
Entrepreneurship in Practice is a structured career accelerator embedding ambitious students and graduates inside real startups across the UK, Europe and the US — combining hands-on experience, world-class training, and a global network of founders.
Summer Internship Rate £599 · Available until 4 July 2026
Graduates compete for the same corporate internships
CVs look identical without real startup experience
The skills employers want are not taught in lectures
You don't need another certificate. You need proof you can build, solve and ship — the one thing every founder, scaleup and Fortune 500 hiring manager is now screening for.
The Programme
Everything you need to go from "no real experience" to "founder-vouched operator" — done-for-you matching, structured training, and a placement that starts in weeks.
1 week of pre-internship training covering startup strategy, venture building, commercial growth and how to contribute from day one. Weekly live sessions continue throughout your placement.
4 to 8 weeks embedded inside a real startup. Working directly with founders and senior teams on live challenges. Hosts across the UK, mainland Europe and the US.
Access to curated mentor sessions with founders and operators building businesses around the world. Speaker series featuring leaders across venture, technology and growth.
Complete the programme with a certificate from theInterna, a reference from your host startup and a portfolio of real work to show employers.
Career Readiness
Every part of this programme is mapped to the NACE Career Readiness Competencies, the framework university career services and employers use to define what makes a graduate hireable. You will not just finish with a certificate. You will finish with evidence.
Weekly check-ins and mentor feedback turn your placement into a record of growth you can talk about in interviews.
You will present your work to real founders, not submit assignments to a grader.
Startup problems do not come with instructions. You will scope, decide, and justify your approach.
You work inside a live startup team, across time zones, with real deadlines.
You own a project end to end and are accountable for delivering it.
Real stakeholders, real standards. You will operate like a colleague, not a student.
You will collaborate with international teams and founders from markets different to your own.
You will use the actual tools startups run on, chosen by your track: Strategy & Operations, Product & Technology, or Commercial & Marketing.
NACE competency mapping available in full for university career services on request.
Pick Your Path
Matched to your background, interests and career goals.
Work directly with founding teams on market research, business model development, operational processes and strategic planning.
Contribute to live product and engineering work across software engineering, data science, AI and cybersecurity — plus user research, UX/UI design and agile delivery.
Support sales, lead generation, digital marketing campaigns, content creation and CRM management.
The Edge
Start with real experience inside a startup before you build your own.
Scaleups hire people who can move fast, think commercially and get things done.
The world's leading employers now screen for problem-solving, adaptability and commercial instinct — entrepreneurial skills.
The future belongs to people who can build things. Start here.
Pricing
Everything included. No hidden costs.
Summer Internship Rate
From 5 July 2026
Have a discount code? Mention it when you book your call and we will apply it before confirming your place.
Questions
Book a call with the theInterna team. We'll match you to the right track and host startup.
Book Your CallSummer Internship Rate £599 until 4 July 2026 · No commitment required on the call.