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Student Internship with Sramana Mitra
5/7/20098:00 am
Sramana Mitra is looking for student interns who are passionate about technology, innovation and entrepreneurship to assist her with research supporting her blog, books, Forbes column, and consulting practice. In return, she will offer them coaching, exposure, credibility, visibility, reference, and referrals into the inner circles of the technology industry. These are, otherwise, unpaid internships. Details below:
* Intern should pick a core concentration area from the blog’s spectrum of coverage. Topics may include: an online vertical (Travel, Real Estate, Finance, etc.), Healthcare IT, Online Education, SaaS/Enterprise 3.0, Microfinance/Microfranchise/
BOP, Convergence (chips, devices, carriers), Online Video, Digital Media, Online Advertising, Online Collaboration, Networking, EDA, Outsourcing, CleanTech (Solar, Hydro, Water), Entrepreneurship (Bootstrapping, Venture Capital, Innovation, Positioning/Strategy, India, Latin America, China, Insrael, Europe), Design, etc. [Look around on www.sramanamitra.com for ideas]
* Once you have identified the topic, start reading up on it (use the frameworks from the blog, then do additional research on the web).
* Develop a point of view on topic through the above process.
* Write at least 20 well thought through analysis pieces as “comments” on relevant posts on the blog. Needs to be interesting and thoughtful, as well as thought provoking, and must demonstrate your understanding of the industry / business / issues in question.
* These comments must also facilitate discussions from the community. Facilitating discussions is an art, and a great leadership skill. This portion of the internship is geared to help you develop and enhance this skill. You can use tools like Twitter, Facebook, etc. to engage people, but try to get them to come and comment at the site, so that you can showcase your work in one place.
* All comments must be posted in your real name, otherwise you won’t be able to cite it for evaluation.
* Those who demonstrate enough mastery of a topic and strong writing skills will be invited to write a series of guest columns on the chosen topic to establish industry credibility and visibility.
* If this opportunity interests you, take a look at the body of work done by Vijay Nagarajan <http://www.sramanamitra.com/2008/02/14/vijay-nagarajan/> on the wireless chip sector. Vijay was my intern while working at Atheros as an engineer. He wanted to switch to product marketing. Through his work with me, as well as his own blog, he gained enough visibility and credibility that he was aggressively recruited by Broadcom and is now a product manager there.
* I learnt a lot through the process of mentoring Vijay. And the internships that I have put together above are designed to help a larger set of young, ambitious, and hard working people achieve their career goals.
* And those who share my passion for entrepreneurship and innovation are the ones likely to get the maximum out of these internships.
If interested, please email resume and cover letter to Sramana Mitra at news@sramanamitra.com.
* Once you have identified the topic, start reading up on it (use the frameworks from the blog, then do additional research on the web).
* Develop a point of view on topic through the above process.
* Write at least 20 well thought through analysis pieces as “comments” on relevant posts on the blog. Needs to be interesting and thoughtful, as well as thought provoking, and must demonstrate your understanding of the industry / business / issues in question.
* These comments must also facilitate discussions from the community. Facilitating discussions is an art, and a great leadership skill. This portion of the internship is geared to help you develop and enhance this skill. You can use tools like Twitter, Facebook, etc. to engage people, but try to get them to come and comment at the site, so that you can showcase your work in one place.
* All comments must be posted in your real name, otherwise you won’t be able to cite it for evaluation.
* Those who demonstrate enough mastery of a topic and strong writing skills will be invited to write a series of guest columns on the chosen topic to establish industry credibility and visibility.
* If this opportunity interests you, take a look at the body of work done by Vijay Nagarajan <http://www.sramanamitra.com/2008/02/14/vijay-nagarajan/> on the wireless chip sector. Vijay was my intern while working at Atheros as an engineer. He wanted to switch to product marketing. Through his work with me, as well as his own blog, he gained enough visibility and credibility that he was aggressively recruited by Broadcom and is now a product manager there.
* I learnt a lot through the process of mentoring Vijay. And the internships that I have put together above are designed to help a larger set of young, ambitious, and hard working people achieve their career goals.
* And those who share my passion for entrepreneurship and innovation are the ones likely to get the maximum out of these internships.
If interested, please email resume and cover letter to Sramana Mitra at news@sramanamitra.com.