Startup Research Internship

Sankar Group is offering a Startup Research Internship, remote. When: Summer 2027, 6 months. Posted November 1, 2026. Applications close December 22, 2026. Eligibility: Based in India. Checked against the employer's posting on November 12, 2026.

We are looking for a highly curious, analytical, and research-driven startup research intern to work directly with the founder. Your primary responsibility will be to validate new startup ideas before execution by conducting detailed market research, competitor analysis, industry research, customer insights, and business feasibility studies.

You will transform raw ideas into structured business reports that help the founder decide whether an idea is worth pursuing, pivoting, or dropping. This role is ideal for someone passionate about startups, entrepreneurship, technology, AI, and business strategy.

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include: 1. Research and validate new startup ideas. 2. Conduct detailed market research and industry analysis.

3. Identify competitors and benchmark their business models. 4. Study market size (TAM, SAM, SOM). 5. Research customer pain points and unmet needs. 6.

Analyze industry trends and future opportunities. 7. Study revenue models and pricing strategies. 8. Prepare SWOT analysis (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats).

9. Analyze business feasibility and scalability. 10. Prepare reports with clear recommendations. 11. Identify potential risks, challenges, and entry barriers.

12. Research investment trends and startup funding data. 13. Collect insights from public reports, news, surveys, and research papers. 14. Present findings in structured PowerPoint presentations and documents.

Required skills: A. Research skills: 1. Secondary market research. 2. Internet research. 3. Competitor research. 4. Industry research. 5. Business research.

6. Data collection. 7. Fact verification. B. Analytical skills: 1. Critical thinking. 2. Logical reasoning. 3. Business analysis. 4. Problem solving. 5.

Opportunity analysis. 6. Market sizing. 7. Trend analysis. C. Technical skills: 1. Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets. 2. PowerPoint/Google Slides. 3. Microsoft Word/Google Docs.

4. ChatGPT & AI research tools. 5. Basic data visualization. 6. Internet search techniques. 7. Business knowledge. 8. Startup ecosystem. 9. Business models.

10. Go-to-market strategy. 11. Revenue models. 12. Customer segmentation. 13. Product-market fit. 14. Business validation. D. Communication skills: 1.

Report writing. 2. Business documentation. 3. Presentation skills. 4. Attention to detail. 5. Structured thinking. 6. Clear written English. Who can apply: Only those candidates can apply who: • are available for the work from home job/internship • can start the work from home job/internship between 1st Nov'26 and 22nd Dec'26 • are available for duration of 6 months • have relevant skills and interests Stipend: INR₹ 3,000 - 3,001 /month Deadline: 2026-12-22 23:59:59 Other perks: Certificate, Letter of recommendation Skills required: MS-PowerPoint, Statistics, Business Analysis, Business Research and Valuation Other Requirements: • A.

Preferred qualifications: • 1. MBA (Pursuing) or final-year BBA/BCom/BTech/BE/Economics students. • 2. Passion for startups and entrepreneurship. • 3.

Strong curiosity and willingness to learn. • 4. Ability to work independently. • 5. Comfortable working with multiple startup ideas simultaneously. • B.

Ideal candidate: • 1. Curious and always asking 'Why?' • 2. Loves researching new industries and business ideas. • 3. Can convert large amounts of information into simple insights.

• 4. Thinks like an entrepreneur. • 5. Enjoys solving business problems. • 6. Self-motivated and proactive. • 7. Comfortable working directly with the founder.

About Company: Sankar Group - Powering ideas, building futures. Sankar Group is a multi-vertical business ecosystem founded by an entrepreneur with 18+ years of experience across leading e-commerce and telecom giants like eBay, Amazon, Flipkart, Airtel, and Jio.

With innovation at its core, the group is driving change across AI, fintech, clean energy, and real estate. At Sankar Group, we blend experience with vision to build sustainable, scalable, and tech-driven businesses that solve real-world problems.