旧金山UGRAD校友聚光灯：Tom James
“我爱旧金山，and although I was prepared to move to LA,NYC or Austin for the summer,我想留在这个被疯狂有趣的人包围的神奇城市里！”
汤姆·詹姆斯参加了旧金山学期Ugrad Program during Spring 2016:
>> Where did you intern in San Francisco?
我是一个成长大师反驳者.我负责公司的市场营销。目前，我正在尽我所能增加网络流量，RefurbMe users,and sales through our website.This includes things like: running growth tactics such as competitions and small hacks to acquire users from all parts of the web;为我们的博客管理一个作家团队并分发内容；running advertising campaigns on Facebook,LinkedIn etc.;运行客户支持并使用这些数据在网站上设计用户体验改进；running the email strategy;在我们的数据中寻找趋势，为公众和新闻界提供有用的信息。
你为什么选择在Reburbme工作？
Because I got on well with the founder,and I believe in him and the idea,and can see how I can help grow the idea.We are the smartest way to shop for refurbished Apple products.如果你想在购买下一台苹果设备时省钱，you can use our website to find and track the best options for you,而且通常可以节省50%的零售价格。而且你不需要检查10多个网站就可以做到这一点，就一个。我要回英国完成我在曼彻斯特大学的理学学士学位，所以明年我将在英国远程为refurbme工作。
你在Reburbme工作学到了什么？
I have learned a lot about how ‘work' works.I know that sounds weird.But one of my aims for the summer was to learn more professional processes (within marketing for example).虽然使用过程有它的位置，我知道你怎么做并不重要，更重要的是你真正的成就。I also learned loads of other things,from cool growth ideas,to useful tools for marketing and tracking,and even some basic technical / software skills.
你对初创公司的员工有什么建议？
如果你不喜欢基本的产品/服务，就不要为他们工作。Put everything you can into them.Write down every idea you have,think about it,开发它，然后和你的团队讨论这个问题——它最终可能是一个革命性的想法。List to customer feedback – this is sooooooooo important – also,make it easy for customers to give you feedback / ask questions.Try to keep an organized to do list,and review it every week at least to ensure you are doing the most high priority tasks.
>> How has being in San Francisco impacted your work?
I met a really helpful growth marketers community which includes some of the brightest growth minds in the world.Also,I have felt so happy in general because it is easy to have a good work / life balance since there is so much to do for fun in the Bay Area – and feeling happy means better work.
在旧金山最喜欢的地方和娱乐的地方？
This is IMPOSSIBLE.骑着金门大桥到马林山和索萨利托。在教区享受美食放松。晚上游览双峰和宝岛。在梅森堡和朋友踢足球。Go karting.Rock climbing in Dogpatch.在观景湾的水边阅读。渔人码头的美味佳肴。Eating at Cliff House restaurant.前往：斯廷森海滩，Mt Diablo,塔霍湖，San Jose and muuuuuch more…
Tom James,Exchange Student @ 金博宝Babson College '16 | Entreprenership | tjames4@babson.edu