Venture Starters Student Intern Program

Remote • Flexible • Certificate-Based • Early 2026

Get an Insider’s View of Startups — Without Quitting School or Your Job

Venture Starters is opening its Student Intern Program for 2026, designed for students and recent graduates who want real exposure to startups, founders, and investors—without busywork, unpaid labor, or rigid schedules.

This internship is auto-accepted for eligible students and recent graduates and requires just 16 total hours over 3-6 months.

What You’ll Gain

• Auto-acceptance into the intern program (students & recent grads)
• Certificate of Completion after attending 8 Zoom meetings
• A recognized internship you can add to:
  • Your résumé
  • Your LinkedIn profile
• First-hand exposure to:
  • Startup founders pitching real companies
  • Investors sharing what they look for
  • Early-stage teams forming in real time
• A front-row seat to how ideas turn into funded startups

Total commitment:

8 Zoom meetings × 2 hours each = 16 hours total

About Venture Starters

Venture Starters is a fast-growing global startup community that hosts approximately 30 to 40 live Zoom pitch meetings each year.

• 200+ people per Zoom meeting
• Founders, investors, advisors, and future team members in every room
• All Free Pitch Zooms are open to the public and free to attend

Our mission is simple: help founders get unstuck and build teams to solve the world’s biggest problems.

Internship Role: Student Intern (Remote)

This is a part-time, remote, non-paid internship with one simple responsibility:

Attend eight (8) Venture Starters Free Pitch Zoom meetings.

That’s it.

• No homework.
• No assignments.
• No cold outreach.

Just show up, observe, learn, and engage.

Program Timeline

• Start: Early 2026
• End: When you’ve attended 8 Zoom meetings
• Flexibility: Attend when it fits your schedule
• Annual availability: 30 to 40 Zoom meetings per year to choose from

Once you complete all 8 sessions, you’ll receive your Certificate of Completion and may list Venture Starters as an internship on your résumé and LinkedIn.

Important Notes

• You must attend Zooms listed as “Free Pitch Zooms”
• Venture Starters also hosts paid member club events
• → Do not register for member-only Zooms
• Each Zoom meeting is 2 hours long

Ideal Qualifications

• Currently a student or recent graduate (preferred)
• Ideally based in the United States (for time-zone alignment)
• Able to attend a 2-hour Zoom session
• Interest in startups, entrepreneurship, or venture capital
• Comfortable working independently and remotely
• Experience with events or communities is a plus (not required)

Why This Internship Is Different

Most internships ask you to do work without context.

This one gives you context without busywork.

You’ll see:

• What investors actually care about
• Why teams matter more than ideas
• How startups really get built

All in just 16 hours.