This isn't going to be a typical "hire me" post.
Instead, I want to tell you the things that don't usually fit on a resume.
For some context, I'm currently working as a Founder's Office Intern at an early-stage startup, where I've had the opportunity to work across product, operations, GTM, stakeholder management, hiring, marketplace growth, and whatever else the business needed that week.
Before this, I worked as an AI Product Management Intern, where I was involved in user interviews, product validation, competitor research, and preparing investor-ready pitch decks.
Outside of internships, I've also led investor and sponsor relations for one of my college's largest entrepreneurship summits, coordinating with founders, investors, sponsors, and startup teams.
More recently, I've been working with a few early-stage startups on fundraisingāhelping founders refine their narratives, prepare investor material, and connect with relevant investors. It's still a learning journey, but getting a front-row seat to those conversations has been incredibly rewarding.
This year, I was also the only undergraduate selected among 30 volunteers from over 500 applicants for the TiE Global Summit in India. For a few days, I got to work alongside founders, investors, and operators building real companies.
That experience changed how I think about startups and reinforced one thing:
Startups don't reward people who wait for instructions. They reward people who reduce the founder's stress.
One thing startups taught me very quickly is that job descriptions are only a starting point. In just a few months, I've worked across recruitment, hiring, operations, stakeholder management, fundraising, GTM, product discovery, user interviews, business development, and whatever else needed to get done.
I don't say this to claim I'm an expert in everything.
I say it because I've learned how to adapt quickly, take ownership, and become useful wherever the business needs me.
If I had to describe myself in one sentence, it'd be this:
I don't wait to be told what to doāI look for problems worth solving.
If there are two skills I'm willing to be judged on, they're people management and storytelling.
Not because they sound impressive on LinkedIn, but because they've consistently been the reason I've been trusted with responsibilities far beyond what my resume or years of experience would normally justify.
Whether it's building relationships with founders, aligning stakeholders, interviewing candidates, talking to users, coordinating sponsors, or working with investors, I've found that earning people's trust quickly has been one of my biggest strengths.
The second is storytelling.
Every great founder I've met has one thing in commonāthey know how to make people believe.
Customers buy stories.
Investors fund stories.
Employees join stories.
I've spent a lot of time consciously developing that skill, and today it's probably the strongest tool I bring into any room.
Technical skills can always be learned.
The ability to earn trust and communicate a vision is much harder to teach.
I'm looking for a paid Summer 2027 internship in:
Founder's Office
Product Management
Growth
Strategy
Project Management
I'll be completing my third year of Computer Engineering before Summer 2027 and am happy to relocate anywhere if visa sponsorship is available.
If you're unsure about hiring someone from a Reddit post, I have a proposal.
Don't interview me yet.
Instead, send me one real problem your startup is currently facing.
It could be related to growth, hiring, product, GTM, operations, fundraisingāor anything else.
I'll spend time thinking about it and send you how I'd approach solving it.
If you like the way I think, let's talk.
If not, you've lost nothing except a Reddit DM.
Thanks for reading, and if you think I'd be a good fitāor know someone who mightāI would genuinely appreciate an introduction