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Women Who Build retweeted
introducing: The Founders Track by @residencyBLR.
a fully funded residency designed for founders ready to raise.
your stay, meals, workspace and compute credits, everything covered.
with an in-house legal and financial counsel, free US entity setup, vc ecosystem immersions, and bangalore's biggest demo day.
plus a chance to fast-track your journey to silicon valley with @theresidency.
you bring the grit, we bring everything else.
application link is in the comments. go apply!
Women Who Build retweeted
the next big startup from bangalore is pitching on march 27th but most of you will find out about it 2 years later. as always.
apple started in a garage. facebook started in a dorm room. google started in a rented bedroom.
the pattern has always been the same. the biggest things start in the smallest rooms and nobody in the ecosystem notices until it's too late.
right now, that's happening again at @residencyBLR.
when me and @AadityaYuvraj started this place, people asked us why we were betting on a house. the answer was v simple for us because every legendary company started with founders in a room. we just wanted to build the room.
on march 27th, these founders show the world what they've been building. and this is me telling you - be in the room.
i don't know which one of these founders builds the company we all talk about in 5 years. but i know the room it started in.
rsvp link in the comments
that’s @WomenWhoBuild1 for you, ladies and gentlemen.
i used to think the hardest part of building a startup was the startup. turns out it's building one while being a woman in rooms that weren't designed for you.
hence, i started building my own.
@WomenWhoBuild1 by @residencyBLR is my baby and this women's day, here's how we made it special 🧵
Women Who Build retweeted
"you only got this because you're a woman."
i've heard this my entire career. and honestly for a long time, it messed with my head more than I'd like to admit.
last week, i got a room full of women founders in bangalore together. we also had a charm-making session, a live band and a magician performing for us.
and within the first hour, every single woman had a version of that sentence thrown at them at some point.
we talked about it all. the doubt, the noise, the audacity it takes to keep building anyway.
this is why @WomenWhoBuild1 by @residencyBLR exists. and this is just the beginning.
thank you to the partners who showed up and made this happen - @BLRxZo, @plushforher, Accio AI, @a_plawse and papaya
looking for early partners to support us in this vision.
we’re launching @WomenWhoBuild1 at @residencyBLR, creating a space where women in startups can connect, learn, and grow without the usual barriers.
to kick this off, i’m looking for $20,000 in sponsorship from brands, funds, or individual supporters who believe in empowering women builders across the globe.
this will help us set the foundation for a long-term community and programs that actually move the needle - not just another panel, but a place where women walk out with opportunities, support, and momentum.
if you’d like to partner, or know someone who should, just reach out.
i’m happy to share the plan, vision, and why this matters.
Women Who Build retweeted
we are the first generation of women told we can do everything and also the first to realise that everything still has to fit inside a wedding date.
my best friend and i were talking today and at some point, the conversation just got very real.
two of my classmates got married this year. we're not even 24 yet.
i’m planning to buy a house right now, and the conversation at home is about who's going to pay the loan after i get married, as if i won't be their daughter after marriage and the next ten years of my financial life are already accounted for in someone else's plan for me.
it’s such a strange place to be. we’re ambitious, hungry, capable, earning, building, dreaming… but also constantly reminded that we’re running out of time.
and that’s why i wanted to host this brunch, because women are quietly carrying so many dualities.
they're being excited and confused, ambitious and scared, independent and still judged, building a future while being told what that future should look like.
on 8th March, I want a @WomenWhoBuild1 room where we can just be honest and talk about this. laugh about it. cry about our issues. say the things we’ve been swallowing. and just breathe around women who get it without you over-explaining.
if you’re in bangalore, please come. rsvp link is in the comments.
doing a women's day brunch on march 8, 2026.
it's a pink themed event.
dress up in your most beautiful pink outfit, while we get pink flowers for y'all and have a lot of fun!
register. we'll see you there.
hosting an invite only, pinterest-coded women’s day brunch for women in startups, on march 8, 2026.
being a woman builder in india isn’t always easy.
so instead of another panel, we’re creating a table of our own.
