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Hi, my name is Rosa Hemalanin.
>> My name is David Rosenswy.
>> My name is Sean Howard.
>> My name is Juila Daniel.
>> My name is Maltham Tutar.
>> My name is Diego Ruiz.
>> My name is Ellie.
>> I major in product design at Stanford in School of Engineer.
>> I'm a junior studying international relations and economics.
>> I'm a second year Coterm, so in my masters program,
I'm studying computer science.
>> I'm studying economics at Stanford, this is my second year at Stanford.
I'm a sophomore right now.
>> I study management science and engineering,
I'm a masters student in Stanford.
>> I'm an international relations major and a junior here at Stanford.
Stanford.
>> I'm studying product design.
>> This past summer I was interning with seed in Nairobi, Kenya.
>> I went to Ghana.
>> Ghana. >> Ghana.
>> Bangalore. >> And Chennai.
>> In a city called Trichy in Southern India.
>> I was working at a company called novia solutions.
>> And I was working directly with the seed office.
>> Handling fashions.
>> But good food company.
>> Care group of institutions.
>> Hotel.
>> Accent and arts.
>> Originally I was going to be in New York doing investment banking
with JP Morgan.
But I thought I'll have my whole life to be in New York to do banking or
whatever but when again am I going to be able to go to Ghana and make a huge
difference while also doing business and strategy and making an impact.
>> It just sounded like a pretty unusual and
exciting opportunity to go do metalworking and Ghana and it turned out being
more special than I could have imagined >> As a freshman hadn't been
applying to these big tech companies.
But one thing that I will say is I if I had been in a tech company,
I probably would have had a very specific role.
I don't think I would have learned as much of the breath I got in this experience,
we say you ought to be a part of a lot of different functions in the company.
>> The owners of the company had this problem where other employees weren't able
to sustain themselves or provide for their basic needs.
>> So it was my job to shadow students, shadow professors,
understand how the students sort of interact with their education,
what changes can be made, what improvements can be made.
>> I kind of went in as their design intern and I was helping
them kind of validate user research and little bit of wire framing for
three new products that they're thinking about launching for their clients.
>> One of my projects was on the delivery and food platform.
So I put in place a program that offered deals and rewards programs.
Through those platforms,
we experienced 27% rise in sales over the couple months that I was there.
>> Working at hub toe.
I was able to manage like seven engineers and building this app,
an app that used by hundreds of thousands of Canadians that I helped create,
build and decide where to go.
>> I think what really makes this internship unique is being able to
really closely work with the CEOs in the company, I mean, that was amazing.
I got looped in to all the executive meetings that that campaign was doing.
>> One of my bosses, his name is Kyler Jetler,
he's kind of like Anthony Bourdain of Kenya.
Siting down with him gave me the opportunity to learn from someone
who's just done it all.
He's travelled all over but really made a significant impact Within a community.
>> What interning in India really taught me was how to navigate an uncertainty
around cultural differences, societal differences, institutional differences.
When I am also supposed to be productive.
>> Gave me management experience for the first time I was able to hire
employees and manage and learn what it takes to get things done.
How I should approach people and of course it's different in every culture.
>> So I was able to just push myself into things,
I was able to find hobbies even being in Bangalore by myself.
I started doing yoga and I did a little bit of zoom but.
>> My name actually became known and kind of the boxing community and across tour,
the National Champion of Ghana heard about this American foreigner trying things out.
He's like, I want I want to see what this kid's about.
And he invited me to join his training club.
>> Actually, what this experience ended up doing for me was it cemented the idea in
my mind that I want to work with the African continent in the future.
I mean, just the amazing time that I had, but
also just the opportunities that I saw.
They're all around me.
>> I think somebody who can be successful in the Stanford Seed program,
can show that they're very adaptable, that they're very aware and
communicative, that they can handle unexpected situations and uncertainty.
>> I think internship job is for anyone who really wants to kind of push
themselves and do something out of the box.
>> I think anyone can do it.
It's just that you should be open to just anyone, in a sense,
you're open to new experiences.
>> To students who are considering doing Seed, I would say, absolutely do it.
It's going to be an adventure and I just can't emphasize enough how much you'll
learn about yourself and about the world.
>> I don't think there's an internship we'll struggle personally and
professionally as much as you will in this internship.
But I promise that it all pays off because then when you look back and
you see everything that you've learned, it's going to be immense.
>> Never in your life are you going to be able to make such a huge impact
while also growing professionally in another country.
>> If you want to push yourself to be independent, if you want to push yourself
to be humble and observant and productive and work hard and
step outside your comfort zone, that's what you should do Stanford seed.
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