Options

And I mean real options this time. Not those fancy-schmancy puts and calls and options that Prof Cocco spent a lecture on teaching us, but real options. On what to do for summer.

I've been talking about the summer internship before a couple of times (ok, so I've yapped about this till my tongue falls out), but there are several more options to spend an interesting summer, all of which I'm investigating:

* lie on the beach for three months. Great option, downside is that I don't have the money to do this. But it is a great option!

* summer internship. Find a company (or more than one company, we've got three months to dally around) to do an interesting project with and get paid for it. Hopefully. Option that most people choose.

* summer consulting team. Every year 6 LBS students are chosen to be on the summer consulting team, which is an independent, student run consultancy that operates out of LBS. They get their own clients, do their own work and get to keep the money! How cool is this!

* summer entrepreneurship experience. Start-ups can post jobs for students to help out over the summer. Great for getting some entrepreneurial experience, but not start your own job yet. I've heard great stories about this.

* summer entrepreneurship school. This is a summerschool (free for LBS students, but outsiders can join in for a fee too), where you develop a business plan. You get lots of help, workshops, tutoring/mentoring and access to investors. Looks like a great way of starting up your own business.

With all these options, it's hard to make a choice! For more information, see also this page.