Growth Intern, Founders Office

About the Role

• This is a 6-month full-time internship role.
• It begins as soon as you clear the sprint.
• The role offers a fixed pay of ₹25,000 per month, with up to ₹30,000 performance pay at month 3 and again at month 6.
• Successful interns may receive a full-time offer at ₹8 LPA (all-inclusive CTC) after the internship.
• This internship is for college students with a full semester free and 2026 graduates.

Key Responsibilities

• Talk to real people in the US and UK markets.
• Understand customer struggles and what they pay for.
• Write up every conversation the same day.
• Run small tests on beliefs, agreeing on a specific number before starting.
• Build and run tests, then write a one-page report on the outcome.
• Set up workflows in tools like Claude, n8n, or Clay for research and list-building.
• Review and verify work done by agents.
• Transform learnings into short case studies, sample reports, and posts.

Performance Expectations

• Month 1:
• 25 real conversations logged.
• Three customer segments ranked with evidence.
• Two tests finished and written up.
• Month 3:
• Repeatable outreach that gets replies.
• At least 10 pilot or paid-sample conversations.
• One agent workflow running weekly without oversight.
• First performance review with up to ₹30k performance pay.
• Month 6:
• Paying customers acquired through your efforts.
• A playbook for others to follow.
• A clear decision on market focus.
• Second review with up to ₹30k performance pay.
• Final decision on full-time offer.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Real work to show: Projects shipped, small businesses, college ventures, research pieces, automations, communities grown, or sales made.
• Written English: Clear, concise, and specific communication suitable for US/UK founders.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to message strangers, persistence, and politeness.
• Data Integrity: Honesty about test results, including failures.
• Tool Proficiency: Daily use of ChatGPT or Claude, with the ability to identify incorrect outputs.
• Agents: Experience with Claude, n8n, Clay, or similar tools for automation.
• Spreadsheets, SQL, or Python knowledge is good to have.
• Awareness of GDPR, CAN-SPAM, and UK cold messaging rules is good to have.

Qualifications

• College students with a full semester free for an internship.
• 2026 graduates.

Not for You If

• You want a fixed playbook and daily check-ins.
• You believe growth is solely about high-volume cold emails or buying lists.
• You prioritize likes and followers as results.
• You submit AI output without verification.
• You plan to undertake this alongside classes or another job.

Application Process

• Stage 1: The Challenge (Unpaid, 5 days)
• Submit prior work with a 4-line summary (goal, action, outcome, future improvement).
• Conduct three real conversations with individuals from selected groups (UK small marketing agencies, US early-stage founders, or startup programme managers).
• For each conversation, provide:
• Contact details and conversation date.
• Their challenges, current solutions, and spending habits.
• One surprising insight.
• A testable next step with a success metric.
• Rules: Introduce yourself as a student researching for an internship application; use your own name; do not use the company name; message a maximum of 10 people one at a time; no bulk tools.

Verification will occur by randomly contacting a few of your conversational partners.

• Stage 2: The Paid Sprint (Finalists only, 1 week)
• Conduct 10 additional conversations.
• Run one small test with a pre-agreed metric.
• Write a one-page report on the test results.
• Work with the team daily and receive feedback.
• Stage 3: Final Call
• A 45-minute interview simulating a difficult client interaction.
• Discussion of your sprint work, with pushback on conclusions.