Uber for real work experience. Nicely done Jake Fox. How has the uptake been so far? Any interesting challenges the community could help with?

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3yr ago

Jake fox

Paperound

Maker

@ray_rafiq Thanks Ray! So far so good, for a relatively simple Product v1 we've managed to facilitate 200+ projects and Student Taskers have earned a collective £12k from us which is great to see (obviously the experience itself is worth just as much). Challenges - I guess figuring out Product Market Fit: How do founders see this in regards to their alterntive options for resourcing/freelancing platforms? What are the main skills that are going to be instantly useful on an ad-hoc basis? And, how do I find people at the time they need the extra pair of hands..

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3yr ago

Maxwell Davis

This looks really interesting - tend to agree you have a challenge versus other resourcing/freelancing platforms… I can think of two angles that might be worth marketing on - time zone and language

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3yr ago

Jake fox

Paperound

Maker

@maxwellcdavis Hi Maxwell, 100% For now, we're focused on the idea of locality ('UK students working with UK busineses', and in some cases, even in the same city). There's been some evidence so far that users like the idea of someone close to them, partly because they may become a future hire but also language, time zone, ease of working etc

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3yr ago

Younghwi Cho

Mint Club

This is such a brilliant idea! Is there a verification process to check whether they are actual university students?

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3yr ago

Jake fox

Paperound

Maker

@andrew_cho Yep :) We do this via their University ac.uk email address (and allow students to stay on the platform up to a year since their graduation)

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3yr ago

Paperound

Outsource company tasks to UK students on-demand

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