About Curd Rice

Curd Rice is a strategy and business consulting company helping businesses build stronger, smarter, and more scalable organisations.

We work across business strategy, growth, operations, technology, AI, branding, and business transformation, with a solid focus on practical execution and measurable business outcomes.

About the Role

We're looking for a proactive and ambitious Business Development & Client Acquisition Intern to help build Curd Rice's client pipeline and growth opportunities.

You will work closely with the founding and business development team to identify potential clients, understand their businesses, connect with decision-makers, initiate conversations, follow up on opportunities, and support the client acquisition process.

This is a sales-oriented, high-ownership role for someone who enjoys communication, research, networking, persuasion, and creating business opportunities.

You will get hands-on exposure to B2B sales, consulting, client acquisition, business development, and growth strategy.

What You'll Do

- Identify and research potential B2B clients across relevant industries.
- Build targeted prospect lists based on defined client profiles.
- Identify founders, CEOs, CXOs, and key decision-makers.
- Understand prospect companies, industries, business models, and potential challenges.
- Initiate conversations through LinkedIn, email, phone, WhatsApp, and other relevant channels.
- Create personalised outreach messages with the support of AI tools.
- Follow up consistently with prospects and maintain a structured follow-up pipeline.
- Qualify prospects based on business need, fit, urgency, and opportunity.




- Schedule meetings between qualified prospects and the Curd Rice team.
- Maintain accurate CRM and prospect records.
- Track outreach, responses, meetings, opportunities, and conversions.
- Support preparation of proposals, presentations, and introductory material.
- Research new industries, sectors, and markets for business opportunities.
- Support client acquisition campaigns and business development initiatives.
- Work with the founding team to test new approaches for generating business.
- Prepare weekly business development reports and pipeline updates.

What You'll Learn

- B2B sales and client acquisition
- Business development
- Consulting sales
- Prospecting and qualification
- Client communication
- Negotiation fundamentals
- CRM and sales pipeline management
- AI-assisted sales workflows
- Business research
- Growth strategy
- How a consulting business acquires and serves clients

Who Can Apply

- Students or fresh graduates pursuing BBA, MBA, B.Com, BBM, or any relevant degree.
- 0–1 year experience is welcome.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good spoken and written English.
- Comfortable speaking with business owners and professionals.
- Confident using LinkedIn, Google, Excel/Google Sheets, and AI tools.
- Interest in sales, business development, consulting, startups, or entrepreneurship.
- Proactive, persistent,



and comfortable with follow-ups.
- Ability to handle rejection positively and keep moving.
- Strong ownership and willingness to work towards measurable targets.

What We Expect

This is an output-oriented business development internship.

You will be expected to work towards measurable outcomes such as:

- Qualified prospects identified.
- Decision-makers reached.
- Outreach conversations initiated.
- Follow-ups completed.
- Qualified meetings generated.
- Sales opportunities created.
- CRM accuracy maintained.
- Pipeline activity consistently tracked.

We value quality of conversations and opportunities over simply sending a large number of messages.

Why Join Curd Rice

- Work directly with the founding and business development team.
- Learn B2B sales through real client opportunities.
- Interact with founders, business owners, and senior decision-makers.
- Gain practical experience in consulting and client acquisition.
- Learn modern AI-assisted sales and prospecting techniques.
- Work across multiple industries and business segments.
- Build strong communication, sales, and business development skills.
- Performance-based growth opportunities.
- Opportunity for full-time conversion based on performance.

Who Will Succeed in This Role

You don't need years of sales experience.

We are looking for someone who is:

Curious. Persistent. Confident. Organised. Hungry to learn.

Someone who doesn't wait for a prospect to respond, but knows how to research, approach, follow up, create conversations, and turn opportunities into business.

Work Location: In person

- Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

📌 Business Development & Client Acquisition Intern (Coimbatore)
🏢 Curd Rice
📍 Coimbatore