Inspiration
The 21st century has largely been characterized by an innovation race, but the reality is that it might not be possible to launch a small business without qualifying for financing. LendHer seeks to financially educate and lend to female youth entrepreneurs, empowering them to realize their dreams.
What it does
LendHer enables female youth to receive financing for their business ideas based on their merit and financial literacy using a secure, blockchain-enabled system. It also provides a platform for continued development by offering courses in areas such as budgeting, taxes, branding and more. Users will be engaged with interactive features such as a Twilio chatbot that sends a "Question of the Week"!
How I built it
The team designed wireframes using adobe-xd to help users envision their workflow and experience. The blockchain transaction proof-of-concept was built using an html/css front-end and node js server that communicates with the Stellar Blockchain. The chatbot is powered by Twilio.
Challenges I ran into
Learning embrace unfamiliar technologies in a short period of time was the greatest obstacle.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Our team is proud of the social implications of this unique idea as we hope to empower and enable young female entrepreneurs.
What I learned
As first time hackers, we learned how to use new software to power our design and development efforts and watched our vision come to life in a multi-faceted technical solution!
What's next for LendHer
The team would love to build out the functionality of a facial recognition software to further improve the security of our platform, and research more about how to provide relevant development materials for young entrepreneurs.
Built With
- adobe-xd
- css
- html
- javascript
- photoshop
- twilio
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