princesslane
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What I have accomplished this week is a better understanding of programming languages. I did not complete any of my action item of last month because I realized they were "action faking"

it is important to take meaningful action towards creating a product or service, not wasting time trying to get all the ducks in a row. I did a bit o research on web design and layout for my site (i realize i will have to do most of the grunt work) and found that many of the best sites in

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Originally Posted by Cparsons

I can either spend $1,000 having someone build me a website, which will be done in a week or two and be very professional - or spend months learning how to code, then another month building a mediocre website myself and spend $0.

What if I spent those months learning about internet marketing, seo, sales funnels, and copywriting instead? My business would be far better off because my website will be better, done sooner, and actually have a chance in the market place because of my BUSINESS

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Originally Posted by yveskleinsky

Originally Posted by PEERless

I'm looking for a computer science major to create the site for me. Here are the two lanes of the highway:
Intern gives:
Time
Expertise
Intern gets:
Remote employment, flextime
Relevant experience
Project for portfolio (with promotional linking)
Connection to my network
Offer of employment after internship

What you are offering is not an internship, as there is no direct corrolation between what you are wanting done and what you

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[QUOTE=JScott;82366]In general, I've had good experiences. But, most of those experiences were when I was with big (Fortune 500) companies, so it doesn't quite compare to the startup world...

In the startup world, I have one person who has been asking to intern for me for several weeks now; while I'd love an intern, I recognize that this role is a two-way street -- not only are they there to help me and my business, I must be available to help them learn and gain *relevant* experience.

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Originally Posted by rodney

Hi adiakritos,

I currently a founder and working on a startup at roomplug.com. My company is bootstrap and I was fortunate to hire four amazing talented interns from all around the world (all non-paid and for school credit!). Because of my sound technical background, passion, and able to sell them on my vision, I was able to offer mentorship and guidance to my interns. My previous interns, 1 from Carnegie Mellon, 2 from University of Delft in the Netherlands, and currently one intern,

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