This document provides information about Startup Weekend Brno #1, including the schedule, logistics, and process for pitching ideas. The event will take place over a weekend, and will involve participants pitching startup ideas, forming teams to develop ideas, getting feedback from mentors, and doing customer validation. Participants will work throughout the weekend to build minimum viable products or prototypes based on the selected ideas, and on the final day will do final presentations and be judged on criteria like validation, execution, and business model. The document outlines the schedule, provides judging criteria, and notes venue details like available food, drinks, and workspaces.
The PowerPoint-Tastic series of templates are available for your use with no copyright limitations. Each week the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas.
When you use our templates, we only ask that you spread the word and tell others about our services.
Our team is passionate and dedicated to every single project. We truly are perfectionists. We have developed an unrivaled level of expertise within the industry and ensure we inject all our skills into every one of our projects.
Learn more about Foundation 6: http://foundation.zurb.com/
In today’s fast moving world, you shouldn’t need to throw away your prototype when it’s time to take it into production. You expect your backend tools to grow and scale with your application, your frontend framework should as well. In this talk we’ll cover how the Foundation framework takes you from prototype to production, maximizing your productivity while creating an amazing final product.
On the prototyping front, we’ll cover how Foundation gets you up and running quickly with minimal dependencies, letting you rapidly produce proof of concepts and interactive components without writing any custom javascript. From there, we’ll jump into how Foundation lets you optimize for production by moving to semantic css classes, paring down your frontend file size to use only what you need, easily implementing custom designs without overriding tons of code, and integrating custom javascript plugins and implementations seamlessly with the core framework.
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The PowerPoint-Tastic series of templates are available for your use with no copyright limitations. Each week the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas.
When you use our templates, we only ask that you spread the word and tell others about our services.
Our team is passionate and dedicated to every single project. We truly are perfectionists. We have developed an unrivaled level of expertise within the industry and ensure we inject all our skills into every one of our projects.
Learn more about Foundation 6: http://foundation.zurb.com/
In today’s fast moving world, you shouldn’t need to throw away your prototype when it’s time to take it into production. You expect your backend tools to grow and scale with your application, your frontend framework should as well. In this talk we’ll cover how the Foundation framework takes you from prototype to production, maximizing your productivity while creating an amazing final product.
On the prototyping front, we’ll cover how Foundation gets you up and running quickly with minimal dependencies, letting you rapidly produce proof of concepts and interactive components without writing any custom javascript. From there, we’ll jump into how Foundation lets you optimize for production by moving to semantic css classes, paring down your frontend file size to use only what you need, easily implementing custom designs without overriding tons of code, and integrating custom javascript plugins and implementations seamlessly with the core framework.
Lean Scaling – From Lean Startup to Lean Enterprise - Itamar GoldminzAtlassian
Congratulations! You've found the right product-market fit, and it's now time to scale your business. But growing your organization often means slower decision making, increased complexity, and higher chance for misalignments. How can you grow your business while staying lean? Learn five key lessons on how to use smart integration and process to grow with your Atlassian tools.
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The PowerPoint-Tastic series of templates are available for your use with no copyright limitations. Each week the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas.
When you use our templates, we only ask that you spread the word and tell others about our services.
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Having clear and established design principles within product teams helps to keep everyone to remain focused on a clear vision as to what makes our product unique, and it also serves as a decision-making tool during the design process.
One of my biggest frustrations while working with design principles from past experiences, is that we tend to forget about them, and that it can be challenging to keep them at the front of our minds day to day, from one feature to another. Sure – they exist somewhere within the project rooms up on the wall, uploaded on file storage systems, and on our minds. However, none of those approaches seem to be effective. Could there be a better way in keeping our design principles to the front of our product team members’ minds?
In this talk, I’ll cover the importance of making ‘sticky’ design principles and I will be sharing with you how I tackled this problem in ensuring that they stay stuck using a recent project of mine as an example.
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Christian will talk about the often challenging contrast between wanting to deliver the best possible product and making sure you’re satisfying the client’s internal project needs. How to deliver excellent customer satisfaction while working as agile as possible?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The PowerPoint-Tastic series of templates are available for your use with no copyright limitations. Each week the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas.
When you use our templates, we only ask that you spread the word and tell others about our services.
JiveWorld13.
Still debating if JiveWorld is the conference for you?
Need help justifying the trip to your boss?
This presentation should help!
