by Staff writer | Nov 4, 2019 | Internships, Startups, Travel
Languages undergraduate at Kings College London, Jade Goldsmith, completed a Fashion Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program Who has been your mentor? My mentor was Zoe, she’s been great at checking in with me and making sure everything is...
by Staff writer | Oct 11, 2019 | Internships, Startups, Travel
Elie Anne is from Quebec in Canada, she studied Graphic Design as a Bachelor degree and then did a Masters in UX design. She completed a UX Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “After my Masters,...
by Staff writer | Oct 11, 2019 | Careers, Internships, Skills hacking, Startups, Travel, UX
Lenny had over ten year’s experience working in corporate IT. She wanted to switch careers into UX and experience the world of remote work and so joined Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. What project have you been working on? “I have been looking at...
by Staff writer | Oct 11, 2019 | Internships, Startups, Travel
Lauri has just graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Business Management and Classical Civilisation. She completed a product design internship for a sustainable furniture startup as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. “I...
by Staff writer | Oct 8, 2019 | Internships, Marketing, Startups, Travel
Originally from Hong Kong, Vicky now studies Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath and has been doing a marketing internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “I wanted to join start me up because I...
by Staff writer | Oct 8, 2019 | Internships, Startups, Travel
Maria studies English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. She completed a Gaming Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program on a social networking app for gamers. So why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “I wanted to do...
by Staff writer | Oct 8, 2019 | Careers, Internships, Travel
Kitty studied Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Sussex and completed a Renewable Energy Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “I decided to join Start Me Up because it...
by Rhiannon Osborne-Tonner | Sep 12, 2019 | Careers, Internships, Travel
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is a fourth year Natural Sciences student at UCL. She spent one month in Bali on Start Me Up’s UX Remote Internship Program. I used to think remote working was for two kinds of people: coders and influencers. The rest of us, I assumed,...
by Staff writer | Sep 12, 2019 | Careers, Travel
Ashna Jalan is studying cognitive science and artificial intelligence at the University of Toronto. She spent one month on Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to do Start Me Up? “I worked in a corporation last summer. So this time...
by Rhiannon Osborne-Tonner | Aug 23, 2019 | Gap year, Travel
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is in her final year of UCL studying Natural Sciences. She interned on a month long Start Me Up UX Internship. Has anyone ever told you that University days are the best days of your life? I’m confident they’ve never taken a year out. Taking a...
by Rhiannon Osborne-Tonner | Aug 7, 2019 | Internships, Travel
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is in her final year of UCL studying Natural Sciences. She interned in Bali on a month long Start Me Up UX Internship. When you tell people you’re interning abroad, a lot of people raise the question “Why?”. Why intern in a foreign country when...
by Staff writer | Jul 15, 2019 | Careers, Gap year, Graduate Jobs, Internships, Travel
Emma Bourgeois recently graduated in law from the University of Exeter. She spent one month interning remotely on Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program for an edtech company. “I decided to go for this experience because first of all it’s in Bali, which is amazing,...
by Staff writer | Jun 16, 2019 | Gap year, Travel
Jessica Lochan-Jenkinson spent one month on Start Me Up’s Startup Gap Year Program in Bali. What have you been doing in Bali? “For the past month I’ve been doing Start Me Up’s Gap Year Program. While here I’ve been trying to create my own clothes swap site....
by Staff writer | Apr 28, 2019 | Careers, Fintech, Internships, Travel
Luke Kock recently graduated from Warwick University in the UK. He spent one month on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. What have you been doing over the past month? “I’ve been combining traveling throughout Asia with a Start Me Up internship...
by Amelia Martin | Feb 18, 2019 | Careers, Travel
Recent Canadian graduate Amelia Martin spent one month interning for a book publishing startup while on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali which led to a remote job and a year of travel to 11 countries. When I was in my final year of business school I...
by Abby Mitchell | Oct 23, 2017 | Internships, Travel
Abby Mitchell is studying a BASc: Arts and Sciences at UCL in the UK. She spent one month in Bali on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. I had my doubts about paying to do an internship, but I figured it was not really much more expensive than just going...
by Clare Harrison | Oct 20, 2017 | Graduate Jobs, Travel
In days gone by, if you wanted to live abroad, you would pack up your worldly belongings, apply for a transfer and assume an ‘expat’ job posting. Traditional expat job postings could include teaching English as a foreign language, working for an NGO,...
by Max Hipperson | Oct 4, 2017 | Travel
Max is doing a Masters of Science in Astrophysics and Physical Chemistry at UCL in London. He spent one month helping develop software for a neuroscience healthtech startup in Bali as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. I was intrigued by the idea...
by Nadhila Saraswati | Sep 27, 2017 | Internships, Travel
As someone who spent last summer interning for a startup in Bali, I’m a big believer that you don’t have to wear a suit and do a big city commute to take part in a valuable internship. Especially given the growth in remote working, digital nomads and destination...
by Ian Leung | Mar 11, 2017 | Internships, Travel
Recent Cambridge University engineering graduate Ian Leung, reflects on his time working on a travel and SEO internship as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. Have you ever only had corporate internships? Or are you wondering what working for a...
by Clare Harrison | Nov 29, 2016 | Internships, Travel
Alessandro Baldon, is studying Economics at University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Italy. Find out how he got on during his two month Startup Internship with Start Me Up. What did you do during your internship? “I worked on different projects, including several...
by Clare Harrison | Nov 10, 2016 | Travel
Depressed about the election result? The world of remote work means you can escape bad weather, nightmare politicians and live and work anywhere with an internet connection. I’ve spent the last few years working remotely for clients, allowing me to work from Goa,...
by Haley Johnson | Aug 29, 2016 | Internships, Travel
Taking the leap to intern for a startup has been one of the best decisions of my life. It’s put me on a path I’m not sure I would have discovered otherwise. I’m learning, I’m growing and I’m creating. I’ve been working in Bali for less than three weeks and I already...
by Alpesh Mapara | Aug 22, 2016 | Internships, Travel
Alpesh Mapara recently graduated with an economics degree from the University of Durham in the UK. He spent a month interning with a startup in Bali. “I worked on three main projects with a startup during my time in Bali for a British-run price comparison website. My...
by Rob Hoefnagel | Jun 27, 2016 | Internships, Travel
When many people think of Bali, they think of beaches, surfing and yoga. But there’s more to it than that. Bali is also home to a growing startup scene, which is why I decided to intern there to earn credits for my undergraduate degree course in The Netherlands. I’ve...
by Clare Harrison | May 31, 2016 | Travel
There’s a lot to think about when you’re preparing to go abroad for the first time. We want to help you make this as easy as possible, so we’ve created this helpful checklist of things to think about before you fly. There are a few things to sort out...
by Clare Harrison | May 17, 2016 | Internships, Travel
Sometimes the prospect of interning over your summer is less than appealing. You’ve slaved all year during your studies. So the idea of spending your summer slaving away a bit more in a windowless office is about as enticing as being forced to sit through an entire...
