Innovation Consultant Business Development - Internship

About The Company
Mind the Bridge is a global organization that provides innovation advisory services for corporates and startups. With HQs in San Francisco (CA) and offices in London Italy and Spain we have been working as an international bridge at the intersection between Startups and Corporations since 2007. We scout filter and work with 1500 startups a year. We support global corporations in their innovation quest driving open innovation initiatives that often translate into curated deals with startups (namely PoCs licensing investments and/or acquisitions).Overall youll be working in a young diverse fastpaced environment that tries to stimulate the constant growth of employees by fostering their entrepreneurial attitude.

About The Role
As part of its advisory business Mind the Bridge assesses the open innovation activities of several corporates internationally. You will be supporting the analysis of such activities by studying large international companies. The work requires the ability to develop a deep understanding of a companys open innovation activities and of how large corporates work with startups. In particular you will be assessing corporatestartup collaborations under the different categories of Venture Client Investment M&A Venture Builder etc.Youll be working directly with the Director of Business Development throughout the project.This is a great opportunity to learn firsthand about open innovation the hottest business topic of the past few years within one of the top advisory companies.

You Are a Fit If

• You are knowledgeable about the open innovation/startup scene
• You have English language proficiency and you speak Spanish or Italian
• You are able to expose findings in a neat efficient way
• You are able to digest high volumes of information sum it up and package it in a professional way
• You have the ability to pitch ideas and produce wellcrafted presentations
• You are available for 6 months.

About Your Soft Skills

• You are CURIOUS and have a high desire to learn
• You are passionate about innovation
• You have an entrepreneurial cando attitude
• You are proactive in identifying problems (and solving them)
• You like to give and receive feedback from team members
• You are able to prioritize tasks and act on sudden deadlines

Employment Type
Internship Fulltime

Location
Hybrid i.e. 4 days on site and 1 day remote per week.

Perks
Unlimited holidays flexible location great office and more!