Founder's office

We are looking for an ambitious, proactive, and high-ownership Founder’s Office Intern to work directly with our leadership team at Setu Startup School. In this role, your primary focus will be leading strategic partnerships, stakeholder collaborations, and founder outreach. You will also operate across various strategic and operational initiatives to gain hands-on visibility into how early-stage startups build and scale. Key Responsibilities * Strategic Outreach & Partnerships: Identify, connect with, and build relationships with startup founders, investors, accelerators, and college entrepreneurship cells (E-Cells). * Executive Collaboration: Work alongside the Founder to drive core organizational priorities, meetings, and strategic communications. * Cross-Functional Execution: Take complete ownership of fast-moving, high-impact tasks across partnerships, operations, and candidate screening. * Process & Communication Management: Maintain outreach pipelines, follow up with key stakeholders, and prepare structured summary reports.

Requirements & Qualifications * Background: Prior internship or working experience with a Venture Capital (VC) firm, Venture Fund, startup accelerator, or an early-stage startup is highly preferred. * Commitment & Drive: Ability to commit dedicated effort (8–12 hours/day) in a high-ownership, fast-paced setting. * Flexibility: Comfortable adapting to dynamic responsibilities beyond a rigid scope of work. * Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication, relationship-building, and negotiation capabilities. * Problem-Solving Mindset: Resourceful, disciplined, and proactive in driving initiatives independently.

* Direct mentorship and one-on-one collaboration with company leadership. * Comprehensive exposure to the venture capital and early-stage startup ecosystem. * Performance-based monthly incentive structure. * 100% remote working flexibility. * Certificate of completion and letter of recommendation based on performance.