Isha Thakkar, MS Business Analytics ‘26 When I started at Homads for my summer 2025 internship, I had no background in the mid-term rental space. I found the internship on Handshake through the Blackstone LaunchPad Summer Internship Program (https://www.blackstone.com/our-impact/blackstone-launchpad/), which connects students to opportunities at Blackstone portfolio companies and startups. I didn't know what to expect. Looking back, that uncertainty turned out to be one of the best things that could have happened to me. Homads (https://homads.com/) is a mid-term rental marketplace that connects property owners with renters who need furnished housing for about 30 days to 12 months. That includes remote workers, traveling nurses, students on temporary assignments, and families displaced from their homes after events like fires or floods who need somewhere to stay while their insurance covers the cost. What makes Homads different from platforms like Airbnb is that it's not a booki...