Youth Entrepreneurship - Issue #40 - Networking From Day One

Technology is shattering legacy financial systems that can’t keep pace with market demand — and Brex is at the forefront.

In the summer of 2018, I was presented with an amazing opportunity to work as a part-time marketing intern at a nonprofit. “Working 4-hour shifts twice a week, how hard can that be?”

One involves people; the other, finances. But both are essential to run your business effectively.

I never thought I’d be telling anyone how attending hundreds of networking events has enriched both my career and personal life exponentially.

The foundation upon which institutions of higher education are built is peer learning — the idea that students learn more effectively through interaction, collaboration, and discussion with other students than they do through individual study.