More Related Content Similar to Hackathon Presentation to the European Union in Brussels (20) Hackathon Presentation to the European Union in Brussels4. SAMPLE OF HACK JUDGES FOR TV HACKFEST LONDON 2013
ALKIVIADES DAVID
Founder and CEO,
www.FilmOn.TV
ANTHONY
ROSE
Co-founder
and CTO zeebox
ANDREW BURKE
Chairman, Crisp
Thinking Ltd
ROBIN CRAMP
Project Manager,
BBC Connected
Studio
KITSON KELLY
Head of Software
Engineering –
NOW TV (SKY)
NOAM
JOSEPHIDES
CEO of
SmartPay.tv &
chairman of
Vonetize
JOE TRAINOR
Start-Up
Specialist &
Entrepreneur
PETER CASSIDY
MD of
FremantleMedia
UK Interactive
RICK LIEBLING
Director, Creative
Culturalist, Y&R
Advertising, NYC
IAN MERRICKS
Managing Partner at
White Horse Capital,
DR. JO TWIST
CEO - The Association
for UK Interactive
Entertainment
JACK DAVISON
Managing
Consultant, 3Vision
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5. THE HACKATHON
• A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest
or codefest) is an event in which computer
programmers and others involved in software
development, including graphic designers,
interface designers and project managers,
collaborate intensively on software projects.
Occasionally, there is a hardware component as
well. And in certain genres such as TV, creatives
(writers, producers and others) are also involved
in the process.
• The word "hackathon" is a portmanteau of the
words "hack" and "marathon", where "hack" is
used in the sense of playful, exploratory
programming, not its alternate meaning as a
reference to computer crime.
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6. THE HACKATHON
• “Powering the next generation of
innovation, invention and creativity.”
• "Solving elegant solutions to the
world's complex problems."
• "Hackers are the future leaders of an
emerging technocracy. Nowhere is
solutionism in fuller force than at
hackathons and app contests.”
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8. THE HACKATHON
1. BECAUSE WE LOVE TO
2. PRESS AND BRANDING
3. MONEY AND PRIZES
4. EDUCATION
5. COMMUNITY
6. EXPOSURE TO MARKET LEADERS (JURY)
7. TO FIND STARTUP FUNDING
8. TO SELL OR LICENSE NEW INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY TO SPONSORS
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23. SUCCESS STORIES
The Brazilian hackathon
project, Seu Lixo, or “The
Trash.” The application uses
public data from Brazil’s
statistics institute that reveal
waste removal per major city.
By scraping that information and comparing it with
population statistics from the latest census, the
programmers behind “The Trash” are able to attractively
display the kilograms of trash collected, on average, per
person per day in Brazil’s major cities.
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24. SUCCESS STORIES
GroupMe began as a project at a hackathon at the
TechCrunch Disrupt 2010 conference.
In 2011 it was acquired by Skype for $85 million.
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25. SUCCESS STORIES
The software PhoneGap
began as a project at the
iPhoneDevCamp (later
renamed iOSDevCamp) in
2008.
It was bought by Adobe in
2011 for an undisclosed
amount.
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26. SUCCESS STORIES
Docracy is a free repository for legal documents,
much like GitHub but for legal documents. The
original plan was to just create a prototype of
the idea, but Matt Hall and John Watkinson took
home the first prize. After about seven months
they were funded for $650k.
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27. SUCCESS STORIES
Zaarly is a very
successful service
that was born
from a
hackathon, now
funded with over
$15 million,
according
to Business
Insider.
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28. SUCCESS STORIES
Winner of Silicon Valley
“Startup weekend”, Banjo
is a social discovery
service that helps people
explore social updates
across multiple social
networks. BlueRun
Ventures and Lightspeed
Venture Partners in a
round A followed by a
venture round by
Balderton Capital.
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29. PROBLEMS?
1.
EDUCATION. HOW DOES THE STARTUP WORLD WORK?
