QUESTION:

One of our founders asked the question, “Are interns really that helpful?  Every startup I know seems to have interns.  I’m in San Francisco, and I could really use some help, but I’m not sure interns are the right solution for me.”

ANSWER:

There are two schools of thought when it comes to recruiting interns to work at your startup.  One is that it’s more work than it’s worth.  As a startup, you need to move fast and you don’t have the luxury if training up a student, only to have the student leave a couple of month later — just as they are getting up to speed.