We connect high-performing, ambitious high school students with startups and other businesses. We aim to level the playing field for high school students by providing opportunities for members to gain real-world business experience.
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We have partnered with the Zell Fellows Program at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. As MBA candidates in the Zell Fellows Program get ready to launch their businesses, JEC provides an easy to access network of high-achieving high school interns.
FinLit's mission is to educate and empower young, working professionals in making reasonable decisions regarding their personal finances and introduce new opportunities to reach their personal goals, and they accomplish this by providing financial guidance plans to individuals and businesses. FinLit hired JEC interns to assist with curriculum development, product marketing, and sales and business development.
Dekos Capital is a privately held, Illinois and Texas-based investment firm. The firm's founders are former private equity, investment banking, and operating executives using personal and institutional capital to invest in strategically viable businesses. Dekos Capital hired JEC interns to lead industry and company research in addition to assisting the Managing Partners with investment underwriting and new opportunity evaluation.
The Henry George School of Social Science (HGSSS) hired 4-5 motivated interns to provide strategic support for its research, policy, and community engagement goals. Interns assisted in the research, drafting, and editing of both academic and popular economic writing.
Tadrus Capital funded 5 interns with up to $100,000 to invest using proprietary investment algorithms, along with other internship opportunities.
Interns at GERLoftin learned directly from its CEO and senior staff, assisted in day to day tasks, completed reports, and used financial technology to research and create algorithms that helped to build portfolios.