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John: John is a 20 year student at MIT. He is a sophomore pursuing his degree in Computer Science looking for a summer internship. He has attended the last two career fairs, but he didn’t get any offers. It is the spring semester and he is looking desperately for a summer internship in software development. He is looking through CareerBridge, company websites, and also trying to find possible UROP's or opportunities to work with startups.
Ben: Ben is an MIT student studying Management (Course 15) who has a fantastic idea for a startup. He is looking for business partners to help him in the technical implementation of the product. Currently, he can e-mail the Course 6 department mailing list, and other mailing lists such as individual dorms/fraternities. There is no web platform which can enable him to find partners from the entire MIT community.
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