Seth Flowerman

Seth Flowerman (born c. 1985) is an entrepreneur who founded Career Explorations.

Early life and education

Flowerman attended the Pingry School.[1] He earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 2008 and an MBA from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2009. He was a member of Sigma Phi and Sphinx Head at Cornell.[2]

Career

At age 16, Flowerman founded Career Explorations, a program that sets American college and high school students up with internships in Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco . Four years later, he founded Vertex Academic Services, a test preparation provider and educational consulting company in Manhattan.[3] Vertex was acquired in 2011 by A List Education. Career Explorations was acquired in 2010 by Musiker Discovery Programs and Dream Careers Inc. and now operates under the name Discovery Internships.

Awards
  • 2004: Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Junior Achievement[4]
  • 2007: Kaplan Most Promising Campus CEOs[5]
  • 2008: BusinessWeek's 25 Entrepreneurs under 25[6]
  • 2008: Social Impact Award, Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards[7]

References
  1. Gangemi, Jeffrey (Fall 2008). "Startups – Seth Flowerman '08, MBA '09: A precocious knack for startups". Cornell Enterprise.
  2. Weiss, Tara (2006-09-14). "Dorm Room Titans". Forbes.
  3. DiNapoli, Jessica (2007-02-14). "Student's Businesses Help Others Shoot for Success". Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02.
  4. "Entrepreneur Center - Student Entrepreneur of the Year".
  5. "Most Promising Campus CEO Winners and Finalists". Kaplan, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
  6. "2008 Finalists: America's Best Young Entrepreneurs". BusinessWeek.
  7. "Past Winners". Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24.
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