Startup Weekend: Pitch-Fire Event Details and Recommendations
Note: This if FYI-only and will not block time on your calendar.
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2441526672
What to bring
- Laptop
- Business cards (or not, if you use Bump)
- Something to take notes on
- A paper ticket is not required. Your name is on a list.
- STUDENTS - Bring your student ID
- Lots of energy
- Pitches
Pitches on Friday night will be in a "pitch-fire" format, which means you will have just 60 secondstoget the audience interested in your idea. You will have no slides or props -just your voice. You won't have timetogo over features, so just focus on the core of the idea and make your enthusiasm contagious.Here is the format for pitches that we recommend:
- Who are you andwhatis your background? (5-10 Seconds)
- What is the problem that your product is solving? Or, begin with a story (10-20 Seconds)
- Explain the product and how it solves the problem (10-20 seconds)
- Who do you need on your team (a developer, marketing, designer?) (5-10 seconds)
- Finally, make up a name for your startup so the facilitator can give it a title
- Voting & Forming Teams
After pitches, you will have more timetomingle.If you pitched an idea, this is your timetostart recruiting others that may be interested in your idea. If you did not pitch, or if you are having trouble finding otherstojoin your team, use this timetoseek out those that pitched other ideas that you found interesting.
Next, the crowd votes on their favorite pitches.This is simply a waytoencourage quick team forming. This is by no means an exclusive process and if you pitched an idea and it is not voted as one of the top ideas, you are more than welcometowork on it if you find some other people who wanttowork on the idea with you.From there we will form teams and these are the startup ideas that will be worked on over the weekend.