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How my Connect-123 internship turned into a way of life
	                        Posted on September 16, 2020 	                    
One of the best decisions I have ever made was to intern at a VC-backed software firm in Buenos Aires through Connect-123 in the summer of 2010. Little did I know how profound an effect this experience would have on the rest of my life. That summer, I stepped far out of my comfort zone. […]

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				Jay Lanners posted in: 												 Buenos Aires,  							 Business,  							 Where Are They Now?  				
			
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Apply today for the Cape Town Innovation Experienceship and future-proof your career
	                        Posted on March 6, 2018 	                    
There’s no doubt about it – the future of the job market is changing. We’re seeing new job titles that didn’t exist a year ago; more employees are required to bridge multiple disciplines in their day-to-day work, and essential skills that were in demand in the past are being surpassed by the desperate need for […]

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				Kate Rau posted in: 												 Business,  							 Cape Town,  							 Career Development  				
			
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Interview with Cape Town & Barcelona Alum Josh!
	                        Posted on January 13, 2015 	                    
We first met Josh when he interned in South Africa in 2010. Three years later, he came to Barcelona to have a second Connect-123 internship. Now that he’s back in the US working as an Investment Analyst, we interviewed him to get his reflections about both international internships. We first met you when you interned […]

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				Katie Arango posted in: 												 Barcelona,  							 Business,  							 Cape Town,  							 Education,  							 Where Are They Now?  				
			
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Interview with Barcelona Alumna Amanda
	                        Posted on November 11, 2014 	                    
A year after Amanda Schultz’s Barcelona internship, we caught up with her to discuss how her time abroad influenced her career path after her graduation from Michigan State University. You interned in Barcelona back in 2013. Tell us a bit about your Connect-123 internship. My internship at a social media agency in Barcelona was absolutely […]

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				Katie Arango posted in: 												 Barcelona,  							 Business,  							 Where Are They Now?  				
			
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Catching Up with Former Intern Calyn
	                        Posted on September 18, 2014 	                    
Two years since she finished her internship, Buenos Aires alum Calyn Gelinas shares her thoughts on her work experience, her time in Argentina, and her future plans. Hiking in Patagonia You interned in Argentina with Connect-123 back in 2012. Tell us a bit about your internship. I interned with US-company TerraCycle. In 2006, Inc. magazine […]

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				Katie Arango posted in: 												 Buenos Aires,  							 Business,  							 Where Are They Now?  				
			
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Interview with Buenos Aires Program Alum Jay Lanners
	                        Posted on January 7, 2014 	                    
Former Connect-123 intern Jay Lanners took time out of his busy schedule working at one of the most sucessful online companies in Latin America to participate in this interview, several years after completing his internship in Buenos Aires! You were an intern on our Buenos Aires program a few years ago. Why did you choose Buenos […]

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				Katie Arango posted in: 												 Buenos Aires,  							 Business,  							 Where Are They Now?  				
			
Meet Intern and 2013 Scholarship Winner Jack McCafferty!
	                        Posted on June 12, 2013 	                    
After spending more than 24 hours straight in airports arriving in Cape Town was relieving. Just the drive from the airport to the building I would be calling home for the next 11 weeks was amazing and the scenery like nothing I have seen back in the states. On the first day we started the […]

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				Steven Levy posted in: 												 Business,  							 Cape Town,  							 Intern Bloggers,  							 Scholarships  				
			
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Five Examples of Great Social Enterprises Part One: Latin America
	                        Posted on February 1, 2012 	                    
Social Entrepreneurship applies business and entrepreneurial principles and methods to solve a social, environmental or economic problem. We typically think of NGOs or nonprofit organizations…maybe even governments as the primary change makers in the world. But when you take the best of what a business has to offer and combine that with a social cause, […]

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				Katie Arango posted in: 												 Buenos Aires,  							 Business,  							 Social Entrepreneurship,  							 Social Impact  				
			
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Interview with Connect-123 Intern turned Entrepreneur
	                        Posted on January 24, 2012 	                    
We recorded an interview a while back with Connect-123 “double” intern and founder of Collegiate Mirror Skins Lee Weinberger to find out what his Cape Town and Buenos Aires internships were like, and to explore ways in which his international experience might have had an effect on his entrepreneurial endeavour. Lee is currently a senior […]

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				Katie Arango posted in: 												 Business,  							 Intern Bloggers