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I just launched a pet project with a few friends and I'd love to hear any feedback. It's a website that connects students looking for internships and employers

I just launched a pet project with a few friends and I'd love to hear any feedback. It's a website that connects students looking for internships and employers providing them. The focus is advertising/marketing industries, but we're looking to expand into other verticals in the future. Thanks!

csytan 18y ago
The graphics and layout of your site look great :) I have a suggestion that might be of use: reduce the content on your main page so that the user can tell in 15 seconds or less what your site does, and how to get started. Some examples: - removing "Search Employers, Internships, and Reviews" and the middle search box, while leaving the one on the top - Removing "My Portfolio", should be shown only when logged in - Moving "Contact Us" to the bottom of the page - Removing "recent reviews" and replacing it with "From the Blogs - Adding some big buttons for "Students" and "Employers" (your main audience) Keep up the good work!
- wheels 18y ago
  Agreed, same thing I said yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=342705 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=342705 Too much off-message content right up front. "Freedom from coffee and copies" and "new and improved" are the two messages you hit me with on first impression, which loses me. Your message seems to be, "YouIntern.com brings students and employers together." That's what needs to be in 1000 point font. You should follow up with your main point of differentiation, i.e. "by crawling 8 bazillion thingers and having a team of monkeys sort them to match your skills".
  - walterk 18y ago
    Nod. "Freedom from coffee and copies" should be replaced with "Bringing students and employers together". I'd also change "But you need a great internship, one that moves your career forward" to simply "A great internship that moves your career forward."
    - wheels 18y ago
      Thinking about this one further -- I might change it to be more targeted at employers. I think they're the harder group to get on board, and if you get them, and the right ones, then the students will follow. Maybe something like, "Great minds, at a special, introductory price." ;-)

csytan 18y ago

The graphics and layout of your site look great :) I have a suggestion that might be of use: reduce the content on your main page so that the user can tell in 15 seconds or less what your site does, and how to get started. Some examples: - removing "Search Employers, Internships, and Reviews" and the middle search box, while leaving the one on the top - Removing "My Portfolio", should be shown only when logged in - Moving "Contact Us" to the bottom of the page - Removing "recent reviews" and replacing it with "From the Blogs - Adding some big buttons for "Students" and "Employers" (your main audience) Keep up the good work!

wheels 18y ago
Agreed, same thing I said yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=342705 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=342705 Too much off-message content right up front. "Freedom from coffee and copies" and "new and improved" are the two messages you hit me with on first impression, which loses me. Your message seems to be, "YouIntern.com brings students and employers together." That's what needs to be in 1000 point font. You should follow up with your main point of differentiation, i.e. "by crawling 8 bazillion thingers and having a team of monkeys sort them to match your skills".
- walterk 18y ago
  Nod. "Freedom from coffee and copies" should be replaced with "Bringing students and employers together". I'd also change "But you need a great internship, one that moves your career forward" to simply "A great internship that moves your career forward."
  - wheels 18y ago
    Thinking about this one further -- I might change it to be more targeted at employers. I think they're the harder group to get on board, and if you get them, and the right ones, then the students will follow. Maybe something like, "Great minds, at a special, introductory price." ;-)