Company Description

Some of the most exciting startups are not built in boardrooms. They are built in markets, streets, and real conversations with real businesses.

Makeoffsee is a young, fast moving startup working on a bold venture in the Indian retail ecosystem. Our mission is to understand how retailers promote, how customers discover offers, and how offline commerce can connect better with digital discovery.

By bringing technology into everyday retail discovery, Makeoffsee aims to help businesses make their promotions visible and help shoppers discover meaningful offers across shops and malls.

Role Description

This opportunity allows you to participate in a live startup market validation project and see how founders understand real markets before launching a product.

Participants will engage with consumer facing retail businesses across high street stores and shopping centres through short in person conversations and simple online interactions using a structured survey. Individuals who already interact with retailers, shop owners, or local business partners as part of their professional ecosystem will find this especially relevant.

The insights collected will contribute to real startup work including market intelligence reports, GTM strategy inputs, and investor pitch deck preparation.

This is a chance to experience how startups validate ideas, understand markets, and build new ventures from the ground up while leveraging real on-ground retail exposure.

Qualifications

• MBA, BBA, management students or graduates, or professionals from sales, distribution, retail operations, or customer facing roles
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Professionals who already engage with retailers, shop owners, or local business networks through their work will find this experience particularly valuable
• Comfort interacting with retail business owners and partners
• Ability to conduct short conversations and capture insights clearly
• Curiosity about startups, markets, and business behaviour
• Comfort communicating in Marathi, Hindi, and basic English

Note

• Graduates will gain real exposure to startup market validation, GTM thinking, and receive a certificate of contribution.
• Professionals will gain strategic exposure to retail market intelligence and the opportunity to build meaningful ecosystem connections within the retail landscape.
• Strong contributors may also be considered for future full time opportunities with the startup.
• This is a project based opportunity and this phase does not include monetary compensation.