Get the missing hands on deck
Our experience with Schwap was exceptional. Thanks to Schwap, we found top-notch interns who brought fresh perspectives and energy to our startup, helping us achieve our goals faster than ever. The Schwap team quickly helped us identify interns who fit seamlessly into our startup culture and contribute meaningfully to our projects.
Melinda B. Chu, M.D. M.B.A.
CEO & Co-Founder
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Thanks to Schwap, we were able to hire student interns very fast while being on a limited budget. These students have been a huge help with tasks like handling our social media, creating content, and finding potential leads. The lead sourcing, in particular, went beyond our expectations, and we're excited to keep working with this student for the long haul.
Christopher Hugentobler
Founder
I loved the Schwap experience. Guglielmo is an outstanding problem solver and entrepreneurial mind who very quickly took ownership of the project and helped us create a web scraping and outreach program to gather leads, using his abilities in python and marketing. He is very committed and has helped us with his ideas to approach things in new ways. I'd recommend Schwap to any founder getting started to add students like Guglielmo in their early teams that can truly make the difference!'
Santiago Martinez Jaramillo
Talent Partner
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Ambitious, vetted students
We only select the best, most committed students to join Schwap, and we help them every step of the way to make sure they accomplish great work on schedule.
Delivery in weeks, relationships for a life-time
Provide mentorship in return for a completed project in 3 to 6 weeks.
Commit at least 1 hour of mentorship time per week and build relationships that might score you the next hire.
Use Schwap to turn ideas into reality
Train an AI model
Kickstart socials
Market research
Customer outreach
Create a landing page
User interviews
Redesign a brand
FAQ
Schwap is a community marketplace where handpicked and vetted uni students do mini projects for top-tier founders in exchange for hands-on experience, compensation, mentorship, referrals, and real career capital.
Schwap is a project that usually lasts between 3-6 weeks. The duration of the project is determined by you and your needs. Over 70% of Schwap connections continue with long-term internships and full-time roles.
Students volunteer their time for 3-6 weeks. Schwaps are always based on mutual exchange of value. In our case it's the work that's completed by a student in exchange for the mentorship of the founder or project lead. We require each founder or project lead to commit at least an hour of real mentorship per week.
We charge a flat fee of $149 per each successful match. Posting of a project is for free.
The best Schwap projects are the ones that take things from 0 to 1. Often these are tasks and projects for which there is just not enough time in the busy lives of startup founders. From exploring a potential market to building a simple MVP, startups have found success in various ways using Schwap.
We pride ourselves on working with vetted students from top universities from winners of Math olympiads to published authors.
While their work experience might be limited, the effort and eagerness to learn more than compensates for it. They are here to accelerate their career and make the best impact possible.
Totally! Over 70% of the startups end up extending the working relationship with the students beyond the initial period. We encourage you to reevaluate the engagement at that point and set expectations for both parties anew.