Salaam to all 👋!
Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the DD Newsletter - the place to go for your round-ups, updates, and everything in between. Here we'll round off what has been happening in our community and look ahead at our upcoming events and initiatives!
As usual, the newsletter is jam-packed with updates, lots of stuff to share, and a few cool things worth checking out. This edition includes information about upcoming events and campaigns, a Community spotlight, interesting reads, and our favourite meme of the month. You won't want to miss it.
Stay safe and in good health!
Buildathon Batch 2 👷
We’re kicking off 2024 at rocket speed. Buildathons are back with our second batch kicking off on the 27th and 28th Jan and this time it’s even bigger and better. 🏗️
Our first Buildathon weekend proved to be a huge success with many teams coming together to build and ship their solution MVPs in one focussed weekend. They then held each other accountable with regular check-ins and updates which has led to the cohort gaining so much momentum. We even have 2 teams who have gone full-time on their products to turn them into full startups!
Our second Buildathon will be kicking off at the end of this month and applications are still open if you have a team and an idea and are looking for the focus, accountability, and guidance to get you to finally build it.
This next Buildathon batch will include 3 in-person build weekends from January to March but will still provide everything that makes buildathons successful: community, accountability, resources, networking, publicity, advice, and everything in between.
A big thank you to Muzz for supporting us in hosting our build weekends. What are you waiting for? Apply using the link below or go to deendevelopers.com/buildathons and let’s finally build and ship those ideas you’ve always wanted to work on. Applications close soon so apply now!
Deen Developers events sell out quickly so make sure to follow us across all our social platforms to stay up to date with our latest events and activities
Additional Highlights
The Women in Tech community launched the book club starting with Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez - Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men.
A look back at 2023 📆
As we always do, starting the new year is a great opportunity for us to take a look back at all the value that Deen Developers has helped to deliver over the past 12 months. Especially now, as we enter our 5th year, it’s great to see how we continue to grow and make an impact across a variety of areas.
Here are some of the things that we’re proud of from 2023:
Spotlighted 36 Community Projects
Supported 4 startups through the Forge accelerator programme
Hosted the first Buildathon weekend focusing on Generative AI
Held our first Global Hackathon with 172 participants from 22 Countries
Held community events in partnership with Amazon, BT, Muzz, Deloitte & others
Launched our Women in Tech community
Launched the new Deen Developers landing page & trailer video
Shared our 30th Newsletter with the community and switched to Substack
Reached the final of the Continuum Spark award
Each year we look to do more for our community and identify how and where we can make the most impact and we’re determined to keep this up and make 2024 our biggest year yet.
So make sure to follow along and keep a look out for all our upcoming hackathons, community events, buildathons, fireside chats, and everything else that you expect from Deen Developers.
Community Spotlight
Other Spotlights
Real Time Feedback - The ultimate, real-time, customer engagement tool that provides a simple way to solicit concerns and compliments from your customers.
The Community Spotlight section is an opportunity to share announcements, job openings, and anything else that’s worth highlighting.
Post on the #03_show-and-tell channel if you have something to share.
Slack's Digest
Interesting Articles Shared
Meme of the month
*Cries in Elastic Pricing 🥲*
Have you got a funny meme? Post it on the #08_memes channel!