I’m a graduate of Northeastern University, which is known for their coop program.   I can tell you first hand that this experience was especially helpful for me because I was able to get an idea of what positions interested me and which did not when I was ready for full time employment.  If I didn’t take advantage of the internship programs, I would have never have had the insight of working in different industries and having different job responsibilities before graduating.  When I was ready to graduate, I knew what would keep me challenged and Read the rest of this entry »

Last night Gemvara/DartBoston/IdeaPaint hosted a great startup networking event, a flip cup tournament that Lynx participated in!  For those of you who are not familiar with flip cup, it is a classic college drinking game which consists of two teams of 5 matches up across a table with 5 cups of beer.  The goal, drink the beer and flip the cups faster than the other team!  There are many versions of the rules; in this case we start with taking the cup, then touch the table, cheers, touch the table again and drink….and onto the next person.  Read the rest of this entry »