{"id":714,"date":"2013-08-01T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/littlegiants-bigresults\/?p=714"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:32:53","slug":"tadhg-hannon-15-my-summer-internship-with-nantucket-bike-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/plastics\/2013\/08\/01\/tadhg-hannon-15-my-summer-internship-with-nantucket-bike-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tadhg Hannon ’15: My Summer Internship with Nantucket Bike Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tadhg Hannon ’15: \u00a0Hey everyone, my name is Tadhg.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be friends. \u00a0I am spending the summer working for Nantucket Bike Tours. \u00a0In case you were wondering, Nantucket is an island, and it\u2019s part of Massachusetts\u2026NOT Rhode Island. \u00a0I\u2019ve had an incredible experience working for this small business. \u00a0When I first heard about NBT, I wasn\u2019t sure what to think. \u00a0This is certainly an unconventional internship, but I couldn\u2019t be happier that this opportunity came along. \u00a0I\u2019ve learned so much from the people at NBT, customers on tours and everyone I\u2019ve met on the island. \u00a0Learning how to deal with all kinds of people is an invaluable skill, and striving to provide a great experience for every customer forces me to remain engaged and aware at all times. \u00a0This experience has helped me to mature.\u00a0 Even small things like buying my own groceries have helped me realize how far I\u2019ve come, and how much growing up I still have to do.<\/p>\n

As for Nantucket Bike Tours, the company is in its third year of operation. \u00a0NBT is co-owned by Wabash Alum Jason Bridges and Courtney Nemeth (she\u2019s really cool, but for some reason didn\u2019t go to Wabash, not sure why). \u00a0They are great and are even nice enough to let me live with them. \u00a0The business is continuing to grow, and we pride ourselves on offering the best way to experience a unique place like Nantucket. \u00a0The great thing about NBT is it allows me to connect with an extremely diverse group of people, and I am forced to try and give each one of them a positive experience, even when they might all be looking for different things\"\"<\/a> out of their tour.\u00a0 I am also learning about what goes into running a small business, which basically entails everything.\u00a0 Answering phones, accounting and sweeping the floors are all required of small business employees.<\/p>\n

Finally, a big Nantucket thank you to the Small Business Internship Fund for making this possible, and to Jason, Courtney, Carl and the rest of NBT for putting up with me.<\/p>\n

Live long and Prosper,<\/p>\n

Tadhg Hannon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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