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Cindy Kim is currently an MBA candidate at the Wharton School and Co-Founder of Peach and Lily, a beauty e-commerce site changing the way consumers discover, access, and shop for Asian beauty products (www.peachandlily.com). She began her career in finance as an investment banking analyst and p rivate equity associate in New York, before deciding that startups was where she wanted to be. Cindy has since worked for several e-commerce startups, including a social commerce startup and beauty subscription startup in Korea. Cindy has worked extensively on building the synchronized skating program in Asia, and runs one of the first synchronized skating teams in South Korea. She graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Economics.

Cindy Kim, Wharton MBA 2013, Interned with Memebox in Seoul, South Korea.

How did you find the position? I found the position at Memebox through a VC friend of mine in Seoul.

What was your motivation for working at a start-up this summer?

I wanted to work at an early-stage startup over the summer in order to gain insightful exposure to the daily operations and growing pains of a startup. I felt that the lessons I would learn at Memebox would be invaluable for when I started my own company.

To read the original article: Q&A With Entrepreneurial Intern Cindy Kim | Entrepreneurship Blog

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