Ever wondered what it takes to build a Web3 startup from scratch? In the Stellar Dev Diaries series, we’re following the journey of a team of developers building on the Stellar Network as they go from hackathon wins to getting funded and launching their product on mainnet.
Check out Episode 2: Becoming Fundable
Missed Episode 1: Watch it here
What’s It All About?
In this series, we take a deep dive into the experiences of the Freelii team as they build and launch their product on the Stellar Network.
Throughout the series, you’ll get an inside look at what it takes to go from zero to one: turning ideas into products, getting funded, and scaling a startup in a fast-moving space. Each episode will feature real code examples with walkthroughs of the features the team used and the challenges they encountered along the way.
Episode 2
In Episode 2, we explore how the team pivoted from their initial idea into something with broader appeal to secure more hackathon wins. We also hear more about their experiences navigating the grant application process to secure funding from the Stellar Community Fund.
On the technical side, we go deeper into the tools that Jose and Joseph used to build the first version of the Freelii remittance chatbot, discussing some key Stellar features that made it possible.
In this episode, we dive into:
- The experience of going from hackathon partners to full-blown entrepreneurs
- Building a Telegram mini app
- Leveraging Stellar Anchors for seamless on-ramping
- Successfully applying for a grant from the Stellar Community Fund
- Managing early-stage costs to maximize runway
Want to know what it takes to build and launch a product in Web3? Then keep watching as we follow José and Joseph on their journey from idea to mainnet.
To learn more about the Stellar Anchors feature that we discussed in the episode, check out the tutorials here:
✒️ https://jamesbachini.com/stellar-anchor-platform/
📺 https://youtu.be/57iZMxAr_1Y
To start building on Stellar, check out the developer docs here.
