The Lean Startup Co · Nov 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by Eric Ries
StrategyBusiness Development
TL@tomas-leach
Business student building music brands, strategy work, and social impact
I combine hands-on production experience with strategy externships and independent music projects to learn business by doing.
Work samples
My portfolio spans a music brand with live shows and label release, a Lean Startup Co. externship analyzing corporate governance, a student startup for on-demand drivers, and a student-led clean
Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by Eric Ries UNNO UNNO
Built a music brand through self-taught production and creative positioning, performing 15+ shows in Madrid and bookings across the US, including the sold-out official Chris Lake afterparty at The Momentary (550+ tickets). Secured a label release with Blanco y Negro Music, and attended production mentorship sessions at STMPD Studios in Amsterdam.
About me
I combine hands-on production experience with strategy externships and independent music projects to learn business by doing.
I am Tomas Leach, a sophomore at IE University studying Business Administration. I have hands-on festival and museum production experience, completed a corporate strategy externship, and build music and social-impact projects while earning business and IB diplomas.
Externships
Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by Eric Ries
Completed · Nov 2026
Experience
Guest Operations Coordinator
MAD COOL FESTIVAL · June 2026 – July 2026
Programming & Production Intern
THE MOMENTARY (CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART) · October 2024 – August 2025
Education
IE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor in Business Administration · Class of 2029
BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
International Baccalaureate Diploma · Class of 2025
SERVICIO DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (SEAD) - ARGENTINE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
National Secondary Education Diploma · Class of 2025
Skills
ExcelMicrosoft Office Specialist certificationChartmetric Platform Training
✅ Verified by Extern
Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by Eric Ries
StrategyBusiness Development
Overview
The project applied Eric Ries's Incorruptible 4 diagnostic framework to evaluate strategic shortcomings observed in well-known brands. The work involved learning and applying the four lenses from the framework, running diagnostic exercises, and documenting findings about areas that trigger the so-called "Ick Factor."
Google Drive
AccessWhat I've accomplished
I audited WeWork using the Incorruptible 4 lenses and produced a visual scorecard plus a diagnostic image that rated governance, mission drive, financial gravity, and mission transmission.
Project breakdown
UNNO
Built a music brand through self-taught production and creative positioning, performing 15+ shows in Madrid and bookings across the US, including the sold-out official Chris Lake afterparty at The Momentary (550+ tickets). Secured a label release with Blanco y Negro Music, and attended production mentorship sessions at STMPD Studios in Amsterdam.
CORPORATE STRATEGY EXTERNSHIP | Lean Startup Co. via Extern (Eric Ries)
Scored JPMorgan Chase on a four-lens governance framework using its proxy statement, SEC filings and earnings calls; proposed a 12-month data-access pricing pilot after analysis of request data.
CHAUFFR
With a team of 3, developed the business model, financial assumptions and go-to-market strategy for an on-demand designated-driver service in Manama, Bahrain; selected for the IE Start-Up Lab and pitched to VC investors before stopping amid regional uncertainty.
H2-HOPE
Co-founded and led a student nonprofit initiative on the global water crisis, engaging 80+ donors through events to fund clean water for 38 people across 5 countries; won the 2025 Arkansas DECA Community Giving Project state championship.