Many leading graduate and undergraduate schools, and some non-profits, offer free or very low-cost consulting to early-stage companies. We suggest look the schools in your geography. We also suggest contact the student special interest groups at your local major university, e.g., the entrepreneurship club or computer science club. They may be a source of talent and interns.
USA
National: Venture Mentoring Team, SCORE
Harvard | MIT | Penn | Princeton | Yale: Collegiate Capital Partners
CA: UC Berkeley Venture Strategy Solutions, UCLA* Consulting from UCLA Staff
CT: Yale – YES Internship Program
IL: University of Chicago* Midway Ventures and Polsky Small Business Growth Program; University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne EntreCorps Consulting
MA: Harvard Business School Independent Projects, Harvard Undergraduate Capital Partners, MIT B2G Lab, MIT Startup Exchange
MI: University of Michigan – Mpowered Consulting
NJ: Princeton University* – Intelispark Consulting on Federal Funding for Startups
NY: Cornell Consulting Club, Cornell Tech Product Studio; NYU – Stern Solutions, NYU Strategic Venture Society; Columbia Business School Small Business Consulting Program
NC: Duke University – Community Consulting Program
PA: U. Penn Wharton – Snider Center Venture Consulting
PA: Carnegie Mellon – Undergraduate Consulting Club, Tepper School of Business Strategic Management of the Enterprise MBA Capstone
TX: University of Texas, Austin – Texas Venture Labs
Canada
University of British Columbia – 180 Degrees Consulting
McGill (Toronto) – JED Consulting
UK
London Business School* – Incubator Program
Oxford University and Goldman Sachs – 10,000 Small Businesses UK
Oxford University – Oxentia Global Innovation Consulting
India
Indian School of Business with SDA Bocconi – Idea to Startup Lab
IIM Ahmedabad – Forum for Industry Interaction
IIM Bangalore with Goldman Sachs – 10,000 Women, Women Startup Program
IIT Madras – 180 Degrees Consulting
Global
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*programs only for university students