Women Who Build - an invite-only brunch in bangalore.
for women founders, operators, marketers, investors & builders who want to connect beyond small talk.
sunday, march 8. 12:30PM onwards
we’re doing long tables, some games, conversations around building, startups, entrepreneurship, relationships, pressure, physique, failures and more...
of course, there's good food. and it's the kind of room where you don’t have to explain your ambition.
mind you, this isn’t a networking event.
it’s a room that feels like ours.
registration link in the comments.
ps: if you’re a brand that genuinely wants to support women in startups or be a part of this table, dm me.
Women Who Build retweeted
we got @AnthropicAI to do the first hackathon in India.
this is an honest confession after pulling off the world’s first-ever Growth Hackathon, and I want you to read till the end.
come join us :)
This weekend, Bangalore will witness the World's first-ever Growth Hackathon.
A room where 100 founders and operators spend 48 hrs getting users & revenue - live.
No panels. No theory. Just execution, distribution & results.
People are flying in from other cities to compete.
Find the registration link in the comments below.
Women Who Build retweeted
UPDATE: We are pushing this for next week to accommodate the people travelling in from different cities.
It will be a two-day hackathon December 5 (10AM onwards) - December 6, 2025
You can try literally any tactic in the world to get your first paying users.
Physical marketing? Do it.
Performance marketing ads? Run them.
Viral social content? Shoot it.
Cold calls? Dial away.
Talk to strangers on 100 Ft Road? Yes, please.
Pitch chaiwalas, retail stores, salon owners, gyms? Absolutely.
One idea I was discussing with @M_S_MIHIR today was about dressing like a balloon and standing on the party street in Koramangala, distributing some goodies to women around.
There's only one rule -
- No selling to your friends, relatives, or other participants. You need to get real customers who pay & can stay for the next 12 months.
This is the best place to come acquire real paying users, with support from people who’ve actually done it.
We’re bringing in distribution mentors, folks from GrowthX, operators with 5-15 years of experience, across performance, brand, product, and sales.
And For Brands
If you want to get in front of highly relevant founders & operators: We’re looking for sponsors - sales tools, automation tools, productivity tools, stationery brands, or any product that founders could use or adopt long-term or even if you can help us with food and beverages, we are in.
Registrations will be approved by tonight.
Super pumped to see everyone next week.
we are hosting the World’s First Growth Hackathon -happening on 29th November at @residencyBLR
we've all been to hackathons where the goal is to build a product.
but if you’ve ever built anything, you already know that building isn’t the hard part anymore.
getting your first customer is. that’s the gap nobody talks about.
so we asked a simple question:
What if there was a hackathon where you actually sell?
not “waitlist”, not “signups”, not “interested leads”.
actual. verified. customers.
and that’s how the idea was born.
you can run ads, do cold outreach, set up a stall on church street, ask random people out on dates, hand out sweets, perform stunts, knock on doors - literally anything ethical and legal to get traction.
if you’ve been stuck at the “i built something, now what?” phase… this is for you.
application link is in the comments below 👇
we need more women this time. if you are in bangalore, do participate!
The BLR Cup 2.0 is happening this Saturday, 22nd Nov!
For anyone who loves sports, at any skill level, @raghavjhawar95 and I, in collaboration with @OfflynLife are hosting The BLR Cup again this Sat. As a team you play all four sports: pickleball, badminton, soccer and tug of war.
Back in April, I organised something similar at Network School and my team literally lost the football game because I missed an open goal xD
It was embarrassing but so much fun. No one cared because everyone was just there for the love of playing. It was super level friendly, and so will be The BLR Cup.
So if you’re someone who wants to try new sports or just enjoys playing in general, come participate, have fun and meet some cool folks while doing what you like.
See you there!
Sign up link in the first comment.
we've seen enough hackathons where people just come, build and ship.
this one will actually help you get paid. come join us :)
if you’ve been “building” for months and still don’t have one paying customer…
you probably don’t need better UI.
or better branding.
or better strategy.
or a fancy deck.
you need literally one person to value what you’ve made enough to pay for it.
look at how the big companies got their start:
@Uber didn’t build a 200-page gtm. they hung around outside bars at 2am, giving free rides.
@Airbnb sold cereal boxes to survive.
