The New York TigerTrek program, a week-long experience exposing participants to the diverse entrepreneurial world in New York City, has inspired students by showing them that there is more than one way to be an entrepreneur. “I saw so many paths to success and so it was really comforting to know that whatever path I take, as long as I’m doing the things I’m interested in and working really hard, that I think I’ll be able to find success in the future,” 2019 participant Nicole Meister ’22 said.
The New York TigerTrek program is in its third iteration as a week-long program, previously lasting only a weekend, according to Olivia Zhang ’20, who co-directed the 2019 spring break trip with Todd Baldwin ’20. The program aims to introduce students to professionals in careers ranging from entrepreneurs to executives to venture capitalists. “The vision of TigerTrek is to connect top students who are interested in entrepreneurship and engineering and creating things in general to the top minds in New York’s tech and startup scene and really try to find a way to give them that exposure and level of intimacy because the trip is designed around one-hour closed-door, off-the-record conversations,” Zhang explained.
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