This document provides an overview and schedule for Startup Weekend Wellington, to be held at BizDojo, including details about pitching ideas, forming teams, mentors, prizes, and presentations on Sunday; wifi access and emergency information is also included. Participants will pitch initial business ideas on Friday evening and then work over the weekend to develop projects, with the top 3 teams on Sunday winning cash prizes and office space to further their new ventures.

1. Welcome to
Startup Weekend
WELLINGTON

3. Tonight ...
Twitter Hashtag: #SWWLG
Venue Basics
The schedule for the weekend
Pitching your idea, voting, and forming a team
Mentors and Judges
Prizes
Half-baked game

4. BizDojo 101
Wifi
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Ssid: Bizdojo Wellington
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Password: Thepandaishere
Toilet locations
Emergency Exits
Meeting areas
Look after it as if it were your own
If you need help, just yelp!

5. S tart
16:30 -
the Schedule
Doors open, registration
17:15 -
Mayor Celia opens the event
Friday
17:50 -
Half-baked game, dinner, PitchFire
20:45 -
Vote on top ideas, form teams!
21:15 -
Start working!
01:00 -
Doors close
Saturday
Doors open - 07:00
Breakfast - 09:00
Lunch & status reports - 12:00
07:00 - Doors open Dinner - 18:00
Sunday
09:00 - Breakfast Doors close - 01:00
12:00 - Lunch
16:30 - Dinner Fin
17:00 - Presentations (5 min each + 5 min Q&A) ish
20:00 - Voting and awards

7. Mentors Judges
Alan Froggatt Richard MacManus
Angela Beer
Dan Khan
Helen Baxter
Alexei Dunayev Ruth McDavitt
Suse Reynolds Stefan Korn
Jelle Sjoerdsma
Jenny Morel
Mike DelPrete
Ben Morrison
Siobhan Bulfin
Jim Robinson
Alison Holt
Organisers
Lenz Gschwendtner Dave Moskovitz
Bowen Pan
Leonie Gordon
Leonie Gordon
Murray McRae Paul Spence
Nick Churchouse Danijel Duvnjak
Steve O'Connor Inas Duvnjak
Thiago Almeida
Toby Ruckert
Nick Churchouse
Nick Shewring

8. ourSponsors

12. IP Issues: this is an open environment

16. sundayPresentations
Focus on MVP - what you’ve accomplished
(leave the frills for Q&A)
No numbers without
justification
(i.e. hockey stick growth curve)
Save demos locally - wireless WILL crash
(or preload all pages in different tabs)
TECH CHECK & DRY RUN WITH TIMER!
(set cues to stay on track)
Only 1-2 speakers
(saves time)

18. 1st Place
Prizes
● $1000 for your venture (need to register company with three
team members as Directors)
● USD 200 free credit for Amazon Web Services
● 1 part-time desk at BizDojo for 3 months
● Grow Wellington / MSI Marketplace Scan
● ½ day consulting each from Creative HQ and WebFund
2nd Place
● $500 for your venture (need to register company with three
team members as Directors)
● 1 part-time desk at BizDojo for 3 months
● Grow Wellington / MSI Marketplace Scan
● ½ day consulting each from Creative HQ and WebFund
3rd Place
● $250 for your venture (need to register company with three
team members as Directors)
● 1 part-time desk at BizDojo for 3 months

19. Questions
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20. Half-Baked Game
Divide into small groups by surname
Everyone draws a word from the hat
Your team has 10 minutes to put together a business
concept using at least two of those words
Select one team member to present
State your words, and pitch your half-baked idea!