Seth Flowerman
Encyclopedia
Seth Flowerman is an entrepreneur
who has been recognized for his business success while a student in high school and college.
. 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.
, 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
.
Career Explorations was acquired in 2010 by Musiker Discovery Programs
and Dream Careers Inc.
and now operates under the name Discovery Internships.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
who has been recognized for his business success while a student in high school and college.
Early life and education
Flowerman attended the Pingry SchoolPingry School
The Pingry School is a coeducational, independent, college preparatory country day school in New Jersey, with a Lower School campus in the Short Hills neighborhood of Millburn, and a Middle and Upper School campus in Martinsville. The school was founded in 1861 by Dr. John F. Pingry.Pingry's...
. He earned a B.S. from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 2008 and an MBA
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1946 and renamed in 1984 after Samuel Curtis Johnson, founder of S.C...
in 2009. He was a member of Sigma Phi
Sigma Phi
The Sigma Phi Society was founded on 4 March 1827, on the campus of Union College as a part of the Union Triad in Schenectady, New York.It is the second oldest Greek fraternal organization in the United States, and the oldest in continuous existence...
and Sphinx Head
Sphinx Head
The Sphinx Head Society is the oldest senior honor society at Cornell University. Sphinx Head recognizes Cornell senior men and women who have demonstrated respectable strength of character on top of a dedication to leadership and service at Cornell University...
at Cornell.
Career
At age 16, Flowerman founded Career Explorations, a program that sets American high school students up with internships in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and San Francisco . Four years later, he founded Vertex Academic Services, a test preparation
Test preparation
Test preparation or exam preparation primarily refers to educational courses, tutoring services, and educational materials/learning tools designed to increase students' performance on standardized tests, particularly entrance examinations used for admissions to institutions of higher education,...
provider and educational consulting company in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
.
Career Explorations was acquired in 2010 by Musiker Discovery Programs
Summer Discovery
Summer Discovery, officially known as Musiker Discovery Programs, specializes in pre-college enrichment, middle school enrichment, community service and career focused internship programs. The Musiker family has directed award-winning, well supervised, educational teen summer programs for students...
and Dream Careers Inc.
University of dreams
Dream Careers Inc. formerly known as University of Dreams, is an American corporation, specializing in scouting for summer internship programs around the world, though they also provide fall and spring programs. The company is based in Redwood City, California, and has 55 full-time employees...
and now operates under the name Discovery Internships.
Awards
- 2004: Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Junior AchievementJunior AchievementJunior Achievement or JA or JA Worldwide is a non-profit youth organization that was founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and senator Winthrop M. Crane. JA focuses on educating kids in K-12 about the free enterprise system...
- 2007: Kaplan Most Promising Campus CEOs
- 2008: BusinessWeek's 25 Entrepreneurs under 25
- 2008: Social Impact Award, Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards