Welcome to Startup Weekend

WELLINGTON

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

BizDojo 101Wifi● Ssid: Bizdojo Wellington● Password: Thepandaishere

Toilet locations

Emergency Exits

Meeting areas

Look after it as if it were your own

If you need help, just yelp!

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Doors open - 07:00Breakfast - 09:00

Lunch & status reports - 12:00Dinner - 18:00

Doors close - 01:0007:00 - Doors open09:00 - Breakfast12:00 - Lunch16:30 - Dinner17:00 - Presentations (5 min each + 5 min Q&A)

20:00 - Voting and awards

16:30 - Doors open, registration17:15 - Mayor Celia opens the event17:50 - Half-baked game, dinner, PitchFire20:45 - Vote on top ideas, form teams!21:15 - Start working!01:00 - Doors close

Start

Mentors Alan FroggattAngela BeerDan KhanAlexei DunayevSuse ReynoldsJelle SjoerdsmaJenny MorelBen MorrisonSiobhan BulfinJim RobinsonAlison HoltLenz GschwendtnerBowen PanLeonie GordonMurray McRaeNick ChurchouseSteve O'ConnorThiago AlmeidaToby Ruckert

Judges Richard MacManusHelen BaxterRuth McDavittStefan KornMike DelPrete

Organisers Dave MoskovitzLeonie GordonPaul SpenceDanijel DuvnjakInas DuvnjakNick ChurchouseNick Shewring

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IP Issues: this is an open environment

sundayPresentations

TECH CHECK & DRY RUN WITH TIMER!(set cues to stay on track)

Only 1-2 speakers(saves time)

No numbers without justification

(i.e. hockey stick growth curve)

Focus on MVP - what you’ve accomplished(leave the frills for Q&A)

Save demos locally - wireless WILL crash(or preload all pages in different tabs)

Prizes1st Place● $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

Questions???

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!