The Summer Startup Internship Program provides students with the rare experience of working at early-stage startups in the real world.
In this program, students at The Garage now have the unique opportunity to sharpen their skills as founders and gain valuable real-world experience working at an early-stage startup founded by alumni of Northwestern University.
SelfActualize.AI is a B2B SaaS company focused on massively scaling coaching in enterprises. We create AI-powered coaches based on real-life coaches, putting a world-class coach in every employee’s pocket. Our coaching goes above & beyond what a traditional coach can do, by integrating into enterprise workflows–goal tracking, calendars, and company content.
Offering a Sales & Marketing Internship
We're looking for a sharp, high-energy Sales & Marketing Intern to join our team in person at our San Francisco office for Summer 2025. You'll get hands-on experience across sales, marketing, and growth. From cold outreach to demos, collateral to events—you’ll be in the trenches helping us reach new customers and build momentum.This internship is perfect for someone who wants exposure to sales, startups, AI, and entrepreneurship—and wants to work closely with startup founders and a fast-moving team in a collaborative, in-person environment.
Change is a fast-growing startup at the intersection of payments and legal tech. Our all-in-one, API-first platform helps businesses grow revenue by embedding donations directly into their customer experiences. Thousands of companies like Mars, DraftKings, and Brex use Change to drive brand love and real-world impact. We're backed by top investors like NEA and Freestyle to bring this mission to life.
Offering a Software Engineering Internship
At Change, we're on a mission to redefine how every online donation is processed. We’re backed by amazing investors like NEA, Freestyle, and Sequoia, and work with companies like Mars, Brex, and Jackpocket. We’re looking for a Software Engineering Intern to join our small, scrappy team in San Francisco. You’ll work across the stack to build and ship product features on our donation processing platform including web app development, API design, and AI-powered features that make giving smarter.
Le Alfré is a Men's clothing combining playfully elegant clothes at an affordable price.
Offering an Operations Analyst Internship
This is an on-site role working with a fast-paced, exciting and ambitious team of 2 right in the middle of New York. This role will be in person (Monday - Friday). The Operations Analyst will have a unique opportunity to work directly with our founder with the responsibility of assisting with the day-to-day operations of the business. You will be overseeing and taking over all website management including new product launches, AB testing, site merchandising as well as inventory management, order fulfillment, data analytics, and handle all club member / customer service inquires. The Operations Analyst will also assist with operations management and organizational tasks with e-commerce platforms like Shopify, Shipstation, Gorgias, etc. Additional tasks include in-store sales with clients, helping out with photoshoots and videoshoots around New York, The Hamptons, Nantucket, etc.
Students benefit from working at an early-stage startup - in a position in their desired field, in an industry they're interested in.
Students walk away with skills that can be applied to their own startups, or in future positions in the workforce.
Students are matched with a startup they're interested in, and benefit from the experience of working directly with founders.
Any full-time undergraduate Northwestern student can apply for the program.
Browse the available internships to identify which ones you may be interested in before submitting an application. You'll be prompted to choose which internships you'd like to apply to in the first step of the application process.
You'll submit an application through the form linked on this site. You'll then be contacted by a representative at the startups you applied to in order to kick off the interview process.
Mid May
Students are expected to work 40 hours a week, in person at their job site, for up to 10 weeks during the summer.
The Garage will provide a stipend of $5,000 per position - additional compensation will differ depending on the amount allotted by each company.