Aryan Vaid
Co-Founder
Spent years hiring creative freelancers the hard way, and built AskIt to make the good ones easy to find.
LinkedInThe idea behind AskIt
About a year and a half ago, we noticed something simple. Talented students had real skills to offer. Young, growing businesses needed that talent, but couldn't yet afford full-time hires, and had no way to know who they could trust.
This gap already existed. We weren't trying to create a new market, we were trying to make an existing one work better. The same way Uber didn't invent taxis, it made getting one more reliable, more structured, and more convenient. That's what we're building for student talent and growing businesses.
AskIt exists to make that connection dependable, verified on one side, valuable on the other.
Since then, we've pitched AskIt at some of the country's most respected startup and business platforms:
iHub Gujarat, Ahmedabad
Our first pitch, where we pressure-tested the idea in front of India's startup ecosystem and started shaping AskIt's core model.
Eureka
Pitched at one of India's largest business plan competitions, validating that this gap was worth solving at scale.
Shark Pitch Fest
Pitched head to head against other founders, sharpening how we communicate the problem and the solution.
IIT Bombay E-Summit
Pitched at one of the country's most competitive startup platforms, real validation from a serious startup audience.
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, SIBM
Pitched to one of India's top B-school audiences, refining our business model further.
Every pitch has only reinforced what we already believed: this gap is real, and it's worth solving properly.
Mission
To connect ambitious student creators with businesses that value fresh ideas, and to make that introduction reliable, fair and fast.
Vision
A world where a student's first professional creative work is a real, paid, portfolio-worthy project rather than an unpaid internship.
Company values
Trust
Every profile is verified by a person before a business ever sees it.
Quality
We'd rather recommend three strong creators than thirty available ones.
Fairness
Transparent pricing and secure payments, so nobody chases what they earned.
Craft
We care how the work is made, not just how quickly it gets delivered.
Founders
Aadhitya Sachdeva
Co-Founder
Works with every student who joins, reviewing portfolios, running verification and keeping the bar high.
LinkedInFrequently Asked Questions
We review every portfolio by hand and confirm each student's identity, college and experience before they can be recommended. Nothing is automated, and nothing is listed publicly.
Pricing is agreed between you and the student, guided by fair benchmarks we share for each category. There are no hidden fees or forced packages.
Yes. You can speak with any shortlisted student before committing, so you're confident in the fit before work begins.
Tell us and we'll step in personally and re-match you with another verified student at no extra matching cost. Secure payments mean funds are only released once you're satisfied.
Create a profile, upload your portfolio and complete verification. Once approved, we match you to paid work that fits your skills.