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Internship season is here! We recently sat down with Zebo Furqatzoda, a student at New York University Abu Dhabi, one of our brilliant former interns to hear about their transformative experience with us. Her journey was filled with hands-on learning, mentorship, and the opportunity to work on impactful projects. 🌟 Here's a sneak peek into what they had to say: 🎤 "My internship at Shorooq Partners was a game-changer. I had the chance to dive deep into the world of venture capital, collaborate with inspiring professionals, and contribute to projects that truly made a difference. The supportive and dynamic environment pushed me to grow both personally and professionally." If you are ready to kickstart your career with an internship that challenges and inspires you and you are passionate and driven to making real impact, we want to hear from you! Email your CV to: [[email protected]] 📢 Watch Zebo's full interview with our intern and get a glimpse of what it's like to be part of the Shorooq Partners family. 🚀 #Internship #talent #ShorooqPartners #VentureCapital #CareerGrowth #FutureLeaders #univeristies #education #tech #investments #Entrepreneurship #venturedebt #privatecredit #privateequity #ksa #uae #egypt #korea #riyadh #abudhabi #dubai #cairo #korea #seoul #founders #startups #wearehiring #jobs #spotlight #shorooq #finance #business #students

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I'm Soda from Tajikistan. I am studying at Invaluable Dhabi, majoring in philosophy and economics. Currently I'm interning at sort of partners on the gaming investment team. I wanted to understand the investment because system in the region better and should look. Partners was one of the first ones that the career development center at Invaluable Dhabi told us about and when I just searched Google and came across the website. From the videos, the energies that people had there and the long term thinking that was obvious from the statements made on the website, it made me take the first step and apply. I had different rounds of interviews and one different thing about Truth Partners interviews was that it was challenging in a way where the questions weren't the ones that you typically find online. Questions were very particular about my CV, about my personality. In my work attitude and how that would contribute to shadow partners and. That was challenging, but I also understood that because of this challenge, this is definitely the way I wanna be. I'm helping founders to perfect their pitch and be ready for the demo day. I also work on the Ecosystem Partners project, where we help founders to scale out of their region. An example of that was our partnership with COCA, where we helped the Korean founders to come to the UE and get familiar with the ecosystem. I was collecting on the project where we were working on the quarterly gaming reports. And the last project where I'm involved in is helping the ecosystem to understand the gaming better by producing podcasts where we invite different veterans and gaming layers. And I was hosting the podcast myself and producing it. The first lesson that I think. Is the biggest one for me is structuring my thoughts. Shrug partners, our presentations, our weekly Monday calls help me to see how other people speak and present and I notice their style of presenting, which was kind of like a top down and I learned it and in my communication with others I was using it as well. The second one was the long term thinking where you think about the macro goals and the overarching bigger goals that are happening. And then how your actions right now would help that goal to happen faster. I would say very inclusive. I remember the first day when I came, I felt that the firm and the people here are welcoming me and I followed from the first day that I'm part of the team. And that was shown from, for example, the way how I was asked to introduce myself and tell people why I'm interning here or. Lunch that we had together in the first day. I think those small things really helped me to feel welcome. I remember when we had our gaming awards ceremony when Shahrukh Partners name was called and together we just stood up and said to each other that they got it and we walked on the stage. I think that was the moment where I felt proud because being in that team and seeing how much everybody puts effort and hard work, I knew. What goes behind this award? I think it's common for many companies to think about the next five months, one year, three years. The life cycle of a fund, but I think through partners. Thinks about the next 40 years and that long term thinking also drives the way how we do things today and I think that's why it also attracts that Keller both talent is very ambitious and who wants challenges because only when the challenge is that hard people will come together to go for it. A fun memorable experience I had was Secret Santa dinner that we had of the moment where. Colleague of mine kind of like guesses what I would like and gives me the book that I exactly want without mentioning it to anyone but they know it because they know me and seeing just like everyone laughing and talking and cheering moments and giving each other presents and kind of like. Understanding who the Secret Santa is, I think that was my favorite moment. If I could describe an ideal persona for sure partners, internship, it would be somebody who is proactive. Who thinks long term? Was ambitious. And who is also able to multitask because it's a challenging work and balancing that with your schoolwork and still performing at your best. If you can do it, I think you'll be a perfect fit for them. For I could describe through partners in three words. That would be exposure, growth, and opportunity. After my internship at short partners, I will go to China to do my study away at NYU Shanghai. And then I will go to New York to do my second study away and then by you in New York. And then I'm looking forward to coming back.

Zebo Furqatzoda

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My internship experience at Shorooq Partners during my freshman year laid a strong foundation for my career path, and I will always cherish the lessons and memories from that time. I highly recommend applying for an internship with the exceptional A team.

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Zebo Furqatzoda great to have you on board!

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