Aditya Rao
Sophomore · Engineering and Computing
Front end. React and TypeScript, and I write the tests.
ReactTypeScriptNode
Write the project
Scope, deliverables, and what each deliverable pays.
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How We Help Founders
We help you hire without cash
A student can take equity or course credit instead of a fee, so an empty bank account does not decide who you work with.
We show you who can build it
Your classmates already have the skills you need, and until now there was no way to find them.
We let you test a partnership
A co-founder split is permanent. Run one small paid project first and find out how somebody works.
We schedule the equity
Each share is tied to one piece of work and vests when that work is approved. No surprises later.
We find the funding and tools
Competitions, grants, free software credits and legal templates. Over a hundred, kept current.
How it works
Four steps, one agreement.
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Meet verified students
Read real profiles, see skills and past work, then pick the person.
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Sign one agreement
Choose cash, equity, or credit. The template handles each one cleanly.
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Approve the deliverables
Each one is approved on its own. Cash releases, and the equity attached to it vests.
Vesting
Unfinished work vests nothing.
A share of the company, split across the deliverables. Not a promise in a group chat.
- Each deliverable carries its own portion of equity, and it vests when that deliverable is approved.
- Work that is not finished vests nothing. Someone who leaves in week two keeps what they shipped and nothing else.
- No cash value is put on the equity. What it is worth is a question for whenever the company is valued or sold.
Lumen Labs
Founding mobile engineer
0.85% of the company
ShipsOnboarding flow on iOS. Vests 0.20%.
ShipsMeter readings in the app. Vests 0.35%.
ShipsHandover and the build pipeline. Vests 0.30%.
Vested after two deliverables0.55%
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Who is on the board
The people you would be hiring.
Every profile is a real student at your university, visible only inside your school.
Ash Lindqvist
Sophomore · Arts and Science
User research. I find out why nobody is using it.
User researchInterviews
Arash Kamali
Junior · Engineering and Computing
Embedded. Firmware, sensors and the board they sit on.
EmbeddedHardwareC++
You can see what they have finished.
A profile carries the work, not just the claim. Anything done through the platform is verified directly by the founder who approved the work.
Available
20+ hrs · remote
0Engagement completed
Daniel Park
ML and data. I care whether the model actually helps.
ML
Python
Data science
Miami Data Science Club
Others in the same college
Bridget NolanBackend and databases. Two of my class projects are still running.- Priya RamanBuilding Latch. Previously shipped access control for a maker space.
Diego SalazarFounder at Overhaul Cycles.
0%
of your company, taken by us
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standard agreement, whichever way you pay
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ways to pay: cash, equity, or credit
Common questions.
Do you take equity in my company?
No. We charge for optional founder tools and for school licenses, never for a share of your company.
Are the students employees?
No. They join as paid contractors on a specific project, or earn course credit through a program your campus already runs.
Is it legal to pay someone in equity?
It can be, when it is set up properly. You get a standard agreement, and anything unusual is flagged for your campus law clinic.
What happens to our IP?
The agreement assigns the work to your company. If school resources or course credit could affect ownership, we flag it before the work starts.
What does it cost?
Posting work and matching are free. Optional founder tools and school licenses are what we charge for.
See it on your own campus.
Tell us what you are building and we will set up a demo.