Resources for students during COVID-19:

COVID-19 has been an experience that will shape the way our generation thinks about work, solidarity, and disaster.

I want to do my part and help: 

There has been a tremendous outpouring of support by individuals from numerous walks of life, bringing together resources to help each other rather than retreat during this time of crisis. Here a list below of resources I have scouted over the last couple of weeks and am excited to share: 

Accelerated: 

A community for students/young professionals interested in Venture Capital (VC)/Tech/Entrepreneurship. With 1800+ members from across the world, and started by two twin sisters: Justine Moore & Olivia Moore that are currently venture investors at CRV, this has been my go to resource for finding new opportunities and compelling people. 

This is both a newsletter and slack community, with internships/jobs sent weekly in the newsletter, and 600-800+ talented students and job seekers scouring the internet individually and helping each other by posting jobs and opportunities for students interested in Tech/VC. 

Heavy on VC postings, but there is something in there for everyone, and for students interested in the startup community more broadly. Sign up here: https://accelerated.carrd.co/

Justine's LinkedIn: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/justine-moore-21437262/

Olivia's LinkedIn: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/oliviamoore94/

CRV: https://www.dhirubhai.net/company/crvvc/

CoronaInterns: 

A community created by Jacob Young & Wayne Robins- built out of an inspiration to help students looking for opportunities in the aftermath of COVID-19. Jacob, Wayne, and others post remote internship opportunities for 2020, provide a space for distributed resume feedback (you can post and anyone can give feedback), learning, and have a space/database for anyone in the community to share projects they are currently building (or even project ideas), find collaborators, and to get feedback. All you need is a University email to sign up, check it out here: https://join.slack.com/t/coronainterns/shared_invite/zt-ct0tswpt-AMS5jjGFGSv5Rh2ziccvpw

Jacob's LinkedIn: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/jacobeyoung/

Wayne's LinkedIn: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/waynerobins/

Intern From Home:

An aggregator of remote internships and jobs in response to COVID-19.

This platform matches students with startups that need help during this critical inflection point. 

Check out Megan Kasselberg for more info: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/megan-kasselberg/

Website: https://internfromhome.com/

Wait list: https://tinyurl.com/internfromhomewaitlist

Jumpstart: 

This platform matches students that have lost their internships via Coronavirus with new opportunities: 

https://jumpstart.me/discover/all

Sherpa: 

This is a platform that matches mentors & mentees in tech. Parings happen weekly, and each round you can meet a new person with similar career aspirations with whom you can network with. Currently, there have been 400+ mentors on-boarded, and the first round of pairings have already been sent out.You’ll get the option to be either a mentor or mentee. You can sign up here:

https://joinsherpa.co/

Mentor Match:

Akshaya Dinesh is compiling a list of remote internships: Check out her LinkedIn page for links, details, and to find others in the comments sharing resources/feedback around the same space: 

Remote Internships link: https://lnkd.in/dJ4FydW

She and Andrew Tan have also been compiling a list of tech companies (think Robinhood, Google, Facebook and more) who’s employees have volunteered their time to meet with and mentor students. Over 2300+ students have expressed interest already. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/e_kqTui)

Akshaya's LinkedIn: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/akshayadinesh/

Andrew's LinkedIn: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/andrewztan/

Help with COVID-19: 

A clearing house of projects started relate to COVID-19 support.

https://helpwithcovid.com/

?Other Resources: 

Business Resources:

Originally posted by Chukwudi Kanu, a range of resources have been compiled by Jetblue Ventures to provide insights on the Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship space during COVID-19. Contains an aggregated list of resources relevant for founders including options for financial support programs. This is a 10 page document (full of resources), if you are a founder of a high growth startup and/or trying to up your game in navigating the COVID-19 crisis through founder/VC insights, this is a must read.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ph_v-xT_mtUO6ALsvlOSRtqyJC6BEyMY_WB9SrF5XPI/edit

Chukwudi's LinkedIn: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/kanunchukwudi/

Jet Blue Ventures: https://www.dhirubhai.net/company/jetblue-ventures/

Other info:

Ed Yong has been a leading voice in raising awareness about US response and readiness in addressing a quarantine pandemic. As a staff writer at the Atlantic, Ed recently wrote a piece titled “How the Pandemic will end” providing context around the challenges and shortcomings that have led to the current situation, and thoughtful commentary on where it might lead. For anyone who wants context for the current situation, check this out along with Ed’s earlier article written in 2018 titled “The next plague is coming, is America prepared?”

2018 Article:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-the-next-plague-hits/561734/

2020 Article: 

https://medium.com/the-atlantic/how-the-pandemic-will-end-c6200beea706

Ed's LinkedIn:

https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/edyong/

Interesting Tid-bits: 

A talented guy Ignacio Moreno built an app that helping people understand the math behind COVID-19, and hopefully to raise awareness about how important it is to take individual measures to fight coronavirus. Check out here: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/flatten-the-curve

This is part 1 of a 3 part series in which I'll be highlighting resources & opportunities that help students and founders during this time. Feel free to message me via LinkedIn to talk about these opportunities, give feedback, and to discuss your career/how you're navigating COVID-19. Always open to a chat.