Founding a Startup is lonely

Solana hackathons are built different because they are:

global and remote so that anyone can access global capital markets and compete for users

5 weeks long vs a weekend, so you can build a startup, not just a project

With each edition, thousands of founders/founding teams will:

stare at a screen, pushing code and pixels to prod

talk about their project through the noise on the feed

get rejected daily by customers, hires, investors, etc

pivot and repeat until breakthrough or breakdown

This can get lonely.

Therefore, to keep you going for the next five weeks, this newsletter is here to be your companion throughout the hackathon. A minute read every day (we check), including a tip to help you succeed, and one piece of product-focused news from the solana ecosystem.