How Startup Weekend Wellington November 2011 will work

1. Welcome to
Startup Weekend
WELLINGTON

3. 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

4. S tart
16:30 -
the Schedule
Doors open, registration
17:15 -
Mayor Celia opens the event
Friday
17:50 -
Half-baked game, dinner, PitchFire
20:45 -
Vote on top ideas, form teams!
21:15 -
Start working!
01:00 -
Doors close
Saturday
Doors open - 07:00
Breakfast - 09:00
Lunch & status reports - 12:00
07:00 - Doors open Dinner - 18:00
Sunday
09:00 - Breakfast Doors close - 01:00
12:00 - Lunch
16:30 - Dinner Fin
17:00 - Presentations (5 min each + 5 min Q&A) ish
20:00 - Voting and awards

6. ourSponsors

10. IP Issues: this is an open environment

11. Pitching? Think about
making a poster beforehand
Up to A2 size
Keep it simple
Make it catchy
Explain what you do, skills needed

12. Mentors Judges
Alan Froggatt Richard MacManus
Melissa Clark-Reynolds
Dan Khan Helen Baxter
Alexei Dunayev
Suse Reynolds Ruth McDavitt
Jelle Sjoerdsma
Jenny Morel Stefan Korn
Ben Morrison
Siobhan Bulfin Mike DelPrete
Alison Holt
Dave Moskovitz
Bowen Pan
Leonie Gordon

14. 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!