[JOB OPP] Opportunity for Internships and Money for Students (justthrive.com)

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:47:01 -0400
From: Jeff Knerr 
To: job-opps@cs.swarthmore.edu
Subject: [JOB OPP] Opportunity for Internships and Money for Students (justthrive.com)
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 >>    Our Lead Scientist is the former Windows System Administrator at
 >>    Swarthmore and a Swat alum (Matt Wallaert '04).  Accordingly, preference
 >>    for these projects will be given to current or alum Swatties.
 >> 
 >>    Overview:
 >>    Thrive is a funded startup looking for young engineers interested in
 >>    working on contained web-based projects that augment our current site. 
 >>    While we have our own senior engineering team, they are busily working on
 >>    our main site and we would like to outsource these projects to capable
 >>    friends.  These are paid projects that are usually related to our
 >>    marketing efforts.  Examples include setting up a separate site to host
 >>    our new web video and enable basic functionality around the ability to
 >>    forward a link to the video to friends, working on Facebook and iPhone
 >>    apps, and other external sites along specific themes.  We will provide a
 >>    spec, content, and a deadline, as well as server space and design mockups.
 >> 
 >>    About Thrive:
 >>    Thrive was conceived when our founders noticed that their peers had little
 >>    access to simple and credible financial planning. Denied access to
 >>    traditional financial advisers, people in their twenties and thirties have
 >>    neither the time nor the expertise for effective do-it-yourself financial
 >>    management.  As a result, misguided financial decisions and poor timing
 >>    cost young adults billions of dollars annually.
 >> 
 >>    To combat this, we're building an online personal finance company to help
 >>    people in their twenties and thirties gain control over their financial
 >>    lives.  We start by organizing a user's finances and highlighting the
 >>    pieces that matter most. Then, by learning from their unique behavior and
 >>    perception of money, we provide highly personalized advice to help them
 >>    achieve their goals.
 >> 
 >>    Our Team:
 >>    With backgrounds in consumer startups and finance, as well as academia,
 >>    our team of twelve comes from notable startups such as Netflix, Google,
 >>    and Register; as well as top-tier companies including IAC, McKinsey,
 >>    Citigroup Global Markets, and Time Warner.  Our advisors and investors
 >>    include current and former executives from PayPal, Yahoo, Right Media,
 >>    Limewire, and Apple.
 >> 
 >>    To Apply:
 >>    Submit a resume and cover letter to matt@loudwaterlabs.com describing the
 >>    type of projects you would be interested in.  We'll keep a database of
 >>    available Swatties and send projects out to them according to their
 >>    interests * you're never obligated to take a project, but once you take
 >>    it, you must complete it in order to obtain the bounty.
 >> 
 >>    --
 >>    Matt Wallaert
 >>    Lead Scientist
 >>    JustThrive.com
 >>    t: (610) 585-8076
 >>    f: (866) 229-4441
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