Hi All,
First, thanks to everyone for helping each other as a FAMILY!! Really every QA has been very helpful.
I am 24yo. Graduated in 2021. Co-founded a startup in 2022. I am going to submit my application in 2 days. Please review my application and share your insights!
3 LoRs:
- 1 - A Successful Local Entrepreneur & Founder & CEO of a SaaS Startup, has raised funding of 200K+
- 2 - Founder & CEO of one the largest Tech Startup Accelerators in the country
- 3 - Global Program Manager for DevRel Communities at Google
- 4 - By entrepreneur of the year at the national level. Founder, and director of one of the biggest tech communities. Working as CMO for an IT company
- 5 - By senior project manager at one of the top IT companies at the national level
- 6 - By one of the top android developers at the national level. Senior Software developer at some company.
> Question 1: Which LoRs are more suitable? (you can mention the numbers please, better to rank these 6 please from the top best to the least good)
OCs Selected: OC1/Innovation as a co-founder + OC2/work beyond
My 10 pieces of evidence:
- Awards and Judging Experience (global programs) MC + (OC2)
- Technical Certifications and Digital Badges MC
- Thought Leadership & Online Mentorship MC + (OC2)
which includes: online articles at medium/dev and online mentorship sessions (ss attached of user dashboard, have done 4 sessions and total 100+ minutes till dates) - Top Tech Communities Acceptance & Involvement MC + (OC2)
which includes Google, Microsoft & Amazon AWS - Acceptance in International Leadership Programs MC
- Acceptance in Accelerators Programs as a Startup Founder MC + (OC1)
- Innovation & Technical Contributions in Founding and Developing Product-Led Startup (OC1)
- Reference letter from industry expert and startup accelerator director OC1
- Reference letter from an industry expert MC + OC1
- Contributions to the Advancement of the Digital Technology Field Beyond Occupation (OC2)
Note: This also includes: Completing 1 time OpenSource challenge, Hactoberfest, at the international level and getting an award, StackOverflow (among the top 10% overall globally)
Suggestions needed:
@ 10th Evidence: Question 2: Should I add StackOverflow as a separate file and show my user dashboard ss or it is good to go as I have enlisted it under the above-titled document?
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@7th Evidence. Innovation & Technical Contributions in Founding and Developing Product-Led Startup (OC1)
I need your help with it, please. How to make it better.
Situation: I don’t have transactions done as we are offering 12 months free trial and it has not ended yet. I am working as the co-founder and CTO. And got acceptance into many global and local accelerators and founder programs. In this above-titled document, I have covered the following points:
- Intro and overview of the product (front end, live website marketplace, Pitch Deck link)
- Around 20 B2B clients that we have onboarded and are enlisted on our live website.
- Back-end admin dashboards + website user traffic and analytics picture
- Link to blog post reference that has been published by the startup accelerator on the acceptance to the program.
Question 3: Is it good to go? What else can I/should add? Should I add the pitch deck as a separate file or link inside that document is fine? (having almost 15 slides in total) Also, is it good to go for the OC1 or I better target OC2 on the basis of my Co-Founder/CTO and Accelerator programs acceptance. But traction and sales are an issue as I have no records. Yes, the idea/product is unique and live.
> Question 4: I am a founder and CTO. What should be the answer to the following questions, there’s no CTO or Founder category etc. Is it fine?:
Please indicate your sector = Apps & Software Development
Please indicate your specialist skill = Software Engineer
Side note: My CV includes my past roles as a digital project manager though as I was passionate about it. And now I am working as a Co-Founder & CTO.
Thank you so much!! Waiting for your valuable input and tips!!
P.S. Total four (4) questions have been asked, you can simply answer with the Q reference. Hope it helps!
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