Introduction to Wellington Startup Weekend

1. July 2012
SSID: BizDojo
SWWLG PW: startupdojo

5. Venue Basics
• Emergency Exits and Procedures
• Toilets
• Clean up after yourself, pitch in and do extra
• Amenities
• Wifi – BizDojo / startupdojo
→PRACTICE RESPONSIBLE NETWORKING!

6. Dave Moskovitz
• Global Facilitator, veteran organiser of 3 Startup Weekends
• Software developer, performance engineer & lexicographer
• Serial entrepreneur (since age 18)
• Wellington based early stage investor
• Passionate about startups and entrepreneurs
• Connect to me on LinkedIn and follow me on Twitter
Twitter: @davemosk Email: davemosk@startupweekend.com

9. Karen Bender
Nick Churchouse
Kath Field
Dave Moskovitz
Paul Spence

10. Mentors
• Alan Froggatt • Vanessa O’Neill
• Stefan Korn • David ten Have
• Amanda Santos • Bowen Pan
• Joshua Vial • Rory Ford
• Rowan Yeoman • Sam Birmingham
• John Moore • Mike Zeff
• Rochelle Furneaux

11. Pitch Coaches
• Bruno Bordignon • Nick Rowney
• Helen Baxter • Dave Allison
• Leonie Gordon • Alison Holt
• Suse Reynolds
• Murray MacRae

12. Judges
• Mike DelPrete – TradeMe
• Elyssa Pallai – Pocket.Jobs
• Marie-Claire Andrews – ShowGizmo
• Steve O’Connor – Creative HQ
• Michael Koziarski – Southgate Labs
• Joseph Stuart – MoBIE

14. How to win
http://bit.ly/sw-infographic

15. How to win
http://bit.ly/sw-infographic

16. Prizes
• Catapult Prize
• Airfare, accommodation, and a desk at Kiwi Landing Pad in San
Francisco for one person for four weeks
• Conditions: Venture scalable in US market and can make good
use of the resources, at judges discretion.
• Open Data Prize
• If your app uses at least one data source from data.govt.nz and
demonstrably contributes to environmental or social progress,
you’ll be in the running for a $500 cash + $500 pressie card prize!

17. Prizes
• First Prize
• $10,000 worth of advertising on TradeMe
• MYOB startup services package (value $1000)
• Desk at the BizDojo for 3 months (part time)
• $500 cash prize on Company Formation from HyperStart
• Second Prize
• $250 cash prize on Company Formation
• Books

20. F.A.Q. (cont’d)
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.

21. Time is of the essence
Time is your most precious commodity in the
next 54 hours – use it wisely!
Some tools:
• Roman voting
• Lean Canvas
• Kanban
• Yelp for help – use your mentors & networks

23. KANBAN

25. 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

26. Saturday (cont’d)
• 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

27. 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
• 3pm transfer to presentation venue
• 5-8pm – Final Presentations

30. Appendix