Internship path advice?

I'm genuinely lost in my career path and hoping to get some advice from anyone here. 

About me: 
Random Canadian School Bcomm in Economics, minor in Finance
Age: 26F 
GPA 3.5
Graduation date: 2025

Goal: experience with entrepreneurs and small businesses, or real estate, in the next 5 years.

I currently have no relevant skills, clubs, experience, or references. My school is fully online.

I have a full course load for summer, then I plan on doing this in August: 
Skills: French, Financial modelling, Excel VBA, Python, R, SQL, Tableau
Experience: externship

Now here's where I'm lost. What do I focus on after? I feel like the deadline for internships have passed at that point in Canada. Should I apply for American ones? Should I take just anything at this point, or focus on getting into a bank and networking my way up? 

In my life, I had my own mobile nail salon for 2 years, worked in customer service too, made 100k on options trading with friends, and made 100k on my ex's FBA business. Idk if any of this means anything... none of it is on my resume.

My school is all online and I isolated myself for a year working and studying, and I find it hard to connect with the 20 year olds in my program. I'm great at networking outside of school. Just don't have the energy for it this summer. Online school is such a bummer. 

So what now? Any advice is appreciated. Please critique anything, any skills I plan on doing, or give me some more to learn. 

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