Sales & Marketing Intern — Purple BusinessRole: Sales & Marketing Intern (Business Development & Growth)

Company: Purple Business

Stage: Early-stage AI startup (Pre-Launch)

Compensation: Performance-based incentives (No fixed stipend)

Location: Remote / Flexible

About Purple BusinessPurple Business is an AI-powered business growth platform being built to help restaurants, cafes, local businesses, and small and medium enterprises grow smarter and faster.

Our vision is to make powerful marketing, customer acquisition, business intelligence, branding, and growth strategies accessible to every business through AI.

We are currently in the pre-product launch stage, building our platform while actively exploring the market, understanding customer needs, establishing relationships with businesses, and developing our go-to-market strategy.

We are looking for ambitious, proactive, and entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing Interns who want to gain hands-on experience in building the sales and growth engine of an AI startup from the ground up.

This is not a conventional internship where you simply execute assigned marketing tasks. You'll have the prospect to experiment with sales strategies, engage with real businesses, understand market challenges, and contribute directly to how Purple Business acquires its first customers.

Key Responsibilities1.

Outbound

Sales &

• Business Development

- Identify and research potential customers, particularly restaurants, cafes, retail stores, service providers, and other small businesses.
- Conduct consistent outbound prospecting through cold emails, LinkedIn outreach, phone calls, Instagram DMs, and other appropriate channels.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of potential customers interested in Purple Business.
- Connect with business owners, founders, managers, and decision-makers to understand their marketing and growth challenges.
- Develop personalized outreach messages, cold-email sequences, follow-ups, and sales pitches.
- Schedule discovery calls, product demonstrations, and introductory meetings with potential customers.
- Follow up systematically with prospects and work toward converting qualified opportunities into pilot customers and paying customers when the product is ready.

2.

Sales

Strategy &

• Sales Cycle Development
- Understand and help develop the complete B2B sales cycle, including prospecting, lead qualification, discovery, pitching, objection handling, negotiation, closing, and follow-up.
- Experiment with different outreach approaches, sales scripts, value propositions, and customer segments.
- Develop compelling sales pitches tailored to different types of businesses and their specific challenges.
- Identify common customer objections and develop strategies to address them.
- Help establish repeatable sales processes, lead qualification frameworks, CRM workflows, and follow-up systems.
- Monitor important sales metrics such as outreach volume, response rates, qualified leads, booked meetings, conversion rates, and pipeline progress.

3.

Inbound

Marketing &

• Social Media Growth
- Contribute to Purple Business's inbound marketing strategy to attract potential customers organically.
- Develop and execute social media growth strategies across Instagram, LinkedIn, and other relevant platforms.
- Brainstorm content ideas, campaigns, reels, carousels,



and business-focused educational content.
- Identify opportunities to generate inbound leads through content marketing, communities, referrals, partnerships, and organic discovery.
- Collaborate with visual design and motion design teams to develop engaging marketing creatives and advertisements.
- Explore SEO, lead magnets, landing pages, and other inbound lead generation strategies.

4.

Product

Understanding &

• Market Research
- Develop a strong understanding of Purple Business, its vision, capabilities, target customers, and competitive advantages.
- Research how restaurants and small businesses currently handle marketing, customer acquisition, branding, advertising, and business growth.
- Identify customer pain points, unmet needs, and opportunities that Purple Business could address.
- Gather feedback directly from business owners and share actionable insights with the founding and product teams.
- Analyze competitors, market trends, pricing models, and emerging AI-powered business solutions.
- Help validate product positioning, pricing assumptions, and potential use cases before launch.

5. Pre-Launch Growth & • Go-to-Market Execution
- Help Purple Business build its initial customer pipeline before the product officially launches.
- Identify early adopters willing to participate in discovery interviews, product feedback sessions, and pilot programs.
- Experiment with different positioning statements, customer acquisition channels, and go-to-market approaches.
- Assist in developing the company's initial marketing and sales playbook.
- Create strategies to convert early interest into product trials, pilot partnerships, and paying customers once commercially available.
- Work directly with the founding team to identify what works, improve unsuccessful approaches, and continuously refine the growth strategy.

Requirements
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with confidence in approaching business owners and decision-makers.
- Genuine interest in sales, marketing, entrepreneurship, business development, and startup growth.
- Comfortable with cold outreach, prospecting, follow-ups, and initiating conversations with unfamiliar people.
- Understanding of basic sales concepts such as lead generation, sales funnels, qualification, conversion, and customer acquisition.
- Interest in both outbound sales and inbound marketing strategies.
- Familiarity with social media platforms, digital marketing trends, and content-driven growth.
- Ability to understand a product, identify its value proposition, and explain it convincingly to potential customers.
- Willingness to research industries, analyze competitors, and experiment with different customer acquisition approaches.
- Ability to track leads, manage outreach records, and organize follow-ups using spreadsheets or CRM tools.
- A proactive, independent, and results-oriented approach to work.




- Comfortable working in an early-stage startup environment where strategies, product offerings, and priorities may evolve.

Previous sales experience is not mandatory. We value initiative, curiosity, communication ability, and willingness to learn more than academic qualifications. Who We're Looking ForWe're particularly interested in candidates who:

- Enjoy talking to people, building relationships, and persuading others through genuine value.
- Are not afraid of cold calling, cold emailing, or handling rejection.
- Can independently find business opportunities rather than waiting for instructions.
- Think creatively about how to attract, engage, and convert potential customers.
- Are curious about why businesses succeed, why customers buy, and how sales strategies work.
- Have an experimental mindset and are comfortable testing different sales and marketing approaches.
- Want to understand how a startup acquires its first 10, 100, and eventually 1,000 customers.
- Are enthusiastic about AI, business growth, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
- Want to work closely with startup founders and contribute meaningfully during the earliest stages of building a company.

Compensation & Performance-Based IncentivesThis internship does not currently offer a fixed stipend or guaranteed earnings. Instead, Purple Business intends to offer performance-based financial incentives linked to successful business development and customer acquisition outcomes.

Depending on the agreed incentive plan, eligible achievements may include:

- Successfully acquiring new paying customers.
- Converting qualified business prospects into confirmed commercial deals.
- Securing eligible paid pilot engagements or partnerships.
- Achieving predefined sales and customer acquisition milestones.

The incentive structure, qualifying conditions, payment timelines, and eligibility requirements will be communicated in writing before commencement. As Purple Business is currently in its pre-launch stage, commercial conversion opportunities may initially be limited. No minimum earnings or guaranteed conversion opportunities are promised.

Any arrangement will be subject to applicable internship, employment, and compensation laws.

What You'll Gain

- Direct Founder Collaboration: Work closely with the Purple Business founding team on real sales, marketing, product positioning, and business growth challenges.
- Real-World Sales Experience: Learn how to approach customers, conduct discovery calls, handle objections, build pipelines, and develop sales strategies.
- Startup Building Experience: Experience the journey of taking an AI product from its pre-launch stage to its first customers.
- Marketing & GTM Exposure: Gain practical knowledge of outbound prospecting, inbound marketing, customer acquisition, positioning, and go-to-market execution.
- AI & Business Knowledge: Understand how AI-powered solutions can help businesses improve their marketing and growth.
- Performance-Based Earning Opportunities: Become eligible for incentives based on the agreed structure and qualifying outcomes.
- Professional Portfolio: Build documented experience in customer research, campaign execution, lead generation, and sales performance.
- Mentorship & Career Development: Receive feedback on communication, sales strategy, marketing, business thinking, and professional development.

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