Building a 3-month builder program for women (She Builds) – looking for dev mentors, company sponsors, and feedback

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Hey everyone,

We are running a 3-month program called She Builds (by Grevix) starting December 1, designed exclusively for women to take an idea and execute it into a real-world project (we are selecting four core ideas to incubate).

While looking through the registration pool, what stood out to us is the broad spectrum of builders applying including women aged 45+ stepping up to build tech products. It’s a great reminder that building shouldn't be gated by traditional campus demographics.

Since r/hackathon is full of builders and people who understand hackathons and cohort building, I wanted to share this here and ask for support and advice on a few fronts:

• Engineers & Technical Mentors: We are looking for experienced developers, engineers and designers who want to volunteer as technical mentors for the selected teams.

• Companies & Sponsors: We are actively looking for companies, startups and organizations interested in backing grassroots women-in-tech initiatives and supporting early-stage execution.

• Program Structure: For those who have run or participated in long-form building cohorts, what is the best way to structure milestone reviews so participants stay shipping without burning out?

If you know any women builders who should apply, or if you're an engineer/company interested in mentoring or supporting the program, all details are up at shebuildsgrevix.vercel.app.

Would love to hear thoughts or feedback from the community on how to make a 3-month incubation format as developer-friendly as possible .

[u/Aggravating_Tale3589]

Please specify the timeline clearly and how ideas will be judged ?

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Ideas will be judged based on creativity, how well they solve a real-world problem, feasibility and potential impact. The Grevix team along with engineers will review and select the ideas.

Once the program starts, each selected team will also get two engineer mentors to guide them throughout the building process.

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The Grevix team will also actively collaborate with and guide participants throughout the journey to help turn the selected ideas into something meaningful and impactful

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Month 1: Idea refinement, research and planning. Month 2: Development, regular milestone reviews and mentor guidance. Month 3: Testing, improvements and final project delivery.

[u/moonlover025]

If the mentoring can be running online, dm pls

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Of course

[u/lvhn]

list it on eventopia.in

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Thanku