9/29 finalist all hands final

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MassChallenge

All Hands MeetingSeptember 29th

John Harthorne [email protected]

Akhil Nigam [email protected]



MassChallenge, Harthorne&Nigam

Agenda

1

Overall Update - John

Key Dates and events - Akhil

Pre Judging- Akhil

Final Judging - Akhil

Logistics ± Christine




Overall Update

2




Agenda

3


Key Dates and events - Akhil

Mentorship and Accelerator - Akhil


Logistics ± Christine




Agenda

5


Key Dates - Akhil

Pre judging- Akhil


Logistics - Christine




Friday Morning ± 3 panels Afternoon - 3 panels

Monday Morning ± 1 - 2 panel

Afternoon ± 3 panels

Tuesday Morning ± 4 panels

Afternoon ± 2 panels

Pre judging days and panels

6




Pre judging: Next steps

7

Next Step

2 pager filled out by this weekend if possible; latest by Oct 5th

http://www.massc

hallenge.org/node/add/final-judging-submission

Review the judging sheet ± posted online

Let us know any changes in availability

We will notify you about your schedules by

today or tomorrow.




Agenda

8


Key Dates - Akhil

Pre judging - Akhil






Final Judging

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DeshDeshpande (Sparta, A123)

Josh Boger (Vertex)

Sophie Vandebroek (Xerox)

Tim Healy (EnerNoc)

Ed Roberts (MIT)

Howard Messing (Meditech)

Helen Greiner (CyPhy, iRobot)(Tentative)

Oct 15th Oct 18th

DeshDeshpande (Sparta, A123)

Josh Boger (Vertex)

Paul English (Kayak)

Microsoft ± Daniel Lewin

Helen Greiner (CyPhy, iRobot)

Joan Solotar (BlackStone Group)

Tom First (Nantucket Nectars)

Gail Goodman ± Constant Contact(Tentative)




Final Judging

10

13 teams present on each day (Oct 15, 18)

5 Minute pitch, 10 minute QA , 5 minute transition

30 minutes at the end for judges to deliberate together

Submitted in advance:

2 pager regarding your company

Pitch deck

Feedback from pre-judging

Format




Agenda

11


Key Dates - Akhil

Mentorship and Accelerator - Akhil






Q&A

12THANK YOU!




Appendix

13




In mid October, winners will be chosenthrough two rounds of judging

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Prejudging ±110 companies

Oct 11-12; All Day Similar to second round judging 10 Minute live pitch and 10 min Q&A

Final Judging ±26 companies

Oct 15 and Oct 18; 1:30 - 630PM

Two distinct judging panels with some overlap Final Judges have $1M to allocate $100K and $50K awards

Winners

announced

Oct 21 ± Final Award Ceremony

10±20 eventual winners announced live on Oct 21st




Final judging criteria focuses on impact as well as

execution

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Compelling visionand impact

Sustainability andscalability

Asset and position

What impact are you targeting?

Why is your business model the right approach? Is it scalable and sustainable?

What progress have you made? Are you executing against your goals? What have you accomplished in the last 3 months?

Execution:Progress to date

Are you positioned to win? What assets give you a competitive advantage?

Team, IP, partnerships, etc.

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