
Musemio Intern Tells All
In October in honor of Ada Lovelace Day, we worked with an incredible program at Workfinder to allow a young woman to work with our company for a week during her half-term break. As two female founders ourselves, showcasing entrepreneurship to other young women is close to our hearts.
Instead of me sharing her story, I want you to hear it from our incredible intern who we will call Ida herself:
“Before I arrived at Musemio I had a varied idea of what I was going to be doing at a startup company…I was skeptical of what exactly I would be doing there. But from the first day, working at Musemio has proven to be really interesting and also quite fascinating, as I was unknown to the different opportunities companies had to offer.”
Ida is a year 12 student living in Central London with an interest in medicine and life sciences. Though we are not a medical startup, she was able to jump in and see what innovation is from the inside.
“Musemio is a fantastic place to learn all about startup innovations and the effort required to get everything moving.”
Throughout the week, Ida couldn’t be backstage; she was an active team member since her first day. Jumping in with an open mind and a eager curiosity to learn, she was able to work side-by-side with us founders all week. Tasks ranged from research into investment firms, market research on the latest Pinterest influences, to creating our model T-Rex for our first Dino Learning Pack. (Which was one of the tasks that she said was the most fun!) She joined us for our busiest week: we launched the app live and hosted two half-term holiday workshops at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.

Though the schedule was a little chaotic, she saw what it was like to be a small team in the big world of startups.
She said, “Throughout my time here, I have learnt a numerous amounts of skills such as communication, market research and innovative thinking…Different pop up events, such as the Petrie Museum, has enabled me to work on my communication skills with kids and parents, which is really helpful in the medical career I hope to pursue.The message of Musemio is all about bringing an innovative way of learning to children through VR and they present that message in every aspect of their work.”
Ida saw the value of not only hard work within the entrepreneurship space, but she also recognized the transferable skills that work opportunities and placements like this can foster. She is a naturally kindhearted person who communicates with grace and a smile. Throughout the week alone, we were able to see her confidence grow, her motivation for work increase, and the foundations of leadership — no matter what field she pursues in her future — be planted.
When asked what other skills she learned during her time with us, she said, “I have also acquired skills such as team working, negotiating and problem solving when working with children and also how I can use them daily.”
Children are the most interesting critics! But from spreadsheets to market research to working with kids in-person, startups like ours take a team to succeed. Ida recognized this cultural dynamic of the business that is critical to our success.
Though the week passed to fast, and we are sad to see Ida go, we hope that she learned as much from us as the great deal we have learned from her. It was great to have such a dedicated Musemio intern for the work placement week.
She added at the end of our talk, “From filing spreadsheets to making a rice dinosaur, Musemio has really given me a different perspective on working in a startup company and how everyone’s role fits together in the workspace.”
Thank you Workfinder!

