BizHacks 2016Mentorship Package

[ March 4 -5, 2016 ]

Table of ContentsWelcome & About 3Agenda 4Directory 5Check-in and Parking Instructions 6About Mentorship 7Mentorship List 8FYI -• Resources Lists 9• Judging Process 11• Keynote Speakers 12• Workshops 13

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Welcome to BizHacks 2016 is a hackathon with a business focus.

The event aims to bring together both the technically skilled programmers and the aspiring business leaders, so as to create innovative products and solutions to business problems. BizHacks is not limited to computer science majors but for anyone who has an interest in problem solving. The event provides a platform for students to learn, build meaningful connections, identify real world business issues and solve problems through creativity and leadership.

PRIZES1st Place $700 Cash Prize & 5 Archiact Tickets $100 Devices Rental from Wavefront $600 Credit Spring’s Kick Incubator Program

2nd Place $600 Cash Prize & 3 Archiact Tickets

3rd Place $200 Cash Prize & 2 Archiact Tickets

Others $2,200 BrainStation Scholarship Coupon (spring classes) for Most Valueable Player award Five Classes Hot Box Yoga Pass for Midnight Yoga Participants x 2One Class Hot Box Yoga Pass Raffle Draw for Workshop Participants x 10

Bizhacks 2016 will not be possible without the help and collaboration with mentors like you.

Thank you so much for making our event come true!

BizHacks 2016 Team

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AGENDA 3:00 - 4:00 PM - Registration & Career Fair (CPA Hall)

4:00 - 5:00 PM - Opening Ceremony (HA 098) Keynote #1 Jeff Booth, Co-Founder, Build Direct Keynote #2 Paul Davidescu, Co-Founder, Tangoo

30 minute transition to Classrooms and Birmingham Undergraduate Center

5.30 PM - Hackathon Begins

6:00 - 8:00 PM - Dinner

8:00 - 9:00 PM - Workshop #1:Fundamentals of Web Development byUBC Launch Pad (HA 243)

12:00 - 12:45 AM - Midnight Yoga (CPA Hall)

8:00 - 9:00 AM - Breakfast

11:00 - 12:00 PM - Workshop #2: Design Matters by Red Academy (HA 243)

12:00 - 1:00 PM - Lunch

3:00 - 4:00 PM - Workshop #3: Start Ups, Pitching, and Presentation by Spring (HA 243)

4:00 PM - Final Check-In with Mentors

5:00 PM - Hackathon Stops15-minute transition to HA 098

5:15 - 6:15 PM - First Round: Presentation and Judging

6:15 - 7:15 PM - Final Round: Presentation and Judging

7:15 - 8:00 PM - Closing Ceremony (HA 098) Keynote Speaker: Jay Giraud, Founder, Mojio

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DIRECTORY EMERGENCY CONTACT

In any case of emergency please contact:

Organizing Commitee RepresentativesFern Manakkong 778.960.4400Wendy Vaz 778.996.9588

Emergency Services (24 hr) Police 911 Fire 911 Ambulance 911 Non-Emergency Services Safewalk 604.822.5355 UBC Campus Security 604.822.2222 RCMP 604.224.1322 First Aid Certified (Room HA 194) Andrea Banzou 604.716.9392 Khanh Nguyen 604.720.1530

INSTRUCTIONS

The closest parking is West Parkade, located at 2140 Lower Mall.

Parking Rate: $1.75/half an hour

Upon arriving, mentors can check-in with our registration team at CPA Hall of Sauder School of Business (Outside of the Business Career Centre)

Address: Sauder School of Business (Henry Angus Building)

2053 Main Mall

Time: As early as 2:00pm on Friday, March 4

Mentor Base: HA 195

CHECK-IN

PARKING

The meters accept coins and credit card only. No bills and no debit cards. Payment via mobile app (PaybyPhone) is also accepted.

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ABOUT MENTORSHIPHOW IT’S GONNA WORK

Technical mentors will be paired with business mentors, and each pair is as-signed to four competing teams. Please find your pair and team allocation on page 8 of this package. (If you have time, you’re more than welcome to check out the teams you’re not assigned to!)

Here at BizHacks, you can provide mentorship to the participants in various ways, such as:

• Proposing business problems that the teams can work on• Offering feedback on the teams’ product ideas and execution• Recommending useful tools/resources• Helping the teams with their product pitch

Most importantly, you’re here to motivate and inspire. For many partici-pants, BizHacks may be their first competitive hackathon (we can only imag-ine how intense and tough non-stop 24-hour hacking must be!); your words of encouragement would go a long way in helping them get to the finish line (and we’re sure that even the veteran hackers would appreciate your sup-port just as much). We count on you to make our dream come true: to em-power the participants to be the best hackers they can be!

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MENTORSHIP LISTSCHEDULE, PAIR & TEAM ALLOCATION

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RESOURCESHardware• We have 20 available Signul’s - find more information at: http://signul.io/• 5 Google Cardboards

Project Collaboration Tools• Slack https://slack.com/ or Trello https://trello.com/• BaseCamp https://basecamp.com (free for one project)• Asana https://asana.com (free for up to 15 users)

Design And Prototyping • Pencil http://pencil.evolus.vn/• Balsamiq https://balsamiq.com (30 - day trial)• Invision http://www.invisionapp.com/

Design Resources• Font Awesome http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons Icon library• Paletton http://paletton.com/#uid=1000u0kllllaFw0g0qFqFg0w0aF as color scheme

tool• Chose your ipsum http://idsgn.dropmark.com/107 choose a placeholder text gener-

ator from styles such as pirate, batman and many more• GIMP https://www.gimp.org/ free cross-platform image manipulation software (i.e.

free photoshop)

