Lab-X Internship

My Experiences

Rahul Raveendranath

ME

Name : Rahul Raveendranath

Presently : Final year student

B-tech (CSE), College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Interests : Technology, Startups

Twitter : @Rahulr92

Blog : rahulr92.wordpress.com

LAB-X Foundation

Non-profit foundation
Objective : Connect engineering colleges in India to various global opportunities and resources such as

International internships
Innovative competitions
Projects
Workshops

More info : http://labxfoundation.org

TEAM LAB-X

Ohio State University

In Columbus, Ohio, USA
16th among the nation's best public universities
64k students enrolled presently

OSU Campus

The Oval

Recreational & Physical Activity center

FISHER College Of Business

Business school under OSU
Among top ranked B-schools in the USA

Fisher Snaps

TEC Institute

Technology Entrepreneurship & Commercialization Institute
Offers consulting service for organizations in various stages (mostly startups)
Provides expert analytic services (market survey, competitive analysis etc)

What I did there

Market research for a medical product

Studied current market trends
Identified possible allies and competitors

Identified improvements for a software solution

Participated in software development life cycle

10Xelerator

Start-up accelerator based out of Columbus

Helps convert entrepreneurial ideas to viable business models

10 startups, 10 weeks, $20k funding
Vast pool of veteran entrepreneurs and mentors

Website: http://10xelerator.com

10X Snaps

10X Startups

TEC Institute Takeaways

Learned formal methods of market analysis
Learned high level overview of the drug development industry
Learned about ontologies, semantic web etc.
Learned to appreciate professionalism in work

10X Takeaways

Met a lot of passionate entrepreneurs
Attended valuable sessions on topics like team building, storytelling, brand building, pitching etc.
Got lot of guidance from entrepreneurs (mentors) who had been there, done that.
Worked closely with a startup called Stockleap.