Internship

Presentation:
Entrepreneurs
hip Capstone
By, Jeff Peach
The Company: LukeLeaders1248
What is it?
- LukeLeaders is a non-profit based in Woodstock Connecticut, starting over 10 years ago offering
scholarships to students looking to make the next in the path of education.
- The company is lead by Nichols College’s very own, Professor Leonard Samborowski (Coach Sam) with
advising help from Boyd Brown and William O’Brien.
- Mission statement: “Pay it forward”
What we do!
- With the help of our sponsors and fellow servants, we provide $8,000 student scholarships to a
selected leader every year from Woodstock Academy.
- Some of the schools in which past winners have gone too include Springfield College, Clark University,
UConn and many more!
- Past leaders have gone on to become Physicians Assistants, teachers, etc. Creating leaders of the future
to pay it back.
Where we want to be..
- Only serving the “quiet corner” currently, the goal of the company is to spread the message across the
globe, with the help of annual donations from leaders of today. Giving the opportunity that they once had
to someone else looking to make a change.
Internship
Responsibilities
To Start:

1. Update the website to better align the company brand and

mission
2. Increase website donations
3. Increase social media following + engagement

Towards End:

• Main website maintenance (Tie it all together)

• Seek annual donations (Repeat Sponsors)
• Create an app specific to LukeLeaders1248
• Research other non-profits
• Interview & hire someone to work under me (Tech help)
• Incorporate Smile.Amazon into social media accounts
Successes w
Internship
The Good:

1.) I was forced to come out of my shell, and out myself in situations where I may
not have been comfortable but ultimately grew as a person afterward
• Interviewing candidates
• Speaking directly with web developers via zoom
• Didn’t shy away from new obstacles

2.) I was given many opportunities that I had never been given before in a job
• Trusted with my own creative freedom on the website and merchandise
handling
• I was involved in business calls, under Coach Sam’s wing
• Website development

3.) Experience given to me that I can now carry over into my own business
• Specific website access (Premium memberships)
• App development
• Networking
Challenges With
Internship:
The Struggles

1.) Balancing school, my own personal business, the internship, and also searching for post
graduation jobs
• It was very easy for me to get stressed out trying to balance my responsibilities while
enjoying my senior years last semester
• Required dedicating my weekends to the internship losing the freedom I once had
• Helped me become better with scheduling and being prepared in advance

2.) Faking it till I made it

• Interviewing people when I had never done it before
• Acting like I had been in that position, while dealing with individuals who were more
experienced then me
• Practice made perfect

3.) Corona Virus delays

• With the events happening in the last few weeks, events we had planned which were
revenue drivers, had to be cancelled
• People losing jobs brought donation challenges , so we had to be flexible
 Main Project: Setting Framework For
App
The Process

1.) Introducing myself to MyStudio and who they are 3.) Understanding charts, and organizing
information
• Zoom meeting with creators of the website
• Payments and orders
• Learning how the app works, based off of our membership
• Site traffic

2.) Creating a base app (Dependent on MyStudio)

4.) Beginning white label app (Independent
• Incorporating everything on the website now, into a App)
handheld app
•Checklist given by Mystudio
• User friendly, easy to operate/find items
•Creating apple developer account
• Events, shop, donation page
 Main Project: Continued
5.) Recognizing that the remaining steps may be out of my
expertise, while managing other projects all at the same time
• Sitting down with boss to discuss options
• Finding student development
6.) Being Introduced to six candidates for the position under
me
• Reading resumes, organizing them into a top three
• Contacting back student development to push these
applicants along in the process
7.) Interviewing candidates over the phone
• Setting up interview times on a schedule, dealing
with time-zone differentials
• Interviewing some of the candidates twice, to
make sure they were best fit
8.) Selecting an employee to work with us
• Creating a contract and appropriate payments in
exchange for what we need done
• Introducing new employee to the business, how
we operate
• Have him takeover white-label app creation
 What I Take Away
1.) Experience managing assets as well as people, finding the best fit for a position, having my opinion be trusted and accepted.
• Hiring process
• Analyzing costs of business
• Merchandise Handling

2.) Web building experience

• Given access to Wix.com account, having the ability to research what the different membership types provide to a company
• MyStudio
• App creation

3.) Comfort in taking on new challenges

•In the past I was shying away from opportunities as a result of letting the fear of failure get to me, but having the support system I
did and responsibilities allowed me to come out of my comfort zone.
Future Plans

1.) Continue to build my own

business

2.) Real Estate position accepted

3.) Hopefully continue to help

change the lives of others with
LukeLeaders1248