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Great products start with great planning. At Atlassian we take a multitude of approaches to plan our feature releases. Learn how you can take some of the practices the Confluence Product Management Team makes use of – such as product requirements, prototypes, customer interviews, and user journeys – to deliver great solutions for your customers.
Enterprise Day 2015 - beyond software teams (Atlassian)Riada AB
Behind every great human achievement, there is a team.
That’s why Atlassian’s mission is to unleash the potential in every team – from Software teams: who are changing how they work and communicate, to IT teams: who are under pressure to enable teams across the business, to business teams: who are quickly adopting the tools that have made Software and IT teams successful.
The PowerPoint-Tastic series of templates are available for your use with no copyright limitations. Each week the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas.
When you use our templates, we only ask that you spread the word and tell others about our services.
UX Australia 2018 - Making 'Sticky' Design Principles - Amirul NasirAmirul Nasir (Rul)
Having clear and established design principles within product teams helps to keep everyone to remain focused on a clear vision as to what makes our product unique, and it also serves as a decision-making tool during the design process.
One of my biggest frustrations while working with design principles from past experiences, is that we tend to forget about them, and that it can be challenging to keep them at the front of our minds day to day, from one feature to another. Sure – they exist somewhere within the project rooms up on the wall, uploaded on file storage systems, and on our minds. However, none of those approaches seem to be effective. Could there be a better way in keeping our design principles to the front of our product team members’ minds?
In this talk, I’ll cover the importance of making ‘sticky’ design principles and I will be sharing with you how I tackled this problem in ensuring that they stay stuck using a recent project of mine as an example.
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UA Online PM Marathon 2021 Spring
Website - http://lembs.com/pmmarathon
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/startuplviv
FB - https://www.facebook.com/pmdayconference
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Many agencies have become frustrated with over-specced sequential waterfall projects. Their inflexible methodologies have too often led to outcomes that didn’t realize their full potential. In contrast, agile methods like Scrum and Kanban have proven successful ways to build and run software. But how do you apply agile methods to the reality of an agency’s project based work? There are many challenges and the most crucial question is: what if our ideal work method and our clients’ realities don’t match?
Edenspiekermann have been working agile since 2009. They’ve since achieved terrific results and have never looked back. They now employ about as many developers as designers, creating meaningful digital products and services for global clients like Red Bull, Cisco Systems, The Economist and the German and Dutch Railways.
Christian will talk about the often challenging contrast between wanting to deliver the best possible product and making sure you’re satisfying the client’s internal project needs. How to deliver excellent customer satisfaction while working as agile as possible?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Christian is the guy designers are ambivalent about. He’s not a font guy. He’s the business guy—the one who works the odd hours creating and maintaining relationships with some of the largest companies in the world. Over the past decade, he has led business development efforts for numerous agencies on three continents.
Today's buyer is digitally savvy. Sales techniques of the past are no longer as effective with Buyer 2.0 - these buyers prefer digital interactions and prefer to educate themselves with quality content they can find online. This presentation was given at MSPWorld 2015 by Lindsay Kelley, Chief Marketing Strategist for Prospect Builder, an inbound marketing agency.
The PowerPoint-Tastic series of templates are available for your use with no copyright limitations. Each week the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas.
When you use our templates, we only ask that you spread the word and tell others about our services.
JiveWorld13.
Still debating if JiveWorld is the conference for you?
Need help justifying the trip to your boss?
This presentation should help!
Register for JiveWorld13: http://jiveworld.jivesoftware.com/
Value-Based Pricing: Guide for Digital Agency-SummaryCore Elevation
Value-based pricing is all the rage these days…why? Because it works really well. I will share with you a 4 step process to scope projects that build trust and understanding. I have used this exact process to get projects that were $15k per month for 12 months (and even bigger engagements too!). I will share with you step-by-step how to implement Value-Based Pricing for your next project…including one BIG secret weapon that will have your client's happily paying you for things you currently offer for FREE.
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3. Hi, I’m Max
Drag a picture
right here!
Only dead fish go
with the flow.
1
Startup Weekend
Global Facilitator
2 Startup Founder – BatSuite.com
3 Consultant and Entrepreneur
7. Global Sponsors
$100 in AWS credits
for ALL attendees
Go here for details:
startupweekend.org/aws
FREE .CO domains for
ALL attendees
Go here for details:
go.co/startupweekend
8. Global Sponsors
$300 in Cloud Platform
credit for ALL
attendees
Go here for details:
cloud.google.com/free-
trial/
Leading the way for non-
tech partners with a focus
on innovative communities.
