{"id":2777,"date":"2012-08-18T19:55:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2016-06-10T17:03:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T11:33:12","slug":"summer-internship-serendipity-infolabs-pramod-nit-surathkal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/summer-internship-serendipity-infolabs-pramod-nit-surathkal\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Internship with Serendipity Infolabs — Pramod from NIT Surathkal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Winner for: – \u00a0<\/strong>17th August 2012<\/p>\n

Name of the intern: – \u00a0<\/strong>Pramod<\/p>\n

Institute: –\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0NIT Surathkal<\/p>\n

Organization interned with: – \u00a0<\/strong>Serendipity Infolabs<\/p>\n

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Serendipity – the word says it all! A fortunate stroke of serendipity is how I would describe my experience at Taxi For Sure. It all began about 4 months ago when I randomly applied for a marketing intern in a start-up called Taxi For Sure. I was lucky to be in Bangalore when I was called for a screening round on a Sunday.<\/p>\n

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The interview or rather a normal conversation happened in their office, a small room (as small as my hostel room). The room had things strewn across and there was hardly any place to sit. A bean bag was lying somewhere in the corner. Aprameya (one of the co-founders) asked me a few questions and said I could intern there over the summer. I was surprised that the interview got done so quickly. I remember thinking to myself, these guys work on a Sunday; the work better be good!<\/p>\n

A month later when I actually started my internship I was in for what could possibly be one of the best experiences of my life. I was unaware that Taxi For Sure had got funding from Accel, Helion and Blume Ventures about a week before I joined. Little did I know that I would witness a garage-like start-up grow into a huge force. I saw a 10 member close knit team transform into a 30 member organisation in 2 months. The exposure I got was something that one has to go through to be able to understand. Though the internship profile said marketing, I got to do varied stuff.<\/p>\n

A part of the work involved call centre duty. This was an eye-opener, the understanding of people and their behaviour was a key take away here. On the marketing and branding front I got to interact with a lot of people and got exposed to the various possible options for marketing. The best part about a start-up is that there is no such thing as right, everything is an uncertain experiment, all you can do is to wait and see how it unfolds.<\/p>\n

Disorganized atmosphere and chaos was somehow more enjoyable than an organised structure. I saw many join the team and some leave. The friends I made and relations I built will last forever. It feels bad to be leaving the system. I am sure Taxi For Sure will scale great heights and revolutionise the taxi industry. Wishing the entire team the best of luck! Will miss you guys! Pramod G S<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Was this interesting? If yes,\u00a0please like the post on Facebook (below) and help Pramod become\u00a0winner of the week<\/strong>\u00a0and win the prize (Rs. 1,000\/-) that he truly deserves!<\/p>\n

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