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Associates and Interns

Are you interested in working with a startup studio that launches and incubates new startups?

Launch Factory takes pride in providing uniquely valuable educational opportunities through work experience and dedicated learning. Associates and Interns  have the opportunity to join either our Innovation team or our Marketing & Operations team.

If you are enrolled in a graduate-level or undergraduate-level college program, you are welcome to apply for one of our open Associate or Internship positions below.

Fellows

The Launch Factory Fellows program is built for those with industry expertise and an interest in developing disruptive investment opportunities.   

Fellows interface with our Innovation team to direct and execute research, speak with other industry experts, and shape our investment thesis. This program serves as an opportunity for fellows to gain early-stage investment experience, expand their network, and collaborate with like-minded individuals on innovative ideas.  

Fellows have the opportunity to: 

  • Learn from Launch factory partners with VC / PE experience and numerous successful exits 
  • Attend industry specific events and Internal educational workshops 
  • Learn how to use the Design Thinking process to identify unmet needs in opportune markets 
  • Leverage Launch Factory’s suite of resources for research and analysis 
  • Gain experience developing and presenting investment opportunities 
  • Conduct research in line with your interests to build your personal brand 

Our goal is for you to leave knowing how to identify consumer pain points, create business models, evaluate a competitive landscape, and produce market sizing estimations. Fellows are allowed the discretion to attend only the activities they believe are interesting / relevant

Who should apply?

We are looking for motivated and entrepreneurial individuals with a genuine interest in learning about the early stage investment process. Our most impactful fellows have been able to make decisions under uncertainty and take initiative when they see an opportunity to do so. We typically recruit from M7 business schools but are always open to those with unique and relevant experience.  

About Launch Factory

Launch Factory is an early-stage investment fund that develops an investment thesis internally, sources founders, and invests at company formation. We have a diverse composition of investors, operators and entrepreneurs. We place the utmost importance on diversity in thought, experience, and backgrounds as it contributes to the creative approach we take to entrepreneurial investing.  

Alongside our team comes a world-class board of advisors including Andy Ballester (founder of GoFundMe), Ken Potashner (NEWP, SBLU), and Gail Mosse (Attorney for Netflix, LinkedIn, Yahoo).  

Alumni

Here are some of our successful Launch Factory Associates and Fellows alumni:

Gibb Chunothaisawat

Bain & Co.

Anne Wen

500 Startups

Lorenzo Rossini

McKinsey & Co.

Yanrong Dai

Greenspring Associates

William Li

Amazon

Interns

Austin Shaw

Research Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

Lexi Oplinger

Research Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

Austin Abhay

Process Dev. Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

Khushboo Poddar

Finance Associate

MBA candidate at Rice University

Isaiah Weiss

Innovation Intern

Undergrad at the University of California San Diego

Alexis Rogers

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at San Diego State University

Lorenzo Rossini

Innovation Associate

PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UCSD

Isaac Torres

Innovation Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

Moiz Muhammad

Innovation Intern

Undergrad at the University of California San Diego

Julia Jiang

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at Carnegie Mellon University

Siyu Lai

Data Analytics Associate

M.S. in Business Analytics at UCSD

Yanrong Dai

Innovation Associate

M.S. in Finance at Johns Hopkins University

Arianna Gianakopoulos

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at University of Colorado Boulder

John Sanderson

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at The Ohio State University

Mckenna Vranicar

Content Marketing Intern

Undergrad at University of California Berkeley

Ian Steffes

Content Marketing Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

Dan Oakes

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business

Evan Morris

Video Production Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

Dominic Boland

Marketing Outreach Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

William Li

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at Carnegie Mellon

Santiago Vallarta

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at the University of San Diego

Pamela Henriquez

Innovation Associate

MBA candidate at Columbia Business School

Alexander Tran

Marketing Outreach Intern

Undergrad at San Diego State University

Anne Wen

Graduate Innovation Intern

MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School

Grant Alpert

Innovation Associate

MBA Candidate at University of Michigan

Allan McBride

Fellow

MBA Candidate at Rice Business School

Daniel Rabinovitz

Data Analyst Intern

Undergrad at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Grace Cao

Innovation Associate

MBA Candidate at Carnegie Mellon

Katelyn Hermanson

Marketing Outreach Intern

Undergrad at Indiana University

Gibb Chunothaisawat

Fellow

MBA Candidate at Carnegie Mellon

Jessica Zhou

Data Analyst Associate

M.S. in Business Analytics at UCSD

Hanghong Zuo

Product Design Intern

Undergrad at University of San Diego

Timothy Chen

Product Design Intern

Undergrad at University of Washington

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