Welcome to Startup Weekend

Singapore

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✓ 300 events

✓ 35,000+ attendees to date

✓ 91 countries

✓ 200+ local organizers

✓ 1,700+ startup ventures

“the best experiential education for entrepreneurs”

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theScheduleFr

iday

Finish

18:00 - Registration, networking & dinner19:00 - Ice breaker, final opp. for PigeonHole ideas and voting19:30 - Close of online pitching & voting, this deck!19:45 - API Tech Talks by Partners (1-2 min each)20:00 - Break;Tallying up of top 40 Pigeon Hole ideas; Move to Atrium20:30 - 60 Second elevator pitches21:30 - 20 ideas selected by mentors22:00 - Top 20 ideas announced10:30 - Begin forming teams23:00 - Start Working!

Start

theScheduleSaturday

Finish

Breakfast and work! - 9:00 Talk by Andy Croll - 9:30

Mentors arrive; Set tasks- 10:00Start Coding!! - 11:00

Lunch- 12:00Dinner and Talks - 18:00

Sleep(?) - 23:59

Start

theScheduleSu

nday

Finish

9:00 - Breakfast and work10:00 - Mentors arrive12:00 - Lunch13:00 - Start demo/pres rehearsals17:00 - Dinner18:00 - Presentations (5 min each!)20:30 - Voting and awards

Start

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Stage I★ Online pitching starts before event where participants post their ideas on Pigeonhole

★ Voting starts before event with each participant getting 5 votes

★ Voting and entry of ideas closed at 7:30pm

★ Top 40 ideas are chosen for the next stage

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Stage II★ Top 40 ideas get a chance to pitch in front of the entire group for 1 minute

★ Panel of mentors vote for the top 20 ideas

★ Top 20 ideas get selected to be worked upon through the weekend

2fridayVoting

theCURRICULUM (listen at your own risk)

how to rock

a startup in 54 hours and beyond.

5-10s Who are you?10-20s What’s the problem?10-20s What’s your solution?5-10s Who do you need?

Brand the concept..

Make up a name!

fridayPitchfire

enthusiasm is

contagious!

You can’t say much in 60s.. so don’t try to. Make people want to know more

take notes

buildingaTeam✓ Complimentary skills✓ Clear and aligned interests✓ Energy and Enthusiasm

Be open to co-ownership and be prepared to pivotThe team is EVERYTHING

What

Matters

MOST

teamFormation✓1) Owners of Top 20 ideas (‘CEO’) are assigned a table in the hall✓2) Participants are free to go around and choose which team they would like to join✓3) ‘CEO’s will update the main spreadsheet with the current state of their team during the process✓4) ‘CEO’s will have full control of who gets to join their team and ensure the team has good ratio of tech to non-tech members✓5) Once team has been formed, ‘CEO’s are to update team survey form with details of their members

weekendRoadmapFRIDAY NIGHT

SAT LUNCH

SAT DINNER

SUNDAY

BREAKFAST

SUNDAY LUNCH

CRUNCH TIME!

map MVP identify customer W/E deliverables?

start BUILDINGmarket research

customer validation keep BUILDING

rollout strategy?got fans/customers?VALIDATE!

begin pitch prep

refine MVP

NOW

biz model?

finish buildingPRACTICE YOUR PITCH

PITCH

Allocate and Set Deadlines

Ownership = Empowerment!

projectManagament

Prioritize and Refine

Choose only core features and determine MVP for

Sunday

BraindumpIdeas

Throw everything on the table as early as possible

Limit scope and simplify early!

1 2 3

startupTools

SCRUM

Business Model Canvas

Use Roman Voting

Set timers for each decision

Task 1

DONEDOINGIN QUEUE

Task 2Task 3 BOARD

Urgent andImportant

Matrix

Reconvene regularly (every 2 hrs) for status updates

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ideaValidation

MVP

your TEAM

why validation matters:

Youcan’t think

of

EVERYTHING

Other TEAMS

The INTERWEB

Brain-storming

Paper polls

Twitter&F-book polls

A/B Tests

Askyourtarget market.net

wufoosurvey

polldaddy

judges <3s

validatio

n!

feedback

Use your feet!

most importantly

HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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)

executionDeveloped a a functional prototype?

Executed well as a team?

have judgingCriteria

customer validationInterviewed potential/target customers?

Integrated that feedback into your product?Built a base of fans and would-be customers?

business modelDifferentiated yourself from competitors?

Defined your customer acquisition/rollout strategy? Clearly and realistically articulated your revenue model?

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