1. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL @alaindesmier / @enternships Entrepreneurship Alain Desmier Commercial Director, Enternships.com

2. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL 28 years old Graduated in 2005; President of Exeter Student Union and Editor of Student Newspaper Corporate job to silicon valley start-up / entrepreneur 2 nd fastest growing digital company in Europe Enternships.com Who am I?

3. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL What do you want to be? Entrepreneur? “Intrapreneur”? Employee None of the above?

4. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Why Entrepreneurship? SMEs Comprise 99%+ of total # of businesses in UK economy High levels of graduate / youth unemployment Less roles available in ‘traditional’ graduate industries / blue-chip corporations

5. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Why Now?

6. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Advantages? Breadth of experience & flexibility Involvement & early responsibility Control over career progression & speed of progression Identity; recognition & fast turn-around Camaraderie

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8. Disadvantages? Underemployment: jobs may initially have little or no relevance to qualifications Unstructured training Challenge: being thrown in at the deep end and forced to learn quickly can be daunting Unstructured career route Salary

9. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Inspirational startups

10. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL How to get started?

11. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL What is Enternships? Internships for self-starters All year round Remote “enternships” MBA Projects Co-Founders Full-time roles University Microsites

12. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Who’s hiring

13. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Questions?

14. PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Get in touch alain@enternships.com @alaindesmier / @enternships www.linkedin.com/in/alaindesmier Thank You!