Shipyard Pakistan
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Shipyard Pakistan
@ShipyardPAK
Helping @solana builders in Pakistan connect, grow, and launch real projects






Just met a dozen @colosseum hackers from Turkey building in AI, privacy, predictions, and more. Super bullish on the new @SuperteamTR.


How to win Frontier: lessons from a 2x hackathon winner While building @NOMADZxyz, we lost 3 hackathons in a row before finally winning @solanamobile. Here’s what I wish I knew before stepping into the Colosseum arena. FOUNDATION > Your project needs to do 1 of 2 things: → solve a problem no one else is solving → or solve it better than everyone else > Target a specific audience → If it’s for everyone, it’s for no one > Have a working MVP → Ideas don’t win hackathons, products do! > Clearly show how you solve the problem → Not just the idea, but the actual implementation DECK > Record a Loom video, not just slides. → Judges remember people, not PDFs. > Keep it under 2 minutes → If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough > Structure: Problem → Solution → Demo → Team > Less text, more clarity → Slides support you, they don’t replace you > Show the product working → A real demo beats any screenshot. > The first 10 seconds matter most → Hook them with the problem immediately TEAM > Show why each person in the team matters → Not just who they are, but why they’re relevant > Link real work → GitHub, shipped products, portfolios, etc... → If someone built something people actually use - highlight it DURING THE HACKATHON > Ship early → polish later → Getting a working version early gives you time to improve it > Document and post everything → Progress builds credibility > Test your links before submitting → Broken demo = lost AFTER → Keep building → Keep posting on X → Keep searching for more opportunities → Never give up! The most important thing to remember is that it’s a competition between early-stage startups, so you don’t have to be perfect to win. Drop your 1-line pitch + X in comments, would love to see what you’re building.



Less than a week left to submit projects to the @colosseum Frontier Startup Competition. Tomorrow, bring your pitch deck to a free online session with 3 ecosystem experts and get honest feedback to fix mistakes and improve your chances of winning. May 6th, 6PM - 8PM CEST





dear PH noobs, PSA you need to create a product hunt account for your vote to count. if you don't sign up it removes the upvote. see below












