Welcome to Startup Weekend
WELLINGTON
Tonight ...Twitter Hashtag: #SWWLG
The schedule for the weekend
Pitching your idea, voting, and forming a team
Making a poster in advance
Mentors and Judges
Half-baked game
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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
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IP Issues: this is an open environment
Pitching? Think about making a poster beforehand
Up to A2 size
Keep it simple
Make it catchy
Explain what you do, skills needed
Mentors Alan FroggattMelissa Clark-ReynoldsDan KhanAlexei DunayevSuse ReynoldsJelle SjoerdsmaJenny MorelBen MorrisonSiobhan BulfinAlison HoltDave MoskovitzBowen PanLeonie Gordon
Judges Richard MacManus
Helen Baxter
Ruth McDavitt
Stefan Korn
Mike DelPrete
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!