A 12-week online journey where young makers transform prototypes into real products with mentorship, market readiness, and crowdfunding strategies.
Orientation & Product Thinking
Kickstart your journey with a deep dive into hardware product thinking, sharing prototypes, and mapping user needs.
Validating the Problem
Conduct user interviews, gather insights, and ensure you’re solving the right problem.
Human-Centered Hardware Design
Explore ergonomics, usability, and safety to create hardware that feels great and works well for users.
Hardware Architecture Planning
Learn schematics, logic, and BOM planning to lay the foundation for your MVP’s core components.
Enclosures & Mechanical Design
Design and test product enclosures with CAD tools and 3D printing techniques.
MVP Assembly & Testing v0.5
Assemble your first functional MVP and troubleshoot with guidance from mentors.
Iteration & Testing
Refine your MVP through structured testing, feedback, and design improvements.
Manufacturing & Costing
Dive into design for manufacturing, material sourcing, and cost optimization.
Branding, Storytelling & UX
Build a brand identity, product story, and user experience that resonate with customers.
Go-to-Market & Crowdfunding
Learn crowdfunding essentials, create perks, and draft a campaign strategy.
Pitching & Investor Readiness
Craft a compelling pitch, demo video, and investor-ready presentation.
Demo Day & Jury Showcase
Present your product to hardware entrepreneurs, receive feedback, and explore future opportunities.
Mechanical engineer and co‑founder of Maker’s Asylum, a pioneering community makerspace now based in Goa; educated at Boston University, he’s driven its mission of “learning by making” since its founding in Mumbai in 2013
Director at Maker’s Asylum and key community leader behind its experiential learning and open innovation programs; she also co‑led pandemic response initiatives like the face‑shield and oxygen concentrator campaigns
Co‑founder and Chief Hacker at Maker’s Asylum, credited with technical innovations such as designing the foam‑board face shield during the COVID response and spearheading open hardware initiatives for community impact
Be part of the founding batch—exclusive, legacy-driven