Urgent: Product

About Us We are reimagining life insurance distribution for India's digital-native professionals. We're building an AI-powered advisory platform that helps people understand their insurance needs without spam calls or pushy sales tactics. We're in early-stage validation and looking for a hustler to help us prove product-market fit. Role: Product & Growth Intern (Full-time, 3-6 months) Location: Remote/Hybrid What You'll Do This isn't a typical internship. You'll be doing real work that directly impacts whether this company succeeds or fails. You'll wear multiple hats: researcher, growth hacker, and sales coordinator. 1. Lead Generation & User Acquisition (40% of time) Your goal: Get 500+ qualified users to test our MVP What this looks like: - Identify and reach out to target users (tech professionals, 25-40 years, ₹10L+ income) - Run outreach campaigns on social media platforms - Coordinate with influencers/content creators for shoutouts - Partner with fintech communities, startup employee groups - Run small experimental ad campaigns (Google/Meta/LinkedIn) and optimize 2. User Research & Feedback Collection (30% of time) Your goal: Understand why people do/don't engage with our product What this looks like: - Conduct user interviews (20-30 per month) with people who: Completed the need analysis Started but didn't finish Showed interest but didn't convert - Send and analyze post-interaction surveys - Monitor user behavior in the product (where do they drop off?) - Create detailed user personas based on patterns you see - Document feature requests, complaints, and praise - Competitive analysis: Test competitor products, identify gaps - Synthesize findings into actionable product recommendations 3. Sales Coordination & Follow-through (30% of time) Your goal: Help interested users actually buy insurance What this looks like: - Follow up with users who expressed purchase intent - Coordinate between users and partner insurance advisors - Schedule calls/meetings for high-intent leads - Track conversion funnel: Interest → Quote → Application → Policy issued - Handle basic customer queries (over email/WhatsApp/chat) - Document objections and reasons for not buying - Maintain CRM/spreadsheet with lead status - Calculate actual conversion rates and revenue generated - Identify patterns: Who converts vs who doesn't, and why? What You'll Learn This internship is a crash course in early-stage startups: Growth & Marketing: - How to acquire users with zero budget - What channels work (and which don't) for B2C fintech - How to run growth experiments and measure results Product Development: - How to conduct user research that actually informs product decisions - How to identify product-market fit (or lack thereof) - How to prioritize features based on user feedback Sales & Business: - How to close deals in a "push product" category - Insurance sales process and objection handling - Unit economics: CAC, conversion rates, LTV Entrepreneurship: - What it takes to build a company from scratch - How to validate ideas before building - How founders make decisions with incomplete information Who You Are Must-Haves: - Self-starter: You don't need handholding. Give you a goal, you figure out how to achieve it - Scrappy: Limited budget means creative solutions. You find ways to get things done - Communication skills: You can write cold emails people actually respond to. You can conduct interviews that extract real insights - Analytical: You love data. You track everything. You spot patterns - Comfortable with ambiguity: Things will change. Priorities will shift. You adapt - Hungry: You want to learn startup operations from 0 to 1 Nice-to-Haves: - Interest in fintech/insurance space - Prior experience in sales, growth, or user research - Comfortable with tools: Google Sheets, Notion, basic CRM - Active on LinkedIn/Twitter/relevant communities - Understanding of India's insurance landscape - Experience conducting user interviews or customer development Red Flags (You're NOT a fit if): - You need clear 9-6 structure and defined tasks - You avoid talking to strangers - You get discouraged by rejection - You need constant validation - You want a "resume-building" internship with minimal responsibility Why Join Us? 1. Real Impact: You'll see your suggestions implemented within days, not months 2. Direct Mentorship: Work directly with founder(s), Weekly 1-on-1s to discuss learnings and career growth, Exposure to VC pitches, product decisions, strategy 3. Potential Full-Time Role: If you crush it, we'll offer you a full-time position 4. Flexible & Remote-Friendly: Work from anywhere, focus on outcomes, not hours, Take ownership of your schedule 5. Unique Experience: Most 0-to-1 startups don't hire interns, build skills agencies and corporates can't teach