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Grapevine

Platform for entrepreneurs to showcase projects and find collaborators at their university.

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Overview

Grapevine is a platform for entrepreneurs and project builders to showcase their work in a more casual, project-focused environment than LinkedIn. It connects passionate individuals who love building things, enabling them to discover like-minded people, share their projects, and find potential collaborators at their university and beyond.

Grapevine Platform Overview

Interface

People Discovery
Collaboration Features
Project Management

Features

Social Features

  • Follow other entrepreneurs and creators
  • Discover profiles with similar interests
  • University-based networking
  • Project feed from followed users
  • Search people and projects by tags

Project Showcase

  • Share current and past projects
  • Tag projects with relevant skills/topics
  • Request to collaborate on projects
  • Project updates and progress sharing
  • Informal, builder-focused format

Technical Implementation

Frontend Stack

  • Next.js for server-side rendering and routing
  • Tailwind CSS for responsive styling
  • TypeScript for type safety
  • Custom API integration for data fetching

Backend Infrastructure

  • Node.js backend with RESTful API endpoints
  • MongoDB for flexible document storage
  • User authentication and following system
  • Tag-based search and filtering