Svoboda Entrepreneurial Scholars Summer Program

    Summer 2023
    Internship Participants

    Scholars (L-R): Tiffany Putri ’25, Sambhav Bista ’25, Jasmine Tran ’23, Lunar Than ’24, Hauseng Lor ’24, Anthony Calderon Reyes ’26, Omar Al-Taie ’24, Max Loesch ’24 Not Pictured: Phumelele Mncina ’24, David Sawires ’24, Kiera O’Higgins ’25, Leo Dixon ’24, Abbey Scott ’24

    St. Olaf College’s Svoboda Entrepreneurial Scholars Program pairs rising sophomore, junior, and senior students with summer internships in entrepreneurial ventures. Through opportunities with entrepreneurial alumni, accelerators, incubators, and venture capital firms, students gain experience working in a startup environment while receiving mentorship and support from their host supervisor.

    Host sites offer rigorous and challenging work, meaningful projects, and skill-building experiences to their interns. Students selected for the program should be self-motivated problem solvers with the ability to be flexible in a rapidly changing environment. The cohort will gather before, during, and after their internship for networking and reflection on their summer experience. Participants will receive $5500 in funding for their full-time, 10 week internship. Start and end dates are negotiated between the selected student and their supervisor. Housing is not provided for the program. This program is supported by the generosity of Paul Svoboda ’81.

    Note: All Summer 2024 opportunities will be shared by February 2024. 

    Summer 2023 Opportunities:

    Summer 2022 Opportunities:

    Former Participant Ventures

    Imagine Deliver
    Imagine Deliver

    Imagine Deliver

    Imagine Deliver is a consulting firm that unravels tough problems, makes solutions universally accessible, and helps clients adapt their work to stay ahead of what’s coming. Their diverse backgrounds give them an edge when it comes to dreaming up unique solutions that deliver results. They lead companies and organizations through creative processes that make room for every person to contribute brilliant ideas.

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    Summer 2022 Scholars

    Summer 2022 Scholars

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    Capita3

    Capita3

    Capita3 is a micro venture capital fund focused on investing in women-led companies that are innovating in health. Their goal is to increase the number of successful women entrepreneurs and investors while returning exceptional shareholder returns.

    Slingwave
    Slingwave

    Slingwave

    Slingwave is a marketing technology platform providing customers with real-time attribution, media mix modeling, and media execution through proprietary software and data capabilities. The Slingwave Intern will receives training in managing and optimizing live marketing campaigns across digital media platforms, as well as in delivering insights leveraging Slingwave’s Agile Marketing Attribution and Predictive Marketing Mix capabilities.

    Past Internships

    Other entrepreneurial scholars completed their internships at organizations such as Rocky Robinson, Bim Bam Boo, Yonder, Perceptive Avionics, Shrpa, Ingios Geotechnics, Green Dot Sign, TRex Cookies, Superior Switchel Co., Impact Hub Minneapolis, Drewes Law PLLC, Fruitful Fertility, and Rover Robotics.

    All interns presented a business pitch on their company at the end of the summer.  View their final pitch presentations HERE.

    Check out Rover Robotics and intern Jack Buendorf ’21 in the news with their product Poultry Patrol.  Learn more about their agricultural innovation project.