Role Summary

The Assistant Incubation Manager will run the incubation program and work closely with student founders to help them build real startups. The role focuses on selecting the right teams, supporting them through structured programs, and ensuring they make measurable progress.

Key Responsibilities

Run Incubation Cohorts
Execute two cohorts per year
Define stages: idea → validation → MVP → early traction
Set milestones and review progress regularly

Select & Filter Startups
Identify and evaluate startup ideas and teams
Decide who gets in and who doesn’t
Exit teams that are not making progress

Work Hands-on with Founders
Run clinics, bootcamps, and 1:1 sessions
Help founders validate ideas, build MVPs, and go to market
Push teams toward real customer engagement

Mentors & Ecosystem
Identify and onboard relevant, active mentors
Match mentors to startups based on need
Ensure mentors are actually engaged

Funding Support
Prepare startups for funding (pitch, metrics, storytelling)




Connect them to grants, competitions, and early-stage investors
Support founders through the fundraising process

Track Outcomes
Monitor startup progress (MVPs, users, revenue, funding)
Improve the program based on outcomes

Entrepreneurship Evangelising & Pipeline Building
Design and run startup-focused events (talks, founder sessions, bootcamps)
Actively promote entrepreneurship across campus
Convert event participation into serious startup applications
Build sustained interest, not one-time attendance

What Success Looks Like

Solid founders and focused cohorts
Startups reaching MVP and early validation
Active mentor involvement
Startups able to secure grants / early funding
Weak ideas filtered out early

Who This Role Suits

Experience in startups, incubation, or early-stage ecosystem
Hands-on and execution-focused
Team player

📌 Assistant Manager (Dehradun)
🏢 UPES
📍 Dehradun