Make a positive impact by working at a startup
Want to have a great career and also make a positive difference in the world around you? You don’t have to look further than startups to get both—become involved today, you won’t regret it!
Why Startups Can Be Agents for Good
Mission First: Startups are like nonprofits in that they are driven by missions to improve the world of business in some useful way for individuals and/or institutions. As an example, check out how students used entrepreneurship for good at the recent Colorado Sustainability Challenge!
Speed of Change: Startups can make quick pivots to address needed change real-time making them often well-suited for addressing the most important issues of our time.
Ability to Scale: Once a startup has fully vetted an idea, the funding and support around entrepreneurial endeavors at CU, in Boulder, and in Colorado can allow that idea to flourish and reach a huge audience.
How to Make your Positive Impact
Start a Company
Do you have a great business idea or a a sense of how to to make the world a better place? CU Boulder is loaded with ways to enable you to take your idea to revenue. CU Boulder's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative offers a myriad of opportunities to vet your idea, build a go-to market strategy, connect with mentors, build a business plan and earn highly valued startup funding!
OR Jump on a Good Idea
You don’t have to have the initial idea to help lead change at startups. Startups2Students connects you to already established startups and you can find the companies best suited to your interests! On Handshake, we have hundreds of companies and thousands of positions tagged to help ease your search for great internships and jobs! We also have our next Startups2Students event coming up on January 29 and you can RSVP here.
OR Become an Intrapraneur
Not all innovators work at brand new companies. Many of the world’s greatest change agents are people innovating at large companies, within government or nonprofits. Honing transferable skills will allow you to make an impact no matter where you are in your career or what company writes your checks. Career Services has plenty of tools to help you find a position that works for you!