NOTE: This blog was written on Saturday.
It’s 8:10 a.m. I’m sitting in the Phoenix airport, completely exhausted. An intense game of Cranuim took my Fourth of July plans late into the night. My flight to Florida this morning was at 6:30 a.m., so I ran out of time to sleep. So here I am. The same person I was at the end of last week except this time I don’t have my old, full-time job to deal with. I have one not-full-time job: to be “The Intern Queen” and run that company under my new investors.
Week one was a short week. This week is always frustrating in the industry because everyone is out on vacation, and it’s really hard to get things done. I found myself pitching to people who were already long signed off for the long weekend. The first three days were extremely overwhelming. I moved to Los Angeles exactly two years ago and I have worked for someone ever since. This is the first time that I’m not an assistant to someone else. This is the first time no one is watching my every move, and I think that I’m going to love it. I’m just not used to it yet. I had to play “the new kid” again–which can be overwhelming at times.
I had my first few meetings on Wednesday to nail down some strategy points. I’m out of town Monday but, come Tuesday, I’ll hit the ground running. I’m going to use my airplane time to map out an exact schedule of how to make the most calls in the shortest amount of time. Many of my calls are made to large companies and colleges–they all have long animated systems to click through. I’m going to need to start extra early to make sure I can get plenty of calls in to the other coast. I’m looking for companies who want to pay me to find them interns. So if you need any interns for summer–send me an e-mail. They can be more helpful than you might think!
As far as organizing my massive call list and data research, I’ve mainly been using different Excel documents. I like everything easily accessible, so I prefer to use a standard Excel format for all of my documents. I don’t have an electronic phone sheet to work with, so I’ve just been keeping one on Excel.
I’m also learning about pitching my project to sponsors, colleges and other influencers. You learn so much just from actually pitching to a real company and hearing feedback. You learn buzzwords that work, and some that don’t.
I’ll continue to update you all on my journey as a young entrepreneur. I still can’t believe that I’ve been given this opportunity.
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