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WelcomeWelcomeWelcomeWelcome

AgendaAgenda

PartnersPartners

What is Tin Alley What is Tin Alley beta™ ?beta™ ?

ObjectivesObjectives

Program DesignProgram Design

ProcessProcess

Key datesKey dates

PartnersPartners

UoMUoM: Simon Milton Chris Leckie (NICTA) Tim Miller Frank Vetere: Simon Milton Chris Leckie (NICTA) Tim Miller Frank Vetere

Why Tin Alley Why Tin Alley BETABETA

Promote tech Promote tech entrepreneurship as entrepreneurship as career pathwaycareer pathway

Feed Local IT Feed Local IT startup communitystartup community

Increase number of Increase number of quality applicants to quality applicants to the Melbourne the Melbourne Accelerator ProgramAccelerator Program

Tin Alley Tin Alley BETABETA

IT startup company IT startup company paid, summer paid, summer internship programinternship program[ Dec ’13 - Feb ’14 ][ Dec ’13 - Feb ’14 ]

Ugrad, Pgrad, Ugrad, Pgrad, Researchers, and Researchers, and alumni of CISalumni of CIS

5 start-up positions5 start-up positions

Competitive Competitive selectionselection

Screen, identify, matchScreen, identify, matchsuccessful startups and successful startups and

studentsstudents

Screen, identify, matchScreen, identify, matchsuccessful startups and successful startups and

studentsstudents

Selection panelSelection panel

Miguel Wood (chair)Miguel Wood (chair)

Catherine CurryCatherine Curry

Dave SlutzkinDave Slutzkin

Didier ElzingaDidier Elzinga

Chee FoongChee Foong

Phase 1 - Phase 1 - startup startup selectionselection

Phase 1 - Phase 1 - startup startup selectionselection

One application per One application per companycompany

Criteria:Criteria:

IT startup (20%)IT startup (20%)

Melbourne based Melbourne based registered Australian registered Australian company (10%)company (10%)

Revenue positive or Revenue positive or raised capital (15%)raised capital (15%)

Demonstrated need Demonstrated need (25%)(25%)

Defined role or project for Defined role or project for the intern (30%)the intern (30%)

Phase 2 - Pitch to Phase 2 - Pitch to studentsstudents

5 startups deliver 3-5 startups deliver 3-minute pitch at a minute pitch at a student information student information nightnight

Students rank Students rank companies (1 to 5) companies (1 to 5) and submit and submit applicationapplication

Ranking determines Ranking determines student buy-instudent buy-in

But how are students But how are students chosen???chosen???

pre-Phase pre-Phase 3 - student 3 - student selectionselection

pre-Phase pre-Phase 3 - student 3 - student selectionselection

One application per studentOne application per student

Criteria:Criteria:

Shipped code: open source / Shipped code: open source / publicly available (20%)publicly available (20%)

Demonstrated external Demonstrated external designer / developer training designer / developer training (30%)(30%)

Ability to work independently Ability to work independently or part of a team (10%)or part of a team (10%)

Ability to articulate design / Ability to articulate design / code excellence (30%)code excellence (30%)

Academic performance Academic performance (10%)(10%)

Phase 3 - startup Phase 3 - startup interviewsinterviews

Top 15 students Top 15 students shortlistedshortlisted

Panel: panel + 1 Panel: panel + 1 startup company repstartup company rep

One panel per One panel per startupstartup

3 students 3 students interviewedinterviewed

1 successful intern 1 successful intern to work with startupto work with startup

Key datesKey datesStartup applicationsStartup applicationsAugust 28 – onlineAugust 28 – onlinehttp://blog.getviable.com/http://blog.getviable.com/tac/tac/

Startups notifiedStartups notifiedAugust 30August 30

Student pitch/info sessionStudent pitch/info sessionSeptember 3September 3

InterviewsInterviewsSeptember 20September 20

Internships announcedInternships announcedSeptember 25September 25

QuestionsQuestions

CIS fociCIS fociCIS fociCIS fociBusiness Information SystemsBusiness Information Systems

Geospatial engineeringGeospatial engineering

Interaction DesignInteraction Design

Distributed and Cloud ComputingDistributed and Cloud Computing

Knowledge DiscoveryKnowledge Discovery

Computational Bioinformatics and Health Computational Bioinformatics and Health Information SystemsInformation Systems

Optimization and Programming LanguagesOptimization and Programming Languages

Complex and Intelligent SystemsComplex and Intelligent Systems

Business Information SystemsBusiness Information Systems

Geospatial engineeringGeospatial engineering

Interaction DesignInteraction Design

Distributed and Cloud ComputingDistributed and Cloud Computing

Knowledge DiscoveryKnowledge Discovery

Computational Bioinformatics and Health Computational Bioinformatics and Health Information SystemsInformation Systems

Optimization and Programming LanguagesOptimization and Programming Languages

Complex and Intelligent SystemsComplex and Intelligent Systems

BusinessBusinessBusinessBusiness TechnicalTechnicalTechnicalTechnical EngineeringEngineeringEngineeringEngineering

M. ISM. ISM. ISM. IS

BusinessBusiness

M. ITM. ITM. ITM. IT M. E (Software)M. E (Software)M. E (Software)M. E (Software)

Graduate - largely technical backgroundsGraduate - largely technical backgrounds

M. Eng (Software) = 75M. Eng (Software) = 75

M. IT = 140M. IT = 140

M. IS = 356 - 60% have a technical backgroundM. IS = 356 - 60% have a technical background

M. Sc (Computer Science) = 46M. Sc (Computer Science) = 46[research track][research track]

Ugrad B. Sc. Ugrad B. Sc. Computer and Software SystemsComputer and Software Systems & & Informatics (approx. 120 students)Informatics (approx. 120 students)

Graduate - largely technical backgroundsGraduate - largely technical backgrounds

M. Eng (Software) = 75M. Eng (Software) = 75

M. IT = 140M. IT = 140

M. IS = 356 - 60% have a technical backgroundM. IS = 356 - 60% have a technical background

M. Sc (Computer Science) = 46M. Sc (Computer Science) = 46[research track][research track]

Ugrad B. Sc. Ugrad B. Sc. Computer and Software SystemsComputer and Software Systems & & Informatics (approx. 120 students)Informatics (approx. 120 students)

Our studentsOur studentsOur studentsOur students