The Entrepreneurship Center has a proven track record of generating outstanding internships and jobs for our students. The Entrepreneurship Center has placed over a hundred interns through its StEP program.
At the core of the program is MKT 465 – Entrepreneurship Sales and Marketing, open to ALL UMass Boston students, sign up today!*
This course prepares students for a job in the startup community with the potential to start an exciting and lucrative career in high-tech companies. Other valuable highlights to this course:
- Taught by the new Director of the Entrepreneurship Center, David McFarlane – a highly successful entrepreneur with links to the Boston startup community
- Trains students on the skills needed to gain an entry level sales/marketing position in a startup
- Live role play scenarios with experienced sales and marketing executives will prepare you for the multiple areas of responsibilities and interactions within a startup organization, as well as outward facing prospect and customer responsibilities that are required in a startup
- Exposure to the overall process and tools that drive a sales/marketing organization in a startup
- Provide direct access to internship opportunities, students who enroll in the course get to meet, engage and impress leading entrepreneurs in Boston’s startup community
The course will run Thursday evenings, 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm each week this fall.
To learn more, attend our MKT 465 Information Session on Thursday, July 25th from 4:45pm-5:30pm at the Venture Development Center, Wheatley Hall, 3rd floor.
*50 MAP miles will be awarded for attending, and MAP students should come prepared to interact with employers.