An application for the short-term Startup Grants role at ElevenLabs
I've run a grants program. I've also been the founder applying.
- $21,000grants program I managed at ZKX
- 11developer events across India
- 4,800+developers reached
- 600+students in a 5 week bootcamp
I've run this before.
Grants, events and a bootcamp, for an ecosystem that was brand new in India.
- Managed a $21,000 grants program for builders.
- Led StarkCon: 11 events across India, 4,800+ developers, and India's first Cairo community.
- Launched a 5 week bootcamp with 600+ students.
- Ran technical workshops, talks and live demos on the ground at the ETHIndia and ETHGlobal Bangkok hackathons.
I know startups from the inside.
I'm not only reviewing founders. I am one.
- Shipped to Google Play with one engineering partner. 60 users since launch, all organic.
- A web app that helps women hold no contact for 60 days after a breakup.
- I've been on the applicant side of a program like yours, waiting for the answer.
How I'd read an application.
Four questions, so hundreds of reviews stay fast and fair.
- 01
Is voice the product, or a feature?
Credits go furthest where voice is the core.
- 02
Is there something I can try?
A live link beats a deck.
- 03
What changes with 12 months of credits?
The best grants unblock a team.
- 04
Will they tell us what's missing?
Founders who give feedback make the product better.
I already build with ElevenLabs.
My last job applications read themselves aloud, built on the ElevenLabs API: every line pre-rendered to audio, and a build that refuses to ship if a clip is missing. I know the product from the builder's side.
Three months, hundreds of founders. I'm in.
I can start this week. Email me, or reply on X.