Entrepreneur in Residence Internship

About the internship

Entrepreneur in Residence Gharpayy

Location: Bengaluru/Flexible across cities

Work Type: Full-time

Experience: A proven track record of building or achieving something exceptional

Joining: Immediate preferred

About the role

We are looking for an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) who can help Gharpayy launch new businesses, enter new markets, and build new revenue streams from scratch.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who wants to operate like a founder. You could work on a new business idea, launch a new city, build a new service, create a new sales engine, or take an early-stage experiment from zero to real revenue.

You will not be limited to one function. Depending on the initiative, you may work across research, hiring, sales, operations, customer acquisition, partnerships, bookings, revenue, and execution.

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Identify and validate new business opportunities for Gharpayy.
2. Speak directly with customers, property owners, partners, colleges, companies, and vendors to understand needs and opportunities.
3. Launch new initiatives from scratch and take them from idea to execution.
4. Build initial customer acquisition and sales processes for new businesses or markets.
5. Generate leads, close customers, drive bookings, and build revenue.
6. Hire and manage the initial team required to execute new initiatives.
7. Build workflows, SOPs, CRM processes, targets, and dashboards.
8. Conduct offline and online market research to identify opportunities and validate ideas.
9. Rapidly launch and test new ideas before making significant investments.
10. Travel or operate across cities whenever required to launch and scale initiatives.
11. Personally solve operational challenges during the early stages of new initiatives.
12. Track key business metrics including leads, conversion rates, bookings, revenue, CAC, and profitability.
13. Work directly with the founder and leadership team on new business opportunities and strategic initiatives.

Who can apply

Only those candidates can apply who

• are available for full time (in-office) internship
• can start the internship between 5th Oct'26 and 9th Nov'26
• are available for duration of 6 months
• have relevant skills and interests
• * Women wanting to start/restart their career can also apply.

Stipend

INR₹ 17,000 - 26,000 /month

Deadline

2026-11-04 23:59:59

Skills required

Sales and Marketing

Other requirements

• We are looking for people who want to build businesses, not just complete tasks.
• 1. An entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to take complete ownership of business outcomes.
• 2. A proven track record of building, launching, leading, or achieving something exceptional.
• 3. Strong problem-solving and execution skills with a bias toward action.
• 4. Comfort working with ambiguity in fast-moving environments with minimal supervision.
• 5. Willingness to take on multiple functions and do whatever is required to move an initiative forward.
• 6. Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• 7. Ability to work confidently with customers, partners, property owners, vendors, and teams.
• 8. Willingness to travel, meet people offline, and operate across cities when required.
• 9. A strong interest in building businesses from the ground up.

• good fit for

• Aspiring entrepreneurs, former founders, startup generalists, Founder's Office candidates, growth operators, business development professionals, management trainees, and people who eventually want to build their own company.

About company

Gharpayy provides safe and healthy rental accommodations for urban millennials. We have stringent cleanliness measures in place to ensure the highest hygiene standards. Moreover, our smartly designed interiors to enable work-play balance will ensure that you absolutely love each moment spent at Gharpayy.

Gharpayy by Surge Ventures: Our 'SURGE' experts have put together thousands of successful digital marketing & growth campaigns for businesses looking to increase leads, phone calls, transactions, and qualified website traffic.

Additional information

Stipend structure

Fixed pay: ₹ 12,000 - 16,000 /month

Incentive pay: ₹ 5,000 - 10,000 /month

• what success looks like

Your job is to create outcomes, not simply complete tasks:

1. Launch new initiatives.
2. Acquire the first customers.
3. Drive sales and bookings.
4. Build and manage the initial team.
5. Generate revenue.
6. Create repeatable processes.
7. Scale successful ideas.

Example projects

You may work on new city launches, rental or housing businesses, corporate accommodation, student housing, property management, flatmate marketplaces, owner services, AI-led real estate products, or entirely new B2B/B2C businesses.

Why join

Work closely with the founder and gain hands-on exposure to building businesses from Day 0 — from idea validation and hiring to sales, operations, revenue, and scale.