Comparative Research
Our selling factor is that we are multi-dimensional and easy to use. On one side of the spectrum are platforms that are multi-dimensional, like a personal website, but require a lot of time and creativity to make it look legit. On the one-dimensional side are most platforms that are geared towards job-hunting, recruiting, and freelance work around one area. We noticed that there was a difference between portfolio making and personal website making, because the portfolio is also one-dimensional (focusing on one aspect of a person).
Participatory Roadmapping
Interviewee #1
My first interviewee gave us some good feedback for our roadmap. For some features to include soon, they suggested adding integrations for Dropbox and Google Drive, where users might keep their information. We added a feature for tags, so this ties into creating a different view for recruiters (filter by tags)
In later, it would nice to host networking events for people on the platform based on interests.
For much later: matching company cultures with people
- A lot of people leave internships because the company is just not a good fit.
- Having a matching process or algorithm
- Example: Citadel is very individual-based/competitive, but Two-sigma culture doesn’t have competition, but it pays less
- People have different values
Interviewee #2
My second interviewee expressed some confusion as to how the website is formatted — how do we set ourselves apart from Squarespace if it just builds a personal website? They also suggested, for soon, that we allow more room for creativity in tagging, like adding a system of folders or something more visual.
For website domains, they noted that people’s names can be taken up (johnsmith.com?), so how can we let everyone purchase their own domain name if they want it? It might be useful to have a tag at the end, like johnsmith.sh.com (sh for StudioHub)
