Entrepreneurship internships for college students
Entrepreneurship students do well in startup, venture capital and small-business internships, where you do a bit of everything. Many also build their own project alongside.
Recent entrepreneurship internship listings
- Product Strategy & Development Associate Intern
- Global Business Strategy Development Intern
- Promotions Analyst Intern - Revenue Growth Management
- Sales and Business Development Intern
- Digital Language Policy and Strategy Research Intern - MIIS
- Strategy Extern
- SkillBridge Intern - Growth
- Marketing & Operations Analytics Co-op - Strategy & Analytics
A sample of recent postings from employer job boards and public feeds. Search by ZIP code to see the ones near you.
Common entrepreneurship internships
- Startup business operations intern — Handles whatever the company needs: operations, sales, research.
- Growth or marketing intern — Runs experiments to bring in and keep customers.
- Venture capital intern — Researches markets and startups for investors.
- Small business or accelerator intern — Supports founders in an incubator or accelerator program.
Skills employers look for
- Initiative
- Sales and customer conversations
- Basic financial modeling
- Marketing
- Research
- Comfort with ambiguity
When entrepreneurship internships recruit
- Any timeStartups hire on a rolling basis, often four to eight weeks before the start date.
- Junior fall–winterVenture capital and startup fellowships and accelerator programs set their deadlines.
- SpringMost startup summer internships are posted.
- SummerOr build your own project — it counts as experience if you can show what you did.
For every major side by side, see when to apply for business internships.
Certifications that strengthen a entrepreneurship application
- Entrepreneurship 101 and 102 — MIT OpenCourseWare. Free Free; no certificate.
- Accounting Fundamentals — Corporate Finance Institute. Free Free.
- Inbound Marketing Certification — HubSpot Academy. Free Free, certificate included.
- Startup Valuation Methods — Michigan · Coursera. Free to audit Free to audit.
- Google Analytics Certification — Google Skillshop. Free Free.
Resume keywords for entrepreneurship internships
Questions students ask
When do startups hire interns?
Often on a rolling basis, four to eight weeks before the start date — so keep looking through the spring.
Does running my own project count as experience?
Yes, if you can show what you did and what happened: customers, revenue, users or lessons learned.
How do I find startup internships?
Startup job boards, university incubators, and reaching out to founders directly all work. Many never post a listing at all.
Guides for your applications
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