Securing an Internship and Gaining College Credit (PRI Show 2018)

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How Cooper Bogetti Changed My Life: My Story (A Key Part of How I Got Started)

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At the PRI Show in December 2018, Cooper messaged the speaker, inviting him to a networking event at 'Brothers' after the show. This second in-person meeting with Justin (from Street Car Takeover) was crucial. The speaker, still in college and needing an internship to graduate from Penn State, saw an opportunity and offered his skills to Justin, who was considering starting a shop and needed a fabricator. This led to an internship offer, allowing the speaker to gain college credits while working on cars.

Goal: Obtain an internship to meet academic requirements and gain practical experience.

Tools and materials

PRI Show — Networking at a major automotive trade show
Social Media — Receiving invitations and communicating with contacts
Internship Proposal N/A — Formalizing the internship opportunity with Penn State

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but i knew that that's where i was going to take the escalade when i finished it because i knew that's where like people went that had cool stuff it's weird how all this works like in my sponsorship proposal document that i had for the escalade literally probably five out of the ten events i had listed on there were streetcar takeovers and i had never been to one before i just knew that that's where i was going to go so i got you know got to meet justin didn't talk to him a whole lot but you know i'm kind of like okay well there's this justin guy i don't know exactly what he does but he owns this event and i'm going to go there and then that was may of 2018 skip to december of 2018 at the pri show and you know we're out doing stuff it's what you do cooper comes into the picture again messages me when everybody's out you know running around like the the bars and stuff because that's like what you do after the show that's most where the networking happens is after the show he's like yo dude come to brothers so i'm like all right going to brothers i go over there that is where i met you know he was there again several slushies deep i don't even know if he remembers doing this or telling me to go there but he did and i went there and i met justin again and that was kind of when like oh yeah you're that guy like you know and nick savage was there too nick was at ls fest in 2018 so i'm like okay you know i kind of see these guys again and i end up hanging out with them because everybody's going home and justin's like we're not done yet and then i go with them you know he was talking to the uber driver about being from kansas city or whatever so i'm like okay well justin guy lives in kansas city well a few months after that i ended up going to kansas city and reaching out to justin who i had only met those two times i was just like hey dude i'm being kansas city like what are you doing so you know met up with him did some stuff and once i got the escalade two functional stuff i went to the kickoff party in kansas city and then uh i did bristol at that time i was still in college and i needed an internship to graduate that was like part of my degree requirement so um justin had mentioned like you know maybe he's starting a shop might need to fabricate or something i was like yeah well you know before i could like do a real job i gotta graduate first like i need an internship like you guys want an intern like i'll help you do stuff i'm gonna be there anyway and…

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