Entrepreneurial Internship

Even if you are going in internship in your own company, you still need to fill out the same web form as the other students; you just need to fill it out a little differently.

Under "Work tasks agreed", enter information about tasks, mentors and other things your supervisor needs to know in order to approve the internship.

Since you don't have a contact person, fill in the required fields as follows:

The same applies if you don’t have a company name, address, etc. yet:

To get the best possible professional sparring, it is important that you find a mentor who is active in the business community and has several years of experience in the field you are looking for sparring in.

The mentor profile depends on what you need sparring for.

A qualified mentor:

• Can give you sparring in relation to one or more of the areas you are working on developing in the company.
• Can set aside time for 2-4 mentor meetings of 1-1 1/2 hours’ duration during your internship.
• Can ask you questions that challenge you and give you new learning
• Will share their experience

An external mentor cannot be employed at KEA and cannot be a student.

It’s your mentor’s role to be your professional sparring partner during your internship.

You can expect to have a dialogue with your mentor about the professional issues you have agreed to talk about.

You can't expect your mentor to solve your challenges or to provide you with solutions.

It’s not your mentor’s role to approve the contract, to read or approve your internship report or to evaluate your exam.

It is your role as a mentee to take the initiative to meet with your mentor and to be open to professional sparring.

This means that you must be willing to listen to and let yourself inspire by your mentor's experience.

You must, in advance, agree on the framework for the mentoring which is to be described in the contract.

There is a clear expectation that you meet with your mentor 2-4 times of 1-1 1/2 hours spread over the duration of your internship.

It is your responsibility to invite to the mentor meetings. This means that you must prepare an agenda for each meeting and send it to your mentor well in advance of the meeting.

Before the meeting, you can prepare:

• What do I want to say at the meeting
• What do I want to ask at the meeting
• What do I want to achieve with the meeting

It is your responsibility to write a short record of the meeting and send it to your mentor within a few days after the meeting. You may want to cc your internship supervisor.

The relationship between you and your mentor is professional. You should take the initiative to write an agreement between you to ensure that your expectations balance.

You can also choose to use this template for the agreement. 

Download template for mentoring agreement (PDF)

The mentor relationship ends at the end of the internship.

Both mentor and mentee can break off the mentor relationship at any time if necessary. If one party decides to break off the mentor relationship, the other party must be informed and the student must inform the internship supervisor.

The Ignite coach is a teacher with special knowledge about entrepreneurship.

The coach's role is solely to support you in your internship process based on your project plan.

The coach cannot replace your internship supervisor nor your external mentor(s)

The coach cannot offer guidance on the exam and cannot be a censor at the exam.

It is mandatory to attend the kick off meeting.

At the meeting you will be introduced to KEA Ignite, you will meet the other startups and you will have the first conversation with your Ignite coach.

The starting point for this conversation is your project plan, so remember to bring it.

It is mandatory that you attend the Pitch Jam Sessions every two weeks.

The purpose is to support you in your work on developing your company or your business idea.

Based on your project plan, you pitch what you have been working on during the past week and what tasks you want to work with in the coming week. You should also bring an issue you would especially like sparring on. The coach and the other startups will give you feedback and sparring, and you will give feedback and sparring to the other startups. Each person has 15 minutes for pitch and feedback.

It is a requirement that you actively participate in Pitch Jam Sessions and spar with the other startups.

You have the opportunity to book your Ignite coach for individual coaching 2x45 minutes for 10 weeks of internship and 4x45 minutes for 20 weeks of internship. That is a special offer which does not replace the meetings with your external mentor.

If you want to book individual coaching, contact your Ignite coach and arrange a time for coaching. You must inform the coach in advance what you would like to talk about so that you get the most out of the meeting. If you have not informed the coach in advance what you are going to talk about, the coach may cancel the meeting.

You have the opportunity to sign up for workshops offered through NEH2 – Nordic Entrepreneurship hub 2. For more information see neh.kea.dk

If you are interested in a workshop that is not on offer, contact your ignite coach or Ignite facilitator Gitte Jul (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), who will explore the possibility for you to attend the workshop.

As an Ignite participant, you can register your company in Virk with a c/o address at KEA.

This is only an option for students at KEA who participate in KEA Ignite or in NEH2 and who are unable to register their company with an address elsewhere.

As soon as you graduate or for other reasons are no longer a student at KEA, you must change the address so that the company is no longer registered at KEA.

If you have registered your company with a c/o address at KEA, KEA can receive mail for your company, but disclaims any responsibility for mail you might not receive.

You must periodically check whether mail has arrived for your company by contacting KEA's reception at PCG.