Providing beverages
to events across
the globe.
16. Q: Can I pitch something I’ve already started on?
A: No, but well researched and vetted ideas are always welcome.
FAQ
Q: Can I pitch two ideas?
A: No, pick your favorite.
Q: What if my idea isn’t selected?
A: Join another team, remember, it’s not about the idea.
Q: Can I still work on my idea if it’s not selected?
A: Yes, ONLY IF you have more than two other people on the team.
Q: Can I use any pitch props, slides, etc when pitching?
A: Props are ok, but slides are not. Remember it’s short!
17. Anatomy of a Pitch
Hi, I’m [name]! The
problem I’m solving
is [problem]. My
solution is [solution].
To do this, we’ll need
[team]. Let’s rock this
weekend!
Your name
1
The problem
you’re solving
and who it’s for
2
Who do need on
your team
4
Your solution, it’s name,
and why
it’s unique
3
18. Time to Vote
Your Idea
Vote for my idea!
Still need devs!
Let’s rock this!
I’ve got icecream!
You got my vote!
19. Building the Team
65% of
all startup
failure
is due to
team issues
Have
diverse
skill sets
and
perspectives
No one
is CEO!
Everyone
wears as
many hats
21. Judging Criteria
•Did your team get out and talk to customers?
•Are you actually solving a problem?
•Have you identified a specific target market?
Validation
Execution
& Design
Business
Model
22. Judging Criteria
•Do you have an MVP or prototype?
•How functional is your technical demo?
•Design Matters! Is your product easy to use?
Validation
Execution
& Design
Business
Model
23. Judging Criteria
•Are you solving a problem? (value proposition)
•Is your idea unique?
•How do you plan on making this a successful
business?
Validation
Execution
& Design
Business
Model
27. 321
Don’t leave without
Picking a
work area
for the
weekend
Making a
sign with:
• Team name
• Number
• Members
• Problem
Defining
Scope:
• Brainstorm
• Top 3
priorities
• Assign roles
28. Weekend Schedule
9AM - Breakfast
10AM - Work!
1-4PM - Mentor
hours
3PM - Get out and talk
to customers
7:30PM – BBQ Dinner
& check-in
9AM - Show up & eat
something
10AM - Last pivots!
10AM – Pitch training
12PM – Lunch
3PM - Tech check
4:30PM – Final Presentations
+ Awards
6:00PM – Go and grab Beer
SAT SUN
29.
30. Venue Logistics
Work Meals Drinks
• Till you rocks around
0:00 we will check
some pub around
• Opening at 9:00
• Breakfast, lunch,
dinner
• Lunch pub Tesně
vedle
• Dinner BBQ
• Coffee, tea
• Water, Coke
What to do:
Use this slide as participants register and come into the venue. (before the presentation).
Throw on some Music to set the tone for the weekend.
Music
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n7EyE_mOpB_oPoUtTEHRPGQnx12d9b084o4WrU5hrt0/edit?usp=sharing
What to Edit:
Add the city name / edition. Add some flair! The more its customized, the more personal and intimate the event will feel.
What to Do during the presentation:
Get people excited and energized.
Example Facilitator Introduction:
Welcome to Startup Weekend!
Who has been to Startup Weekend before?
How many: designer? Developers? Women?
Who here has an idea they want to pitch?
What to Do:
Introduce yourself! This is your chance to tell the group a little more about yourself.
Tips on sharing:
Stories from past SW’s are great
Keep it light & fun (odd hobbies and facts can be memorable).
Stay Humble! (The weekends about the attendees, not you).
Edit:
You can usually scrape the teams info from the local event site.
What to Do:
Introduce the organizers! Give them the credit they deserve.
Example talking points:
Can I get all the organizers and volunteers to please stand up.
Look around the room, these are the people that made this event possible.
If you have any questions, or need help during the weekend these are the people to talk to.
Add your event’s local sponsors. (usual you can scape their logos from the event site).
What to say:
Talk with your organizers before the event to determine what you need to say (they most likely will have key points they want to address).
If you have a local sponsor present, they may want to say a few words - if they do, remember its your job to protect the attendee’s experience! Help them keep it short.
The EC has developed FI-WARE, a unique, free and open-source developer platform intended to unleash the potential of cutting-edge internet technologies crucial to the future of areas such as Smart Cities, Internet of Things, Robotics, and Cyber Security, CleanTech and many more. We are supporting the Fi-WARE by spreading the word and encourage usage to customer validate this new developer platform.
