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Career Explorations

Career Explorations

Seth Flowerman, 22
www.ceinternships.com
Morristown, N.J.

After completing a successful summer internship in London in 2002, Flowerman decided that he wanted to recreate the same kind of winning experience for other high school students. So in 2003, he raised $30,000 from friends and family to establish Career Explorations, a firm that each summer links students to four- or five-week internships (everything from fashion to finance to medicine) in New York City and Boston.

This summer, 135 participating students paid between $5,500 and $7,000 apiece for room and board and seminars with industry professionals and university representatives (amid close adult supervision). Flowerman— who also launched and continues to run a tutoring company—is pursuing a dual MBA and Labor Relations degree at Cornell University. He broke even in 2004, saw sales of $800,000 last year, and expects to reach $1 million by next year.