What can you achieve with Equalithons?
1- It solves technical challenges for non-profits.
Overview:
Equalithon.com is a three-sided marketplace that solves 3 problems:
2- It gets exposure for people coming out of boot camps for potential employers.
3- It gives investors an opportunity to be of service to Causes by bringing their startups to benefit from our community.
Free Prototypes, Inclusive Culture,
Hire Tech Talent
Free Prototypes
Thanks to your sponsorship of Equalithons, your portfolio startups led by diverse founders can apply to be supported for free by our volunteer technologists, designers, PMs, and marketers - just connect with us first by “booking a meeting” at the bottom of the page.
Founders will end up with a functional prototype to test users, like: new app prototype, website, app module, mobile versions, chatbots, social media tech, and much more.
Inclusion training from the get go
Unlock hands-on experiences and training for startup employees to integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into their jobs, products, and processes.
Report on DEI training metrics and NPS. Report on DEI brand visibility compared to top competitors and top DEI brands.
Report on Inclusive culture growth and teams diversity, over a year.
Hiring & Diversity
Leverage unique, qualitative skill data for junior and senior technologists like developers, designers, engineers, PhDs, project managers…
Source from a predominantly diverse talent pool thanks to our focus on supporting underrepresented communities.
Meet the best diverse technologists: achievers, fast-learners, team players, success-driven and innovation-focused profiles.
Test people in an engaging and purposeful way, for them and for hiring managers.
They Liked Equalithons
Software company with over 6000 employees.
PTC’s DEI team impacted 12 underrepresented communities over a year and became the #1 brand for DEI in the Boston area.
PTC - Recurring Ally
Social news company with about 700 employees.
Reddit’s Allyship ERG impacted 4 communities in one Equalithon and supported participants who finished the development of solutions for nonprofits.
Reddit - Ally
Financial services company with over 268,000 employees.
Wells Fargo’s Foundation impacted the Sanitation Foundation of the NYC Department of Sanitation, ultimately serving a city of 11 million.
Wells Fargo - Champion Ally
How it works
PTC mentor Rich Naggle, Lead Developer, shares more about how easy it is to mentor Equalithons.
On how it is to mentor teams.
Rich, Mentor in several Equalithons,
Principal Software Engineer
- PTC
“It was great to see the results of the latest Equalithon. I’m always so impressed by the participants.”
Ron, Mentor in several Equalithons,
Software architect - PTC
“Joining the Essteem community for the Equalithon turned out to be very rewarding and educational.”
Hafsat, Participant in several Equalithons
“Equalithons helped position the Nasdaq brand with women in tech. Our teams were involved as mentors and are looking forward to renewing the experience!”
Your employees’ impact
Your employees will love to become Equalithon Mentors - they can actually impact a cause in 3 hours of their time, whatever their skill - and will give back to your company by giving back to causes.
Book a meeting
Learn more about our subscriptions, seats, and available customizations