Co-founder/Berlin/120+ students in pilot
A platform connecting young people to careers that matter.
Problem
I started as a preschool teacher in Kolkata. I could reach 20 kids at a time. I wanted to reach thousands. Young people with no experience were locked out of meaningful first opportunities — internships, volunteering, research in sustainability — because every platform was built for people who already had a CV.
Approach
Moved to Berlin for a Master's in Entrepreneurship. Co-founded UpSchool with three classmates — a network for young people with no experience, focused on international sustainability work. Ran ethnographic research across four countries. Validated with real companies before writing a line of code. Taught myself to build the website from scratch.
✓4 letters of intent · 120+ students in pilot · pitched APX Ventures (Axel Springer).
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