During my drive home for Easter break from college I received a call that would change my life or at least my summer. I received a call from one of the original founders of a company called OrigAudio, who wanted to tell me that I was selected for the opportunity to intern for his company this upcoming summer. The internship would take place in Costa Mesa, California and would start about one week after I walked at my graduation from Quincy University.
Conference that Changed Everything
You may ask how did this all come to be and how did someone from Quincy, Illinois secure a summer internship right after graduation in California? Well let me tell you about this crazy and incredible opportunity. It all began in the fall semester in November when myself and a few other students from Quincy University went to the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) Conference in Chicago, IL. At the conference I went to breakout session to listen to this speaker on the topic of entrepreneurship. The main reason why I choose to hear this speaker with this company hardly anyone knew about called OrigAudio was because they were on one of my favorite TV shows called Shark Tank. After the hearing the presentation we depart for lunch and low and behold who is at my table but the co-founder of OrigAudio! The man I just listened to give a speech at conference and he is sitting at my table. We talked, took a picture, and then exchanged business cards before we had to depart to be on the panel of the keynote speakers at lunch.
Good News
About five months later on the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) website their was a job posting for an internship with OrigAudio in California. I knew that I had to apply and after applying I secured an Skype interview with the same man I had met at the conference about five months ago in Chicago. Then about a week later that was when I received the phone call driving home for Easter break that only two people were selected from out of state for the internship and I was one of them!
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