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

Start

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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!