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The Designer’s Guide to
STARTUP WEEKEND
by Iryna Nezhynska
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So, you are going to Startup Weekend...
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GREAT IDEA!
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But I have 2 NEWS FOR YOU
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Bad news:
YOU WILL WORK HARD ALL WEEKEND LONG
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FOR FREE
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And
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You will
FIND NEW FRIENDS, who breathe the same air you do
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You will get advices from mentors and
PROMOTE YOURSELF
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and
H A V E A L O T
O F F U N
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Then I have several tips for you :)
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BE PREPAREDwith
Tip 1
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BUSINESS CARDS
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PRINTED WIREFRAMES
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BUSINESS MODEL TEMPLATE
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Tip 2
WORK ONLY WITH PEOPLE YOU LIKE
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A sense of commonality is essential. Without that, disaster.
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YOUR DREAM-TEAM
marketing guru
who knows how to make money from nothing
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2 developers knights of
backend and frontend worlds
YOUR DREAM-TEAM
marketing guru
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2 developers
YOUR DREAM-TEAM
YOU master of grids and lord of UX
marketing guru
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2 developers
YOUR DREAM-TEAM
YOU copywriter immortal
Lorem-ipsum conqueror
marketing guru
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Follow the Designers’ Code of Conduct and
BE A PRO
Moral part of Tip 2
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Startup weekend isn’t your daily work -
there are
NO CLIENT’S REQUIREMENTS
So...
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when it comes to creative concept: YOU ARE THE DESIGNER
AND YOU KNOW BETTER.
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LISTEN TO YOUR TEAM (especially to your business person -
they know the market better),
because...
But don’t be selfish and
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COLLABORATIONIS KEY TO SUCCESS
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And remember our commandment:
DESIGNER NEVER LEAVES A PROJECT
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DESIGNER NEVER LEAVES A PROJECT
but designer can leave a team if project is changed, finished or closed.
(Wow, you are reading this guide so carefully!)
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Tip 3
RECONSIDER YOUR WORKFLOW
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YES YES
NONO IS IT GOOD ENOUGH?
are you designer at all?
and don’t do good-enough
work never again
IS IT WOW-EFFECT
DESIGN?
NEXT STEP NEXT STEP
REDESIGN
YOUR DAILY WORKFLOW STARTUP WEEKEND WORKFLOW
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“DETAILS MATTER, IT’S WORTH WAITING TO GET IT RIGHT.”
Steve Jobs
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FORGET IT FOR THIS WEEKEND
because
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“DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT.”
Sheryl Sandberg
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CREATE A STUNNING PRESENTATION
Tip 4
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It can rescue your project, if something goes wrong
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COVER DEMO (MOCK-UPS)
NEXT STEPS
PROBLEM
MARKET RESEARCH
COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
BUSINESS PLAN
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
Q&A
YOUR SOLUTION
YOUR ADVANTAGES
PRESENTATION STRUCTURE
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Read this book:
THE PRESENTATION SECRETS OF STEVE JOBS. How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo
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On Sunday all teams face the same problem:
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On Sunday all teams face the same problem:usual situation
GUYS, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES FOR PRESENTING YOUR PROJECT
?!! BUT WE NEED MORE TIME
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KEEP CALM
AND MAKE
POSTER
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PRESENTATION: MOST
IMPORTANT INFO
POSTER: ADDITIONAL
(BUT NEED TO SHOW) DETAILS
Split all your slides in 2 parts:
present it in 3 minutes print it and give to judges
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NETWORK!
Tip 5
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There is no sense in attending Startup Weekend without networking
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So even if
YOU ARE WORKING HARD ALL WEEKEND LONG,
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Stand up and
TALK TO PEOPLE
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Forget about the project for 2 hours, go outside the building and have a break with
YOUR TEAM
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Visit
OTHER TEAMS
What are they working on? Can you give them any good advice?
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Talk to
MENTORS(Job opportunies are here!)
Prepare and get to know in advance: Who they are? What do they do?
Where do they work?
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Talk to
MENTORS(Job opportunies are here!)
Find any article or interview with them, read it and think about:
Is there anything you can share with this mentor?
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Talk to
ORGANIZERS
These nice guys are always glad to hear your feedback on the level of organization.
+ Offer to help them after event.
As a volunteer. Why not?
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And the main tip for this weekend:
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NO TALK, ALL ACTION!
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GOOD LUCK, MY FRIEND ;)
And
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I hope this guide will help you in the upcoming Startup Weekend.
As well as in every hackathon (they have nearly the same pattern for designers).
Feel free to share this guide with anybody who needs to read it.
And of course, tell me what you think or say hello at:
behance.net/eirena dribbble.com/eirena