​​What Makes This Different

​​This isn't about surviving your internship—it's about thriving beyond it:

• ​​Serial entrepreneurs who built million-dollar side hustles while working full-time

• ​​Creator-founders monetizing their personal brands during their internships

• ​​NYC's most ambitious interns who are launching, building, and scaling right now

• ​​Tactical strategies, real revenue numbers, actionable blueprints

​​The Experience

​​6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Momentum Reception
Connect with interns already building their next chapter + premium CPG sampling

​​7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Founder-Builder Panel
"From Side Hustle to Main Character: Building Your Empire While Everyone Else is on Autopilot"

​​Featuring builders who:

• ​​Launched profitable businesses during their Goldman internship

• ​​Built 6-figure personal brands while working at unicorns

• ​​Turned mid-summer insights into post-graduation opportunities

• ​​Monetized their expertise before returning to campus

​​8:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Builder Mixer
Final connections with fellow interns, active founders, and potential collaborators

​​💎 Who Should Attend

​​✅ Summer interns who've learned something valuable and want to monetize it
✅ Side hustle launchers ready to scale beyond "someday"
✅ Content creators turning followers into revenue streams
✅ Future founders who won't wait until graduation to start building
✅ Anyone who sees July as acceleration time, not vacation time

​​🏆 Featured Panelists

​​Curating NYC's most impressive young builders who turned their internship insights into profitable ventures.

​Vivek Pandit - Forbes 30 under 30 and co-founder of PeduL created a recruiting marketplace in 2019, aimed at presenting opportunities to diverse Gen Z talent who otherwise might not be reached by large corporations. Partners include Paramount, Visa and Audible. The New Jersey-based organization has raised $1.5 million and reached 160,000 students, including at HBCUs and tribal colleges.

​Jonathan Javier (#JWoW) | Founder of Wonsulting- From first-gen Filipino background to Forbes 30 Under 30, Jonathan turned his own struggle with job rejections into a mission to "turn underdogs into winners." As founder of Wonsulting, he's helped thousands land offers at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs while building a 3 million follower community across social platforms. He's spoken at 250+ universities across 9 countries and been featured on Forbes, NY Times, WSJ, NY Times, and CNBC for his career expertise. Jonathan created WonsultingAI, an AI-powered job search tool that solves for everything you need to land a job coming from a non-traditional background. He gets the Gen Z career struggle – making him perfect for our intern audience.

​​Panel lineup dropping soon...

​​📍 Venue

​​Date: July 29th
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Dress Code: None

​​💭 Why We're Hosting This

​​July is the make-or-break month for ambitious interns. It's when you either:

​​Level off like everyone else, or level up and separate yourself from the pack.

​​The interns who build momentum in July become the entrepreneurs, executives, and industry leaders everyone remembers. They don't wait for permission, perfect timing, or graduation.

​​They build now.

​​This event is for the builders who understand that mid-summer momentum creates lifetime advantages.

​​📧 Partnership & Sponsorship Inquiries

​​Interested in partnering with us or sponsoring this exclusive event?
Contact: natalie@thegenztea.com

​​Questions? DM us directly.

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