HOW CAN WE PUSH THE IDEA THAT YOUTH SHOULD NOT
BE THINKING ABOUT FINDING A JOB BUT RATHER
CREATING ONE?
2.
RED TAPE. GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS SIMPLY TOO
CUMBERSOME, SLOW AND DIFFICULT TO TACKLE – IT
COSTS MORE TO GET THE MONEY IN TIME AND EFFORT
THAN IT’S WORTH.
3.
FRAGMENTATION – EUROPE IS MULTINATIONAL,
MULTILINGUAL, MULTICULTURAL AND MULTI-MARKET
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO EXPAND. HOW CAN WE
CONDOLIDATE THE MARKET BETTER?
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30. PROBLEMS?
IN SILICON VALLEY THE MANTRAS ARE:
FAIL EARLY, FAIL OFTEN
AND
FAIL FAST (IF YOU ARE GOING TO FAIL)
THE ATTITUDE FROM US INVESTORS?
MULTIPLE FAILURES SHOWS TENACITY AND EXPERIENCE.
IN EUROPE: “…IF YOU FAIL IN EUROPE YOU’RE DONE.”
EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS DON’T TAKE FAILURE AS A LESSON AND TRY
AGAIN.
EUROPEAN INVESTORS ? PREVIOUS FAILURE IS A SIGN NOT TO INVEST.
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32. SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATION FOR
FUTURE ACTIONS
• Form an EU hackathon task force to utilise this new
phenomenon to tackle problems and find solutions –
from civic issues to entertainment, health to
environment. Blend international cooperation and
competition (gamification) to help facilitate
innovation.
• Possible marketing strategy could also include a
partnership with TV production company to shoot
reality show or competition-driven format around
Hackathon and/or Bootcamp. Long term vision could
also include a TV format similar to Eurovision Song
Festival with another angle. Eurovation Startup
Festival with the best hackers in Europe vying for most
innovative country.
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33. SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATION FOR
FUTURE ACTIONS
Example of possible lifeline of projects
• Stage 1 - Hackathon to find and cultivate new ideas
• Stage 2 - Winners go to Startup Bootcamp for a week
• Stage 3 - Bootcamp Graduates move to Startup Incubator
and Accelerator for extended period (six weeks to 2
months).
• Stage 4 - Round A funding in cooperation with VC - Match
funding and EU takes a small stake rather than just grants
money.
• Stage 5 - EU Participation in further Rounds.
• Stage 6 - Followup at all stages - keep active with an EU
mentor that works with project from Hackathon onwards
through entire process.
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34. THANK YOU - RICHARD KASTELEIN
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Founder of The Hackfest, publisher of TV App Market and global expert on
TV innovation
Guest lectured at MIT Media Lab, University of Cologne, sat on media
convergence panel at 2nd EU Digital Assembly
Worked with broadcasters such as the BBC, NPO, RTL (DE and NL),
Eurosport, NBCU, C4, ITV, Seven Network and others on media
convergence strategy
Spoken (& speaking) on the future of TV in Amsterdam, Copenhagen,
Cannes, Cologne, Curacao, Frankfurt, Hollywood, Hilversum, Groningen
(TEDx), London, Las Vegas, Leipzig, Madrid, Melbourne, NYC, Rio, Sheffield,
San Francisco, San Jose, Sydney, Tallinn, Vienna, Bangkok, Belfast, Berlin,
Brussels, Brighton & beyond.
Career began in the Canadian Native Press and is now a columnist for The
Association for International Broadcasting and writes for Wired, The
Guardian & Virgin. His writings have been translated into Polish, German
and French.
Also writes TV formats - one which was optioned by Sony Pictures
Television in 2012.
Currently involved in a number of startups including publishing TV App
Market online, The Hackfest brand in Bristol, UK and Zephyr Tech Ventures
in NYC.
Sailed around the world 24000 miles+ offshore in 20′s on sailboats under
12m wrote the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Seas.
Been in 8 failed startups. Three have been successful. The Hackfest brand
was acquired in early 2013.
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