to.

I really love what Nest.com, Stripe.com, SquareUp.com and Pinterest.com are doing. They are solving real problems and seem to have a lot of talented people with them.

Where would you go if you where in my situation?

Thanks in advance to all the amazing HN-people.

Holger HolgerE.dk

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Re:Which startup should I go to? by avsaro on Monday January 16, 2012 @03:48PM (#3472358)

I don't think any one of the startups which you mention currently looking for interns.

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Re:Which startup should I go to? by holgersindbaek on Monday January 16, 2012 @03:54PM (#3472369)

I'm sure there must be a way to persuade companies to take you as an intern.

Do you have any suggestions on startups you think are doing some really interesting stuff in the San Fran area?

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Re:Which startup should I go to? by avsaro on Monday January 16, 2012 @04:05PM (#3472423)

I believe that these companies are in early stages of their life which is a more chaotic era of a company. I would suggest startup-like bigger companies such as Twitter and Facebook.

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Re:Which startup should I go to? by holgersindbaek on Monday January 16, 2012 @04:17PM (#3472475)

That's what I want to get into. We've had several former students from this school who've joined these chaotic startups. I think it sounds fantastic.

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Re:Which startup should I go to? by reason on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @05:25PM (#3482145)

What real problem is Pinterest solving?

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Re:Which startup should I go to? by sfkaos on Monday January 16, 2012 @04:04PM (#3472414)

Paid or unpaid intern?

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Re:Which startup should I go to? by holgersindbaek on Monday January 16, 2012 @04:16PM (#3472469)

Paid would be nicest, but if it's a really cool place, where you can learn a lot, unpaid would do too.

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