@duolingo sent a chaotic green bird to terrorise the internet.
these weren’t “strategies.”
these were survival moves.
and they worked.
so maybe the problem isn’t your product.
maybe it’s that you haven’t tried enough weird, bold, scrappy things.
that’s what the Growth Hackathon is for.
come try the uncomfortable, messy, embarrassing stuff that will teach you more than a month of watching youtube tutorials.
come join us - luma.com/olem6i1o
we are pulling off something crazy!
come join us
most hackathons teach you how to build faster.
this one teaches you how to get paid faster.
the moment a stranger actually takes out their card and says, “yeah, i want this.”
but to get that moment?
you need chaos.
you need experiments.
you need to do things that don’t scale, don’t look pretty and don’t fit your pitch deck.
that’s why we’re hosting the World’s First Growth Hackathon.
a weekend where nothing is off-limits:
- cold dms
- street posters
- landing pages built in 20 minutes
- micro-offers
- live selling
- viral posts
- referral loops
- public demos
whatever it takes to get someone to pay.
no theory.
no frameworks.
whatever works, works.
come be part of the madness on 29 November.
if you’ve ever wanted to turn your idea into something real - this is the day
also, shoutout to @debgotwired for the idea and brainstorming.
We’re not here to compete with men.
We’re here to build things they never imagined possible.
For decades, women were told to “fit in.”
Now, they’re designing entire systems that make the old rules irrelevant.
and we are here to support them at @WomenWhoBuild1
Women Who Build retweeted
so happy to share that a few investors finally showed interest in setting up @WomenWhoBuild1
here’s how the calls went:
- “love what you’re building. let’s stay in touch.” → No follow-up ever.
- “you’re too early.” → until someone else invests.
- "it feels a little lighter. can you get back with an action plan?"
- "we’d love to invest once you’ve ‘proven’ it works."
apparently, building for women isn’t a big enough market.
and i smiled because that’s exactly why Women Who Build exists.
so we’ll build it ourselves. and make it big enough to be undeniable.
Women Who Build retweeted
i’m not starting a women-only residency program because I want to.
i’m starting it because it’s the need of the hour.
out of every 100 entrepreneurs you see out there, only 5 are women.
not because we lack ambition, drive, or ideas - but because we often lack access.
access to the right people. the right network. the right ecosystem that helps you build and scale.
while interviewing women builders for this cohort, I realised:
- many were super early.
- they weren’t sure who their ICP was.
- they hadn’t validated their ideas yet.
and in a world where opportunities are already scarce for women, it felt unfair to place them in the same room as those who were already in motion.
that’s why @WomenWhoBuild1 exists -
to bridge that gap and to create a safe, practical, and empowering space for women to learn how to build, validate, market, and grow their ideas - until they become investor-ready.
because the next Falguni Nayar, @GhazalAlagh, Divya Gokulnath, @VaniKola, or Richa Kar is already out there,
she just needs the right room to walk into.
and Women Who Build is that room.
p.s. this clip is from one of the events that we hosted last time. gonna do much more of these.
Women Who Build retweeted
something interesting is happening in the world right now - we’re seeing the rise of women who are building quietly.
They’re coding apps from studio apartments.
Running side hustles that turn into startups.
Pitching ideas that are reshaping industries.
but here’s the thing - most of them are still building alone.
no co-founder to brainstorm with.
no late-night jam sessions.
no community that truly gets the journey.
that isolation is expensive.
and that’s exactly what @WomenWhoBuild1 wants to change.
it’s not just about giving women a place to work.
it’s about giving them a place to belong.
a space where you can walk into a room and instantly feel - “ah. these are my people.”
because when women build in community,
they build with more courage,
they fail more safely,
and they rise much faster.
we don’t just need more women-led startups.
we need more *women-supported women builders.*
and this moment - right now - is our chance to make that happen.
come join us, link is in the comments.
this mission is v personal.
and we want you in. go and apply now.
i’ve been in enough rooms where i was the only woman.
the only one pitching. the only one asking questions that no one else seemed to care about.
and every time, i noticed something - women don’t struggle because we lack ambition.
we struggle because ambition, for us, is lonely.
we’re told to “find our tribe,” but what if we could build it instead?
that’s how @WomenWhoBuild1 started as an idea:
what if women founders, creators, and operators could live together, co-work, and co-dream under one roof?
a space where 2 AM brainstorming feels as natural as morning chai.
where ambition is normal, not intimidating.
where no one tells you to smile softer or dream smaller.
we call it a residency, but really - it's a place where women stop waiting to be picked and start building their own rooms.
because the truth is you give anything to women and they just compound it.
and that’s the future I want to live in.
