{"id":1865,"date":"2019-08-08T19:46:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T19:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2021-08-06T19:34:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T19:34:48","slug":"thambipillay-22-gets-his-feet-wet-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2019\/08\/08\/thambipillay-22-gets-his-feet-wet-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Thambipillay ’22 – Gets Feet Wet In Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nieshaal Thambipillay ’22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nieshaal Thambipillay ’22 — <\/em>Firstly, I would like to thank the alumni who have made the CIBE Business Innovation Program possible through their donations to the college, as well as the Lilly Endowment for funding this fantastic experience.<\/p>\n

The Innovation Interns started the week on Monday with our first Mini Pitch for our mobile app, MatchFit. We traveled to Carmel on Tuesday morning to meet with Tony Unfried \u201903 at Archon Tech Strategies. During our visit, Tony critiqued our app ideas and highlighted the importance of market research. Tony spoke about his mistake of neglecting to ask his target market if they would pay for the IV Bus, which failed.<\/p>\n

After lunch, we visited Jim Engledow \u201978, the President and CEO of the Engledow Group. Jim is incredibly humble and gave a presentation about the Engledow Group\u2019s history. We were given a tour, learned about the Engledow Group\u2019s operations size, and the size of the landscaping industry.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, we presented our Consulting Projects before leaving for South Bend. The Innovation Interns are using the Lean A3 Thinking method to solve our respective consulting group\u2019s pains. From here, we learned the importance of presenting tangible data to draw attention to the issue.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, we began our site visits in South Bend. We started the day by visiting Shane Fimbel \u201902, Jim Abercrombie \u201902, and Mitch Krum \u201918 at Trek10. Shane, Jim, and Mitch spoke about their work at Trek10 and their paths after Wabash. Shane and Jim also talked about Cloud Platforms, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS). My interest in AWS peaked when Shane and Jim told us about the potential growth of the Cloud Platform industry. We were also taught that our 20\u2019s are for learning while our 30\u2019s are for earning.<\/p>\n

After Trek10 was enFocus where we visited Pat Jones \u201915 and Jacob Burnett \u201815, as well as the interns, Joey Karczewski \u201920, Darian Phillips \u201920, and Tyler Ramsey \u201921. Pat spoke about enFocus\u2019s work structure, and I could not help but draw similarities between enFocus and the CIBE. However, enFocus workers differentiate themselves by spending 70% of their working time on a primary project and 30% on a personal project. To conclude our trip, we visited Todd Hoogland \u201915 at Cup Print, where we learned about its operations as well as the size of the cup making industry in the United States and Ireland. We also learned about the ESTEEM Program at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Kasimir \u201cKaz\u201d Koehring \u201818 visited us at Fusion 54 to discuss Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Before work on Friday, we read about \u201cprofessional sons,\u201d which I related to a more in-depth mentorship system. Kaz spoke to the interns about his experiences at Wabash and at IBM. Following the discussion, I spent some time talking to Kaz about his experiences living in Chicago and studying abroad in China, while I spoke about my experiences growing up in Malaysia and my transition to Wabash.<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to the coming weeks of the Business Innovation Program!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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