Endeavor
Today, on my last day in the office and my last day in Madrid in general, I realized that many (most?) of my friends may not even know what I’m actually even doing here. I guess it’s hard to pick up the details through sporadic photos of graffiti and me gooning around in Europe. Well. Let’s rectify that. Long story short, I knew that I wanted to do my project for Ingram this summer, and I knew I wanted to focus on microfinance or some sort of economic development. I began my research in September and literally spent the entire school year researching and developing a project that ended up being a 67-page proposal for the Ingram board to review (don’t worry; there were plenty of graphs and citations). Anyways, my proposal essentially stated that I would come work with an international non-profit, known as Endeavor, in their Madrid office in order to conduct research and interviews and end up with a large report that could be published. As the leader of the high-impact entrepreneurshi...