Campus Venture Partner

About the Role: As a StartX Campus Venture Partner, you’ll be at the heart of Stanford’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, driving awareness of StartX, building partnerships, and connecting top founders with the StartX community. You’ll organize high-impact events, engage with key entrepreneurship organizations across campus, and help grow StartX . This role is for current Stanford undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, residents and other Stanford affiliated positions only . This is a unique opportunity to work alongside Stanford’s top entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors while gaining firsthand experience in startups, accelerators, and venture capital. What you’ll do: Event leadership: Plan, organize, and promote key StartX events on campus, such as Campus Demo Day, info sessions, social gatherings, speaker events, and hackathons. Stanford Partnership: Build and sustain strong relationships with campus accelerators, entrepreneurship organizations, student groups, classes, and faculty/staff. Ambassador & Outreach: Serve as a StartX ambassador by representing and advocating for StartX at events on campus and sharing campus opportunities/resources with the StartX community. Founder Engagement: Actively source and engage with the next generation of great Stanford founders from across all schools and backgrounds. StartX AI Vertical Development: Help shape StartX AI Vertical, organize events, build relationships with top Stanford AI faculty/researchers/labs, corporate partners and VCs, interview AI founders, conduct market research, etc. We've been supporting Stanford AI founders since 2015, so the bench is strong! StartX Med Vertical Development: Build on an already strong StartX Med community to help advance medical innovation, organize events, build relationships with top Stanford medical founders,faculty, researchers, labs, corporate partners and VCs, interview med founders, conduct market research, etc. Exclusive Access: Attend exclusive StartX events, engage with top-tier StartX founders and investors, and gain insider knowledge on startups, accelerators and VCs. Who you are: Current Stanford undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, residents and other Stanford affiliated positions A passion for entrepreneurship and building strong communities. Enjoys attending and organizing events, and engaging with founders. A hustler: organized, fast-paced, highly motivated, and proactive. Well-connected on campus, ideally with leadership experience in student organizations related to entrepreneurship and AI. Strong sense of responsibility and conscientiousness. Bonus: Background or network in Stanford CS Department & AI labs, School of Engineering, Business, Medicine, and Sustainability. A minimum 6-month commitment (5-10 hours per week), with the potential for a summer internship at StartX. This is a unpaid volunteer role. What is StartX: StartX is the premier startup community, accelerator, and fellowship program for over 2500+ Stanford founders, offering support without requiring equity. We are the strongest network of Stanford entrepreneurs, spanning fields such as AI, healthcare, sustainability, and more. Why work for StartX: Working at StartX is an outstanding way to supercharge your career. Many former interns have gone on to found companies, join high-growth startups, or work at top venture capital firms. The experience provides unparalleled exposure to talented operators and the chance to learn from experienced entrepreneurs. You'll get to connect with a diverse group of founders at the early stages of their careers, giving you a front-row seat to the startup journey and building relationships that can last a lifetime. It's a unique opportunity to develop skills, grow your network, and gain insights that will set you up for success in the future. Some former interns and employees include: Evan Spiegel - Founder of Snap David Rosenthal - Founder of the Acquired Podcast Divya Nag Nahes, Director of Health, Apple Jonathan Golden, Early DropBox, Airbnb, Perplexity, Former Partner, NEA Alice Brooks - Partner at Khosla Ventures Jocelyn Kinsey, partner at DFJ Growth Brad Newman - Director of Legal Engineering, Cooley LLP Andrew Scheuermann, CEO @Arch Systems Siddhartha Singh - Cofounder of MyMoneyKarma John Melas-Kyriazi - CEO of Standard Metrics Suzanne Rombeau Fletcher - Founder & GP of Zelda Ventures Brian Hoffman - Director of Blue Ventures at Washington Maritime Blue