Free SheBuilds Prep Guide

Validate Before You Build. Win the Hackathon.

The 7-step preparation framework that gets you from fuzzy idea to a clear, validated build brief, before Day 1 of SheBuilds.

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Most founders open Lovable on Day 1 with no idea what to build.

They spend the first 12 hours figuring out their concept instead of building it. This guide fixes that. Do the thinking before the hackathon starts, so you can spend every minute of those 48 hours shipping something real.

1,500%

better results when founders validate before building

7

steps to validate any startup idea from scratch

40+

non-tech founders used this framework in the last 12 months

0

founders who used it launched to crickets

What's inside the guide

7 steps. Designed to be completed in the days before SheBuilds opens.

1

Write your hypothesis

Turn your fuzzy idea into a testable statement specific enough to be proven wrong.

2

Run the 3-layer validation test

Confirm your idea passes the Problem, Solution, and Willingness-to-Pay tests before you build anything.

3

Book 5 customer conversations

Find and reach the right people using the exact outreach script inside the guide.

4

Run the interviews

5 questions that surface real demand, in the right order, without leading the witness.

5

Find the patterns

3 signals that tell you whether to build, pivot, or kill the idea.

6

Prioritize ruthlessly

Decide what NOT to build before Day 1, using the Build / Cut / Later framework.

7

Write your Lovable build brief

Walk into the hackathon with a clear brief ready to paste on Day 1.

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Plus a 48-hour hackathon planner

An hour-by-hour breakdown of how to spend your 48 hours so you ship something real.

Hour 0–2Hour 2–12Hour 12–24Hour 24–40Hour 40–48

Full planner included in the PDF guide.

Pre-hackathon checklist

And a pre-hackathon checklist

9 things to confirm before Day 1. If you can tick all 9, you're ready to win.

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About the author

Valeria Oliveira

Founder · Validate Launch Scale

I help non-technical founders validate their startup ideas, build MVPs without code, and get their first paying customers, fast.

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