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Which startup should I go to?

2 points by holgersindbaek ↗ HN
I'm a student at Hyper Island (http://www.hyperisland.com/) in Sweden and I'm going on an internship after the summer holidays. I really want to go to startup in the San Francisco area but I'm a bit unsure which one I want to go to.

I really love what Nest.com, Stripe.com, SquareUp.com and Pinterest.com are doing. They are solving real problems and seem to have a lot of talented people with them.

Where would you go if you where in my situation?

Thanks in advance to all the amazing HN-people.

Holger HolgerE.dk

7 comments

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avsaro
I don't think any one of the startups which you mention currently looking for interns.
holgersindbaek
I'm sure there must be a way to persuade companies to take you as an intern.

Do you have any suggestions on startups you think are doing some really interesting stuff in the San Fran area?

avsaro
I believe that these companies are in early stages of their life which is a more chaotic era of a company. I would suggest startup-like bigger companies such as Twitter and Facebook.
holgersindbaek
That's what I want to get into. We've had several former students from this school who've joined these chaotic startups. I think it sounds fantastic.
sfkaos
Paid or unpaid intern?
holgersindbaek
Paid would be nicest, but if it's a really cool place, where you can learn a lot, unpaid would do too.
reason
What real problem is Pinterest solving?