Studentive - interview with the winner of StartupAwards 2011
In our most recent interview, we've been talking to Martin Jerkovič, Co-Founder & Chief of Studentive, one of the winners of StartupAwards 2011.
1, Please, tell us about your project
Studentive is web platform that connects students and companies through simple tasks in order to find and recruit talents.
2, How many hours do you work on your startup per week?
I feel like working 70 hours a week, but in fact it’s less. The most important thing on doing your stuff is efficiency which is not that easy to follow. I need to work on that.
3, How long it took you to get from an idea to the MVP?
We got plenty of feedback, implemented it and after release nothing seems to be working. Users don’t know what they want. Company is the one to find out. I’m really not sure if we are that far (MVP).
4, What's the single most challenging thing you have to deal with at the moment?
User’s behavior shows that problem we solve is deeper than we expected. Next big challenge is to find out whether procrastination of students is involved within our concept. God help us if yes :)
5, Who's the most important person on your team?
When building things the most important person is builder. Talking about startups, it’s developer. I will rather answer the question who is the least important person right know. It’s me.
6, Would you rather choose a rockstar programmer for 2 months or a top PR agency for a year?
Product has to be perfect. This is the rule I follow since very beginning of my entrepreneurship. Viral marketing and PR stuff must come from product itself. Top coder is priceless in every situation.
7, What's the hottest startup these days, and why?
I really like Quora. I’m overwhelmed by its knowledge base provided by top people in startup industry and it’s still growing! If I have ever invested in startups, Quora would be first to do so.
Thanks again to Martin from Studentive for the interview!