Links to know about:
www.fi-ware.eu (main website)
http://lab.fi-ware.org/ (the developer lab)
http://www.fi-ware.org/tag/infographic/ (fi-ware and fi-lab explained in an infographic)
AWS Activate is a program designed to provide startups with the resources needed to get started on AWS. Join some of the fastest-growing startups in the world and build your business using AWS.Amazon Web Services is issuing all Startup Weekend participants an AWS credit voucher valued at $100 which can be applied to an existing account and is good until 12 months from issue. Please follow the instructions on startupweekend.org/aws to sign up for Amazon Web Services and redeem the promotional code provided by your Startup Weekend Organizer.
.CO is proud to support Startup Weekend by providing all participants with the opportunity for a free 12-month registration. Don’t settle for a lame name with dashes or missing vowels -- get a short, memorable, seo-friendly domain name to launch your startup this weekend! Use the promo code provided by your organizer to to get your .CO at www.go.co.startupweekend
Google For Entrepreneurs Google For Entrepreneurs is teaming up with Startup Weekend to help developers and entrepreneurs launch new startups. Google Cloud Platform is offering all Startup Weekend participants $300 in credits to help build web and mobile apps! To receive these credits, go to https://cloud.google.com/free-trial/. click the “start your free trial” button. With Cloud Platform you can access application, compute, storage and big data services. You’re now building on the same infrastructure that powers Google.
Coca Cola,besides being one of the most iconic brands in the world, The Coca-Cola Company is dedicated to spurring innovation, inspiring entrepreneurs, and supporting the world’s greatest innovators.
In many markets, Coca Cola and their vitaminwater brand support Startup Weekend events with mentors, domain experts, access to resources, and beverages. [The partnership is growing, so look for them at your next Startup Weekend] "
_______How to get access to mentors
-what mechanisms
What to Edit:
Add the city name / edition
What to Do during the presentation:
Use this slide as participants register and come into the venue.
Get people excited and energized.
Example Facilitator Introduction:
Welcome to Startup Weekend!
Who has been to Startup Weekend before?
How many: designer? Developers? Women?
Who here has an idea they want to pitch?
What to Do:
Startup Weekends are meant to be a safe place to bring people together to learn, build, and grow. Give a quick overview of Startup Weekend and the scale of our events.
Example Talking points
So what is Startup Weekend all about? Startup Weekend is one of the leading catalysts for startup creation and entrepreneurial education around the world. Our mission is to educate and inspire entrepreneurs and give them the motivation and networking opportunities they need to take the next step in creating a successful startup company. Founded in 2007, we’ve since become a registered non-profit and focused on expanding our model to become a global, hyper-local grassroots movement.
Some quick facts:- [Updated August 2014]
Startup Weekend has helped educate & inspire almost 150,000 entrepreneurs - We’ve had over 1900 events in over 127 countries to date.
Over 3000 organizers and volunteers that are the driving force in Startup Weekend’s success- Over 1500 ventures have been launched at Startup Weekend’s around the globe.
Now’s the time to challenge Participants: What are their goals for the weekend?
Challenge attendee’s to challenge themselves. The more they put into the weekend, the better the experience.
Example talking points:
Why are you here?
What is your end goal for the weekend?
What you can expect to get out of the weekend:
Education
Build your network
Co-Founder Dating
Learn a new Skill
Launch a Business!
Mentorship
Have fun!
[Prefer Rock, Paper Scissors? - It’s in the Appendix]
Setup:
You’ll need some markers and easel board paper or a white board. We recommend using 2 additional volunteers to help. Before you start, pre-populate the paper with a few nouns and adjectives (the more obscure the better).
Playing the game
Set up the easel board/whiteboard in the front of the stage.
Ask the crowd to shout out words (adjectives & nouns). If people are shy, you may have to call on people directly.
While asking for words, have your two volunteers writing down all the words shouted (its helpful to have two people to speed up the writing). Aim for getting 20-30 words.
Break everyone up into groups of roughly 4-5 people, Have everyone in the group introduce themselves.
Ask each group to select a leader, have them come up and select two words from the given list.
Give each team 5 minutes to create a Startup with their two words.
After 5 minutes, give each team 30 seconds to “pitch” their startup, business model and logo to the group.
