Welcome to the Startups, Entrepreneurship, & Freelancing Community!

The following sampling of tools and resources should be combined with your own research. We suggest you use targeted keyword searches to find representative employers and opportunities, explore professional associations, join LinkedIN groups, and browse additional job board postings.  Remember to also search LinkedIN and MyPenn (formerly QuakerNet) to connect with Penn alumni in fields related to your interests. Additionally, the sample jobs and employers are only a small selection of what’s posted in Handshake – log in to see much more! We also suggest using the Career Exploration section of our website for more information or researching by major.

Explore Careers

Check out Vault Guides to learn more about the various opportunities within start-ups, entrepreneurship and freelancing!

Make Connections

Networking is simply talking and building relationships with professionals in careers that interest you to help you learn what it’s like to work in a particular role, field, or industry. In addition to MyPenn (formerly QuakerNet) and LinkedIN, there are also a variety of other professional associations that you may find of interest. Read more about how to make connections. 

Search & Apply

When looking for jobs, Handshake is a great place to start looking!

Find Resources

On this page, we’ve compiled many resources to help you prepare for a career in a startup, or as an entrepreneur or freelancer. Of particular interest should be our industry specific job boards, as well as various professional organizations.

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Working at an early-stage start-up (Kade Pay)

Aria Eghbali, COL & SEAS ’24, Dix Hills, NY

This past summer I had the opportunity to work on a start-up which was operating in the B2B SaaS space, and more specifically, in payment infrastructure. The start-up was Kade Pay, …

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Career Services
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Boot Camp Series for Current & Incoming Master’s Students – How Hiring Works in North America

Are you a current or incoming master’s student ready to plan for the upcoming year? Are you already thinking about internships and full-time jobs and how to stand out in a competitive job market?

If so, this boot camp series …

By Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Reapplying to Companies: Unlock Your Career Potential

As a career advisor, I often look for common questions I hear from students that could inspire my blog posts. This past spring, several rising seniors asked me, “Is it okay to apply to companies I’ve applied to in the …

By Anne Dickinson
Anne Dickinson Senior Associate Director, The College
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Career Resources

LinkedIn Learning

Understanding and Supporting LGBTQ+ Employees

Taught by Rhodes Perry
Have you ever felt there was an aspect of yourself that you needed to hide at work? Have you ever…

Nano Tips To Improve Adaptability and Flexibility with Lorraine K. Lee

Taught by Lorraine K. Lee
Welcome to our Nano Tips series, where LinkedIn Learning creators deliver impactful lessons in literally seconds. In this course, keynote…

Become a Teacher

Taught by Dr. Monica Clem
Interested in pursuing a career in education? Becoming a teacher may be a whole lot easier than you think, especially…

Machine Learning with Python: Decision Trees

Taught by Frederick Nwanganga
Decision trees are one of the most common approaches used in supervised machine learning. Building a decision tree allows you…

Nail Your SQL Interview

Taught by Nichole Pulley
Are you looking for a new job but terrified about having to prove your skills? Worry not. A coding interview…

The 3-Minute Rule: Say Less to Get More

Taught by Brant Pinvidic
Want to deliver a pitch or presentation that grabs your audience and makes an impression? You can do it. But…

Accounting for Non-Accountants

Taught by Denise Probert
Accounting is the language of business. A strong knowledge of the basics will go a long way to helping you…

Practicing Diversity and Inclusion in Media and Entertainment

Taught by Ashley Kennedy
We can talk all day about diversity and inclusion, but that doesn’t come close to implementing it in practice. This…

Ace Your Web Developer Interview

Taught by Emma Bostian
You know you’re a great developer for the job, but how do you prove it to your interviewers? It can…

LinkedIn Quick Tips

Taught by Oliver Schinkten
This collection of LinkedIn quick tip videos is designed to demonstrate helpful tricks, explain useful features, and provide quick answers…

Removing Noise and Bias from Strategic Decision-Making

Taught by Becki Saltzman
Life is full of hard decisions. From your job to your personal life, every strategic decision you make has a…

Become a Music Business Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur in the music business understands the industry’s history, learns from the latest trends, and creatively pushes the boundaries…

Brainstorming Tools

Taught by Jamie Champagne
Using the right tool in the right manner can dramatically improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your brainstorming sessions. In…

Financial Literacy for Employees

Taught by Earl Stice
Do you ever find yourself confused by your company’s financial statements? That’s OK. You’re not alone. But being financially literate…

UX Research: International Projects

Taught by Cory Lebson
Do you ever feel like there’s a disconnect between your products and the rest of the world? While it’s certainly…

Project Management Skills for Leaders

Taught by Dana Brownlee
It’s easy to think of project management as some specialized magic that only certified project managers possess, but the truth…

Inside the Mind of an Aspiring Data Scientist

Taught by Khaulat Abdulhakeem
Project Create your own personal blueprint for transitioning into a career as a data scientist. Join instructor and career coach…

Mindfulness: A Critical Skill for Project Managers

Taught by Ruth Pearce
View Ruth’s LinkedIn Newsletter In the field of project management, there has been heightened attention on the value of interpersonal…

Leading through Chaos

Taught by Madecraft
Feeling like everything is out of control is incredibly frustrating, and the problem only intensifies when you’re in a position…

Finding a Remote Job

Taught by Mike Gutman
Do you want a remote job? Do you want more job flexibility? Do you want to be able to work…

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