Coding - Useful Libraries• Leafletjs http://leafletjs.com/ good for generating maps• Google Charts https://developers.google.com/chart/ simple data charts

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RESOURCESData Marts• BC Data Mart http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/• Azure DataMarket https://datamarket.azure.com/browse/Data?Price=Free• US DataMart http://www.data.gov/• Google Public Data Mart http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory

Cool Tools• If This Then That https://ifttt.com/ connect common web services (i.e. twitter, word-

press)• Tasker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.task-

erm&hl=en (free android automation app, e.g. send http request when phone con-nects to wifi)

• Programmable Web http://www.programmableweb.com/ Massive API directory for many companie’s APIs

• Wolphram Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/ computational knowlege engine, good for questions like ‘what is the motorcycle traffic in germany? http://www.wol-framalpha.com/input/?i=motorcycle+traffic+in+Germany

• Blockspring https://www.blockspring.com/docs/excel-quickstart-run easy way to incorporate APIs into excel

• Twilio https://www.twilio.com/ Voice and SMS APIs and services• FreeSounds https://www.freesound.org/browse/ sounds effects library

JUDGING PROCESS

Presentation will take place in HA 098. All participants must be on time.

First Round You have 90 seconds to pitch your products to the judges

Consider the problem, solution, and the business case

Final RoundTop 10 finalists will be given 5 minutes for their presentation with an

additional 1 minute for Q & A

For more information: http://bizhacks.ca/judges/

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Profiles: Keynote SpeakersHTTP://BIZHACKS.CA/KEYNOTE-SPEAKERS/

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OPENING KEYNOTES

CLOSING KEYNOTE

Jeff BoothPresident & CEO; Co-Founder, Build DirectWith Jeff at the helm, BuildDirect stands at the forefront of inno-vation in the home improvement industry. Jeff applies his deep knowledge of both technology and trends to invent new ways for people to explore, purchase and ultimately interact and connect in the home improvement space. Drawing on his background as a builder, Jeff co-founded BuildDirect in 1999 from his first-hand experience with the inefficiencies and high costs inherent with the home improvement and building supplies industry. He knew that by combing technology with his entrepreneurial spirit and vision, he could build a simpler and more trusted home im-provement industry. Ultimately, opening a world of possibilities for homeowners, suppliers and those in trades and shipping.

Paul DividescuCo-Founder, Tangoo Paul is a recent Sauder Marketing Co-op and International Business grad who took the full dive into entrepreneurship right after graduation. Parallel to his early work with Vancity Buzz’s founding team, Paul co-founded Tangoo. Tangoo is a ‘pocket concierge’ app powered by top foodies and local influencers who curate their favourite places to dine based off the experi-ence diners are most in the mood for.

Jay GiraudFounder, Mojio Jay Giraud is a serial tech entrepreneur focused on launching companies and innovating where trans-formation is needed most. As the founding CEO of Mojio, Jay led the company towards its vision of building the world’s first open connected car apps and services platform. Jay and his team developed and negotiated partnerships with world class companies including OEM, automotive, electronics tier 1’s and telecom partners like Amazon AT&T, Deutsche Telekom and several others. He and his team raised more than $15 million from investors Telekom Capital, Relay Ventures, BDC, AOL co-founder, Steve Case and Amazon.

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COMPANY WORKSHOPSWorkshop Session #1: UBC Launch Pad - Web DevelopmentCome and learn the Fundamentals of Web Development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Google Maps API. Learn how to build an interactive map that plots all the Vancouver Breweries in only 1 hour!

LaunchPad builds engaging web and mobile apps with a group of motivat-ed students eager to gain experience. They aim to connect students to real learning experiences while getting paid for their work and doing school.

Workshop Session #2: Red Academy - Design MattersToday more than ever, the design of experiences matters. Several well fund-ed startups have designer co-founders and technology giants are ravishingly acquiring design firms. You too can apply the principles of design to the de-velopment of your business. In this workshop, learn about the key ingredi-ents for creating a business using design methodologies to connect all of the moving parts. By using integrative thinking and a set of tried and tested tools to help you design new products and services your can keep your user’s desires at heart.

Workshop Session #3: Spring - Startups, Pitching and PresentationsWhat do investors look for in a pitch? What does validation look like? As a participant, volunteer, and now organizer for Startup Weekend Vancouver and various other business pitching events, Chin from Spring will walk you through building a pitch deck, best practices for pitching competitions, and public speaking.

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We are opening a world of possibilities by simplifying the home improvement industry. In October 1999, BuildDirect co-founders Jeff Booth and Rob Banks had a vision. Their vision was to simplify the home improvement industry and give the power of choice back to the homeowner. They wanted to provide those seeking to build or im-prove their homes with an online marketplace to access the products they wanted, at the prices they’d love, and deliver them on time and directly to their doorstep.

And today we do just that.Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, BuildDirect is the world’s largest online mar-ketplace for home improvement products. We connect homeowners directly to the suppliers of home improvement products, which eliminates heavy retail markups and makes for a much simpler and trusted shopping experience.

Visit BuildDirect at https://www.builddirect.com/

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Horizon Recruitment is Western Canada’s largest specialized Supply Chain and Financial recruitment firm. Our knowledgeable team has garnered success by tailoring our services to each individual client, giving them the intimate experience of a boutique shop with the scale

of a national firm.

At Horizon, we know young professionals are looking for careers, not jobs. Since our inception, we have made sure our candidates find positions that springboard or further

their growing careers.

Horizon Recruitment is redefining the recruitment experience by raising the bar for ourselves and for the people we work with. Your success is our success, and because of that we lead

the markets we serve with something pretty special. Higher expectations.

YOUR CAREER IS ON THE HORIZON

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