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Win Startup Weekend. How to make $25,000 of startup funding in 54 hours. Who do you think you are, buddy?!?. Robert Aylesworth Project Manager by day Founder of Mole Shopper, a mystery shopping mobile app company ( moleshopper.com ). Yeah, so what?. All we did was win 1 st Place finish - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Win Startup Weekend
How to make $25,000 of startup funding in 54 hours
]Who do you think you are, buddy?!? Robert Aylesworth
Project Manager by day Founder of Mole Shopper, a mystery shopping
mobile app company (moleshopper.com)
]
]Yeah, so what? All we did was win
1st Place finish All 5 judges top pick
What we won $5,000 funding from Startup Orange County Chance to compete for another $10,000 in funding Access to the UCF Venture Lab $10,000 web development and social media management from
Pro2Go Designs 2 months of legal services from the Entrepreneurship Law Firm $500 Credit from VoiceBunny Subscription to Startup Threads
]Startup Weekend Format Pitchfire Vote Build a team Execute Final Pitch
]Pitchfire 60 seconds to sell your idea Come with an idea ready to pitch Do what you know Write out and practice your pitch before you get to the
event 60 seconds goes by fast, so don’t try to say everything
Hook ‘em Describe the idea Ask for help from people you need
]Get the best team You have to sell the best people in the room on why
they want to join you The person pitching should have significant experience in
the industry The scope must be reasonable to accomplish steps within the
weekend Potential team members must be given a “picture” of
what your potential product/business might look like at the end of the weekend and in the near future
Designing/developing the product should sound like fun Potential Team Members = Votes!
]Win the Vote, Win the Weekend Attendees vote on their favorites during 30
minutes of networking Mix with the crowd and find out what they can do Look for people who you need on your team Pay attention to the votes and do what it takes to
make it through (beg if you have to!)
]Get to Work! As soon as you have a team, start building!
Decide on roles quickly Get your tech setup out of the way Friday night.
Use Mentors Grab them when you get stuck Show them what you’ve got, Ask them for input Remember, they know more than you do Take a break if you are getting too much input
Stay on schedule Decide and move on All of your effort should be focused on the judging criteria
]Final Pitch 4 minutes + 1 minute of Q&A
The hook – what’s the problem? Brief product description What’s the opportunity? How are you different? How do you make money?
Know the judges and pitch to them Practice, practice, practice
At least 2 hours (lunch - dinner Sunday) Make sure your slides & demo work completely offline Promptr - iPad teleprompting app (www.pixil.info)
]Startup Weekend in the Real World Startup Weekend is as real as it gets
The mentors do this for a living. The pitch is a shortened version of what you would
show to a VC firm. VCs don’t care about how great you think your idea is or
how cool your tech is, they care how you will make them money.
Our mentors told us we sucked many times (politely!). We had to take criticism and adapt, but above all keep moving.
]Upcoming Events VenturePitch Orlando
May 22nd
venturepitchorlando.com Startup Weekend Atlanta
April 20th
atlanta.startupweekend.org Startup Weekend Orlando
6 – 12 months orlando.startupweekend.org
]Team Thanks Robert & Alicia Aylesworth,
Mole Shopper (moleshopper.com)
Nick Mohnacky, Marketing Lord Owner – Pixil.info (check out Promptr in the App Store!)
Craig Finch, Documentation Wizard Research Associate - Stokes Advanced Research Computing Center at the Institute for
Simulation and Training at UCF
Trevor Meyer, Development Evil Genius Development Consultant
Mike Soule, Database Fiend Product Development Manager – EZYield
Mario Musil Attorney – The Musil Law Firm
]Contact [email protected] Slides at WinStartupWeekend.com