Search Fund Accelerator penalized for failing to pay interns

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by a searcher from University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA Anderson School of Management
in Honolulu, HI, USA

8yrs ago

Search Fund Accelerator penalized for failing to pay interns

I have seen posts previously asking about using unpaid interns. This recent article may give you pause.

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reply by a searcher 8yrs ago
from Bentley University in Boston, MA, USA

From what I've seen a lot of searchers use unpaid interns to do the bulk of the grunt work. Paying them minimum wage ($11 per hour) in MA is a significant expense for many searchers. I wonder if this is making people re-think their searching model. If you can't throw 20 unpaid interns at the problem, what do you do?

reply by a searcher 5yrs ago
from University of South Carolina in Great Falls, VA, USA

I can't understand not paying interns. They are usually a low-cost high-value resource. anyone out there who is in an unpaid internship hit me up to discuss my internship program.