Maya Rafie is founder of Bistara, the first freelance marketplace to hire college students for creative gigs. Maya, a freelance photographer, founded Bistara while attending Emerson College. Bistara encourages students to “be your own boss” in order to build up a portfolio of work prior to graduation. Today, there are over 700 freelancers and over 300 clients on the platform.   In the episode, Maya talks about:   How they originally started building out the marketplace for Bistara   The experience of starting a company in college   Why students have a hard time valuing their talents and how they can overcome it   Tips for clients and freelancers to be more successful on the platform   Links from today’s episode:   Bistara   Maya’s Photography   Trill   Elliott Erwitt   Lightroom   Google Calendar   Asana   WhatsApp   Les eaux troubles du mojito : Et autres belles raisons d'habiter sur terre (Book)   If you liked this episode:   Follow the podcast on Twitter   Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast app and write a review   Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com   Music by: Broke For Free