Startup Weekend Wellington EDU

29-31 August 2014

SWEDUNZ

1050+ Events 100,000+ Attendees

110 Countries

2000 + Global/local organizers 475 Cities

David Clearwater

• Facilitator, organiser and participant at 5 Startup Weekends• Venture Director at Akina Foundation• Digital // Social Enterprise // Marketing

• Connect to me on LinkedIn

David Clearwater@espressoftwdavid.clearwater@akina.org.nz

New Zealand National Sponsors

Startup New Zealand

• Sarah Day – Inland Revenue• Danielle Wills – Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment• Tom Harding – Mish Guru• Lucy Luo – Simmonds Stewart • Sean Coley - Kiwibank• Katherine Field – BizDojo• Nick Churchouse – CreativeHQ• Laura Reitel – CreativeHQ • Jill McCarthy – *experience• Paul Spence – iWantMyName• Dave Moskovitz – WebFund, Startup New Zealand, InternetNZ

Mentors

• Michael Dowse• Andrew Preston• Ed Strafford• Martina Battisti• Peter Dixon• Anna Brown • Geoff Nixon

• Geoff Nixon• Chris Clay• Rowan

Yeoman• Alan Froggatt• Sam Dixon• Mahsa Marks• Silvia Zuur

Judges

• Steve Maharey – Massey University• Terry Shubkin – Young

Enterprise Trust• Dr Vicki Compton – tech

education researcher and author• Michael Elwood-Smith – Startup

expert

To be updated with EDU criteria including EDUCATION IMPACT

How to win

http://bit.ly/sw-infographic

How to win

http://bit.ly/sw-infographic

Prizes• Winner• $10,000 free advertising from TradeMe• First module of The Startup Hatchery at The ICEHOUSE• Accounting Forecast from Crowe Horwath • 3 months at Inc & Co / The Chookhouse• 5 days in the next 12 months at each of eCentre (Albany),

Basestation (Tauranga), The Bio Commerce Centre (Palmerston North), BizDojo (Auckland or Wellington) and CreativeHQ (Wellington), AwesomeHQ (Christchurch)

Prizes

• ALL TEAMS ARE WINNERS!• Microsoft BizSpark - $10K software and services• Amazon Web Services - $100 voucher• Hook up with local developers, designers, mentors and

investors• A shedload of other stuff, like freebies and big discounts on

really useful stuff like O'Reilly books, SendGrid, UserVoice, KISSMetrics, MongoHQ, Crazy Egg, Optimizely, GoToMeeting - see https://startupweekend.rewardli.com/

Food

• Grab a bite

• Part two to follow

The Half Baked Game• Form teams – by the first letter

of your surname

• Each team chooses five random words from the hat

• You have 10 minutes to make a one-minute pitch for a business idea using three of those words

• Ready – Set – Go!

F.A.Q.Q: Can I pitch something I’ve already been working on?A: No, however well researched and vetted ideas are welcomeQ: What if my idea isn’t selected?A: Join another team. It’s not really about the idea.Q: Can I work on my idea even if it’s not selected?A: Only if you can get another two people on your teamQ: Can I use any props or PowerPoint when I’m pitching?A: Props are OK, slides are not. You only have one minute!Q: What happens after Startup Weekend?A: That’s entirely up to you! We’ll have a reunion though.

F.A.Q.

Q: What about my intellectual property?A: It’s probably better out than in.

Q: Do I have to share equity with my teammates?A: The “Golden Rule” should apply, but it’s up to you. Reach quick verbal agreement up front, and don’t team up with assholes.

Q: Can we use resources outside the room?A: Yes, we encourage you to pull out all stops.

Startup Weekend Launchpad

• Pre-event drinks on the Friday at The Cross• Meet other participants and mentors• Test your idea in a supportive environment• Practice pitching (and pitch coaching!)• 4.00-5.30pm Fri 29 Feb at Southern Cross

Friday night

Saturday• Doors open 8am• Morning• Refine your MVP and Elevator Pitch• Define customer/market validation questions• Some team members “get out of the building” • Others start building the product and/or

acquiring external resources • Fill in Startup Weekend Survey / Census

• Lunch: Midday• Teams give 1-minute pitch, call for help

Saturday (continued)• Afternoon• Incorporate learnings from validation• Pivot?• Build furiously• Sign up first customers

• Dinner: 6pm, another round of 1-minute pitches• Evening• Go-to-market plan• Front end / back end integration started• Final presentation structured

• Doors close 1am

Sunday• Doors open 8am• Morning• 1 minute pitches• Build comes together; testing• Final presentation being fleshed out• Plan out the future post-Startup Weekend

• Lunch: midday• Afternoon• Finalise presentation; dry run; tech check• 5-8pm – Final Presentations

Questions?

• http://wellington.startupweekend.org

• david.clearwater@akina.org.nz

• wellington@startupweekend.org

Social Interwebs

• Startup Weekend NZ Group on Facebook • Closed group – request

membership!

• @SWWLG

• #SWEDUNZ

• wellington.startupweekend.org

So

• See you at the pre-match Launchpad• Sign up your friends• Get thee onto our Facebook Group• Think big• Meet people

http://wellington.startupweekend.org

See you there!