Wrapping up a summer of V1
Welcome back to campus! Learn about what our community's been up to, and get the inside scoop on our incredible events coming this fall 👀
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Community Spotlight with Blaire Pang
Important Announcements: MHacks & Festifall!
V1 x Buildspace Showcase
Community Spotlight ✨
Meet Blaire Pang! Blaire is a rising senior at the University of Michigan, and an exceptional builder with ~12k following on LinkedIn. Blaire actively participates in hackathons, and she’s always cooking up side projects! This past summer, she interned at Coinbase in New York.
We invited Blaire to share her experiences and her involvement with V1! If you have any questions or want to connect, check out her personal website at https://blairepang.com/.
Without further ado, here’s Blaire:
Q: Tell us a bit about yourself.
A: Hey, I’m Blaire! I’m a senior majoring in Computer Science and Data Science at UMich. I enjoy learning various programming languages, working on exciting blockchain projects, and love being apart of the V1 community.
Q: What’s the coolest thing you’ve built?
A: The most memorable project for me is AccessAssist. It is a web app designed to make access to benefit programs more equitable and accessible to all. We ask people to input their addresses and we provide them with all the available resources around them and whether they are eligible to use those resources using advanced data analysis. By doing so, we hope to eliminate the barriers that prevent individuals from accessing important resources that can improve their quality of life.
Q: How’s Coinbase going?
A: My internship experience has been incredible so far. I’m part of the Institutional Foundation team, where we primarily handle the settlement and transfer of both cryptocurrency and fiat currency for institutional clients. The project I’m working on is a full-stack project to implement the blockchain transaction confirmation time and additional transaction related information for an internal tool that Coinbase Prime Operations use.
This project will increase visibility of on-chain transactions, reduce team on-call interventions and aid in the proactive identification of potential transaction delays. I have designed the architecture for service communication, incorporating different teams’ APIs, thus ensuring efficient and reliable cross-team data retrieval.
Q: You’re an active member in our community. What attracted you most to V1?
A: What attracted me most to V1 is the people here. Through V1, we can get access to a network of highly driven and ambitious student builders. Everyone I met in V1 is passionate, open-minded, capable, hard-working, friendly, and willing to help others. Everyone is genuinely invested in each other’s success. The ambition and drive of V1 members have served as a source of inspiration and motivation for me.
Additionally, V1 offers so much more than just a network. It’s been an amazing place to get resources specifically related to entrepreneurship. They’ve got everything from webinars by industry experts to articles packed with practical tips. It’s a goldmine of information that I haven’t been able to find anywhere else.
Important Announcements from V1!
🚀🔥 MHacks is BACK! 🚀🔥
Clear your calendars for November 18-19 because MHacks, once hailed as the LARGEST hackathon in the world, is returning IN-PERSON powered by V1! 🌟
Get ready for a whirlwind of innovation, jaw-dropping tech, and an atmosphere buzzing with excitement! 🛠️💡 Dive into challenges, collaborate with the brightest minds, and stand a chance to bag some EPIC prizes! 🏆
Don't miss out on the ultimate tech showdown. MHacks is not just back... it's SO BACK and ready to redefine hacking! 💥🎉
Check out mhacks.org to learn more — click below to get notified when apps open 👇
🌟 V1 at Festifall 🌟
V1 will be at Festifall Central on August 30. Stop by to learn more about MHacks, Startup Fair, or how to recruit for our Fall 2023 Cohort. Hope to see you there! ☄️
👷♂️ V1 x Buildspace Showcase
Some of our V1 members are participating in Season 4 of Buildspace’s Nights & Weekends, a 6-week sprint to make any idea you’re passionate about — and have a chance to win $100,000 🤯
Check out what they’ve been building below! (click on any tweet to learn more)
If we missed your project in this Buildspace recap — join our Slack and drop what you’re working on in our #building channel! 👇🔥