2. What is Startup Weekend?
•NPO HQ in Seattle, WA
•+30,000 SW Alums
•2011:
- 260 events
- 67 countries
•2012: +400 events
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3. House Keeping
Twitter Hashtag:
Facebook Group:
GroupMe #
Wifi Code
Restrooms
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6. Schedule
6pm: Intro
F 6:30pm: Speakers
7pm: Pitchfire
R 8:30pm: Vote up top ideas/ team
formation
I 9:30pm: Start working!
9pm: doors open/breakfast
noon: lunch S
1pm: Mentors Arrive
6pm: Dinner
A
11pm: Kick out T
9pm: doors open/breakfast
S noon: lunch
1pm: Mentors Arrive
U 3pm: Tech Checks
5pm: Dinner
N 6pm: Pitches/Voting and Awards
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7. Pitchfire Tips (60 secs)
•5-10 sec Who are you
•10-20 sec Problem
•10-20 sec Solution/Idea
•5-10 sec Needs
Take Notes!
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8. Voting (everyone 3 post its)
Location Based
mobile
Superhero RPG
Celebrity Siri
Marketplace
Match.com for
study buddies
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11. Judging Criteria
1. Customer Validation
interviewed potential customers?
iterated feedback in product?
fan base?
2. Business Model
Differentiation?
Customer Acquisition/rollout strategy?
Realistic revenue model?
3. Execution
Developed functional prototype?
Executed well as a team?
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12. Weekend Roadmap
MVP
Roll out Strategy
Deliverables
Live Demo
FRI Contact info Presentation
SAT Build
Market Research SUN
Customer Validation
Biz Model
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13. Scrum Board
In Queue Doing Done
Joey
Vance
Marc
Ashley
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14. Ideas for Customer Validation
Trending
+400 customer
pool
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15. Ideas for Customer Validation
Trending
+400 customer
pool
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16. Sunday Presentation Tips
•Focus on MVP
•No #’s w/o justification
•Save demo locally-
Wireless WILL crash
•Tech Check & Time
yourself
•1-2 speakers
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