Positions available: 4 individual students

1) Statistics Decoded / Data Siren Product Management / Business Development / Grant Writing

1) PortiaHLTH / Thrive / The Lemonaid+Collective Product Management / Business Development / Grant Writing

1) TalentIQ / Job Buddy Product Management / Business Development / Grant Writing

1) The CEO Within Online Courses Product Management / Business Development & RFP / RFQ

*These students will be paired with other students with programming, marketing, research, or accounting skills to support the team, but will act as the team lead.

For the summer, each student is expected to work approximately 10-20 hours per week, approximately 9am to 1pm PST M-F - but some flexibility in this timing is possible. So an internship would be be 1-2 months long.

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for up to 4 students interested in learning about and applying Business/Operations/Marketing/Accounting knowledge in a real-world startup environment.

Each student will be provided with assigned to one company and/or product that is pre-launch, beta, or early-phase. Based on student skills and abilities, they will be teamed up with other students to work with the CEO and product developers to work on activities related to that product. Student will act as an assistant product manager, helping the company move their assigned product or project forward as directed. This can include helping the company find build and launch the first minimum viable product (MVP), and test new ways to increase customer acquisition, to build a better first experience, to create new stream or revenue, to get users to return, and to create brand promoters. It may also involve doing user interviews, Q&A, or reaching out for and/or applying for financing related to the project. Building budgets and cost projections and reviewing or updating pitch decks, assisting in grant proposals, may also be required. In this role, an intern may personally develop or assist in the development of multiple marketing concepts and product iterations to rapidly test persuasive copy, email marketing, SEO, viral strategies, among other tools and techniques, with a goal of increasing conversion rates and achieving rapid growth of the user base.

Student will leave the internship with multiple concrete items that can be included in their portfolio, such as:

- Samples of materials created during the internship

- New skills to add to their resume such as having made different types of content, and new skills with new technology platforms such as Wordpress, Pagemodo, SurveyMonkey, Jira, Asana, etc.

The individual will receive mentorship and instruction on all tasks to be accomplished via asynchronous and live virtual training from Dr. Edwards, who has 20+ years experience in entrepreneurship and small businesses and has managed marketing, growth, product planning, and sales growth of products in multiple product categories with a focus in technology-oriented startups & small businesses.

For some students, this may be a continuation of a prior internship to allow them to continue.

Primary contact: Dr. Alice Vo Edwards, CEO, alice@theceowithin.me

Secondary contact: Emily Neely, Administrative Assistant, emily@theceowithin.me

Students will meet live with the mentor via virtual calls each week and also work asyncronously and receive feedback via email/text/phone/video calls.