By: Michael R. Wald, TAMID at Penn State TAMID has truly been one of the best college decisions of my life. This organization has afforded me countless professional, social, and life experiences. When first attending Penn State’s new student orientation (NSO) every student, faculty member, and...
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By: Julia-Zoe Hung, TAMID at Baruch As students attending a commuter school in Manhattan, Baruch students often face challenges with being involved in campus organizations. Most of us are working part-time, commute an hour each way, and only come into school a few days a week. That...
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By: Yaela Halper, TAMID at Brandeis As I stepped into the expanse of the busy ballroom, I was enveloped by the chatter of 200 eager student leaders who were ready to be transformed into the business leaders of tomorrow. TAMIDcon, the annual TAMID Group national conference, provides...
Read MoreBy: Isaak Garber, Summer Fellow, Harvard University It’s a typical Sunday night in Florentin, Tel Aviv. We’re about to leave a pizza store on Ahad Ha’am Street. An AC unit drips an unidentified fluid onto the middle of my forehead. I cuss under my breath. He...
Read MoreTAMID at Cornell University Name: Yoni Krakow University: Cornell University Graduating Year: 2018 Major (+Minor): Economics + Jewish Studies, Business Internship Company: Glilot Capital Partners Internship Role: Venture Capital Intern Awesome Experience: Being on the TAMID fellowship has been an absolutely incredible experience. Working in the Venture Capital industry has exposed me to Israel’s amazing startup culture and I...
Read MoreTAMID at Washington University Name: Talia Laifer University: Washington University Graduating Year: 2018 Major (+Minor): Marketing and Entrepreneurship Internship Company: Cymbio Internship Role: Sales and Marketing Intern Awesome Experience: One of my absolute favorite experiences of the summer was praying before Shabbat in Nitzana, a little town in the middle of the desert. The sunset was perfect, it...
Read MoreBy: Ben Dayanim, Summer Fellow, University of Maryland Last week, all three cohorts gathered on the rooftop of WIX. For those of you who don’t know, WIX is a cloud-based web development platform and among the Startup Nation’s top success stories. It’s cool. We had the...
Read MoreBy: Melissa Kaplan, Summer Fellow, Harvard University Last week, my boss Chaim Motzen arranged a private gathering in his apartment in Jerusalem for our company with Saul Singer, co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. In his book,...
Read MoreTAMID at University of Maryland Name: Ben Dayanim University: University of Maryland Graduating Year: 2018 Major (+Minor): Finance & Information Systems Internship Company: LionBird Venture Capital Internship Role: Venture Analyst Awesome Experience: Working at LionBird has been an invaluable experience. When interning in the states, meaningful work can be hard to come by. Here, however, I’m lucky enough to...
Read MoreBy: Juan Martinez, Summer Fellow, Pennsylvania State University I checked my phone last night when I got a notification from Delta Airlines telling me that my flight from Tel Aviv to New York City was departing in less than 7 days. It hit me, in that...
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