Video Example:
https://www.udemy.com/startup-weekend-facilitator-training/#/lecture/451790 (PW: GreatEvents!)
The Friday Schedule:
---- Longer version
We are going to pitch ideas, vote, form teams then get on your way.
When you get into teams, everyone on your team is going to braindump every feature they can think of, just get it all out. Then you'll spend a few minutes cutting them all away as you prioritize and refine until you hone on your weekend MVP - minimum viable product. What you can actually deliver this weekend.
If your team starts to argue, and they will, work out a voting process (thumb up / thumb down, majority wins). Don't spend more than a few moments getting perspectives and MOVE ON. For the love of God, do not spend more than 10 minutes figuring out a name. It's ok if it changes later.
The goal is to build enough to be able to tell your story.
What to Do
60 seconds cut off
Keep energy high, and keep it fun.
What to say:
Pitches are a first vital step to finding and building your team for the weekend. You're going to come up here, say who you are, THE NAME OF YOUR COMPANY/PRODUCT, the problem you are solving, how you are going to solve it, what you're good at, and who you are looking for.
You each get 60 seconds to pitch, which we have a timer. As soon as the time is up, I'll start clapping. You'll grab a piece of paper with your company name on it and go back to your seat until the end of pitches.
These are the rules of Pitching.
Explain how to pitch! Help explain best practices and how to keep their pitch clean and concise. It’s always helpful to walk through an example pitch.
What to Say
Remember people are here to have a great time, so have plenty of energy, make it fun, and stand out amongst your peers.
If you're listening to ideas, take notes on the people and ideas that jump out at you. You will have a chance to find out more after pitches are done.
Explain the voting process:
Each person get 3 stickers, post it notes etc. (whatever your event decides to do)
Each sticker counts as 1 vote
You can vote any way you like (3 times for one pitch, once for 3 pitches, whatever you like).
After about 45-1 hour, count up the votes and determine which teams are to continue. Important! Don’t rush this. This is a key time for attendees. Give them some time to pick their team and start working.
What to Say
If you botched your pitch, now’s the time to make up for it.
Get up, walk around the room and talk to people.
This is your time to recruit whatever skills you need for the weekend.
Talking Points:
Find ideas and people that resonated, spend no more than a couple mins per person, talk to EVERYONE. Come back to people you click with, find complimentary skill sets (business, creative, technical)Start with the ideas and people that resonated with you and find out more. Most importantly, see who you mesh well with, and try to have a well balanced team with complimentary skills. A balanced team includes people that can build product, people that can think through the user's experience, who can help put together a kick ass presentation and story, people who can validate the product and business, and people who have a great
To aid you and your attendees in getting off to an awesome start, while also creating a sense of global connectedness, we have worked with the Google for Entrepreneurs team to create a Friday night video for you to play for all your attendees just before they pitch their ideas. So much of a great pitch night is energy, excitement, and when you get down to it, the feeling of trust and confidence in the room. We hope this will help get people in mindset to pitch their best idea and get everyone excited about what is to come.
If you all play the video (just 70 seconds long) 250 Startup Weekend in over 80 different countries will start their journey the same way, for the first time ever.
The video is linked below, we’re providing early access for GSB events, but this will be something we roll out for all Startup Weekends after that. Since we haven’t had a chance to more formally introduce the video, we just ask that you use it for your event, but don’t share publicly beyond that for now.
We’d love your feedback as you play this for attendees and watch it for yourself. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyAb5W2MC8U&feature=youtu.be
Wistia: https://startupweekend.wistia.com/medias/m98t3c7kak
Thank you again for your contributions to Startup Weekend, GSB, and the global startup community. Have a great event and we’ll see you out there!
Add the pitches that made it past the first round of voting to help attendees form teams.
What to do:
Let ‘em loose! Time for the attendees to form teams.
What to do:
Give your participants some guidance for the first night. Help them get started. #1 & #2 will help you keep track of teams and facilitate Mentor/Coaches.
Dont forget! People have no idea what is going on. Help them plan their weekend.
Tomorrow doors open at X am for breakfast, and at X am will go through getting the most out of Saturday. There is some great information here, do not miss it.
Same goes for Sunday, we will meet together at 10am and go over how to best deliver your presentation.
Let's get to pitching!
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What do you need to tell Everyone about Venue or Logistics for the weekend?
Trash? Cleaning up instructions?
Where are the bathrooms?
Any areas off limits?
When does the venue open/close?