Startup Partnerships

Job Description

Startup Partnerships Intern | StartHub

The Tone:
This is a part-time paid internship at StartHub, located remotely, for candidates currently based in the United States. StartHub is a rapidly expanding ed-tech platform, purpose-built for startup founders, delivering expert-led courses, engaging weekly live workshops, essential tools, practical templates, and personalized mentorship from a network of seasoned operators, successful founders, and experienced investors. This high-impact, hands-on role is crucial for proactively discovering and recruiting world-class experts—including founders, operators, and investors—who will teach, mentor, and lead workshops, directly shaping and influencing the educational experience for thousands of aspiring and current startup founders within StartHub’s vibrant and fast-growing ecosystem.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Part-Time (20-30 Hours / Week)
• Location: Remote
• Pay: $500 monthly
• Team: Works directly with the founding team and senior leadership on developing partnership and talent acquisition strategies.
• Mission: To discover, recruit, and onboard world-class founders, operators, investors, and industry experts who can teach, mentor, and lead educational workshops for the StartHub founder community.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Expert Sourcing: Systematically identify and source top-tier founders, operators, investors, creators, and highly specialized subject-matter experts to enhance the StartHub platform’s educational offerings.
• Professional Outreach: Initiate and conduct confident, professional outreach to potential instructors, speakers, and mentors, effectively communicating the opportunities and benefits of collaborating with StartHub.
• Pipeline Development: Build, maintain, and manage a robust and organized pipeline of high-quality expert leads, ensuring a continuous flow of potential talent for educational programs.
• Strategic Research: Perform in-depth market research across the dynamic startup, tech, and venture capital ecosystems to identify new course categories, market trends, and potential expert opportunities.
• Partnership Operations: Provide essential support for the entire partnerships lifecycle, including scheduling coordination, communication follow-ups, and streamlined onboarding workflows for new expert contributors.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An early-career student currently enrolled in an accredited Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program, ideally pursuing a major in Business, Communications, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, or another closely related academic field.
• Experience: No prior partnership or recruiting experience is explicitly required for this role, as comprehensive training and guidance will be provided directly by the StartHub team.
• Skills: Demonstrated strong communication abilities for effective professional outreach, keen research skills for market and talent discovery, a confident and outgoing personality comfortable engaging with industry professionals, and proven self-initiative with excellent organizational capabilities.
• Bonus: A profound curiosity about the intricacies of startups, venture capital, founder education methodologies, and the broader technology landscape, coupled with a genuine interest in active networking and fostering long-term professional relationships.