Joyce Ma

Founder Notes

Long-Arc Explorer | Internship Program

· 3 min read

Co-founding partners (more joining all the time): Arcus42 Global Family Office, FAMILyS Global Family Alliance

🌌 To the Explorers of the future

If you believe in the power of lifelong learning,

and hope that everything you put in will help you see further, and gain independent judgement and the possibility of growth;

If you believe in long-termism,

you will know that real value lies not in momentary ups and downs, but in what accumulates over time.

If you believe in business as a force for good,

you will understand that the meaning of wealth has never been about piling it up, but about letting it flow and sharing it.

If you believe that family is not a small handful of people, but every one of us,

you will see that family is not a symbol exclusive to wealth,

but the oldest and warmest connection in human society.

If you believe that passing the torch from generation to generation

is one of the key ways human civilisation moves forward,

then today, we are extending an invitation to you:

✨ Join Long-Arc Explorer.

Explore through words and thinking,

create through AI and practice,

and, together with us, write the meaning of life into the future.

Here:

You will have the chance to work alongside outstanding young people from the world's top institutions and universities, plan events together, and meet industry experts face to face;

You will have the chance to work with families to dig up the latest industry insights and learn the stories behind wealth;

You will have the chance to use your creativity to shape the core of a business, and paint the future together;

Starting today, Long-Arc Explorer is officially open for applications.

Who we are

Long-Arc Explorer's co-founding partners bring together a number of professionals. Core members come from renowned universities at home and abroad — Fudan University, Tsinghua University, Harvard University, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Princeton University, Cornell University and more — and from leading investment firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan and PIMCO.

We have already joined forces with family members, tech entrepreneurs and industry experts in China and around the world, and are committed to connecting Chinese families with the world, and through this to bringing families' long-term value into resonance with the well-being of human society.

What do you get from becoming a Long-Arc Explorer?

Deep involvement in succession solutions such as asset allocation and trusts, building your understanding of products, technology, entrepreneurship and investing

Deep involvement in research on using AI to improve business operations and family succession

Discussion and hands-on work with a team of diverse, outstanding backgrounds

Direct exchanges with finance professionals and with Chinese and international families

A chance for your project to keep running for the long term

Most important of all! As Long-Arc Alumni, you'll have the chance to take part in top-tier closed-door industry meetings and enjoy lifelong access to the internal community resources of Long-Arc Explorer's co-founding partners

The young people we're looking for

Highly self-driven

With good business taste and a sense of aesthetics

Interested in finance, business, family enterprises and wealth succession, and willing to contribute, unpaid, to value-creating family succession services, event planning and business operations

Fluent in written and spoken English

The programme lasts three months, is remote, and requires a fixed commitment of 10 hours a week

If you're interested in us, scan the QR code below to sign up and come and have a chat with us:

Note: The questionnaire requires you to upload a CV, so we recommend filling it in on a computer via the link (Long-Arc Explorer application form https://docs.qq.com/form/page/DTUNDbmRSbGVPckNN). Early Decision is based on the start of each cohort, with rolling admissions. Once your application passes the initial screening, the relevant person in charge will contact you, so please keep an eye on your messages and email.

I look forward to joining you,

to reach for a wider sky together,

to search for new possibilities beyond the boundaries,

and let our existence

leave in other people's lives

a real, small, yet lasting change.

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First published in Chinese on the WeChat account “Joyce Ma” · Original post · 中文原文

This English version was translated from the Chinese with AI.