Startup Weekend Manila http://manila.startupweekend.org Thu, 10 May 2012 07:05:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Surprise! These are the winners and we got some more prizes! http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/05/10/the-winners-get-more/ http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/05/10/the-winners-get-more/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 07:03:30 +0000 Startup Weekend Manila http://manila.startupweekend.org/?p=210 Continue reading →]]> Hi Startup Weekend survivors,

we just received an email from the folks over at Amazon and they decided to give all the winners another surprise prize. Ready for it? All the finalists get some additional AWS credits! Yes, that’s love!  Now get ready to put your prototype online! We will contact all the winners by email, so keep checking your inbox.

People’s Choice
MentorsDojo – USD200 AWS Credits

Judges choices
1st Place – Kiddle – USD 200 AWS Credits
2nd Place  – RideFind -  USD50 AWS Credits
3rd Place – TraqMe – USD50 AWS Credits
4th Place – Sphere-  USD50 AWS Credits

Build a Better World – 1Share1Life – USD100 AWS Credits

Best Windows Phone App – TraqMe – USD100 AWS Credits

Best e-Commerce Startup – SpinMeBuddy – USD100 AWS Credits

 

]]> http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/05/10/the-winners-get-more/feed/ 0 The winners of SWM 2012 http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/30/the-winners-of-swm-2012/ http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/30/the-winners-of-swm-2012/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:19:00 +0000 Startup Weekend Manila http://manila.startupweekend.org/?p=168 Continue reading →]]> The winners of this year’s Startup Weekend Manila event are:

Judges choice:

First prize: Kiddle
Second prize: RideFind
Third prize: TraqMe
Fourth prize: Sphere

Build-a-better-world prize: 1Share1Life
Best E-Commerce prize: SpinMeBuddy

Best Windows phone application: TraqMe

People’s Choice: MentorsDojo

Congratulations to all the teams. You rock!

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  1. ManilaHouseHunt
  2. GiftHabit
  3. No-Child-Left-behind
  4. FittingRoom
  5. To DO List Kiddle
  6. SinugGusto
  7. CheckMate
  8. MyRemitHub
  9. PunchItIn
  10. AppNimbus
  11. QoSMe
  12. Gov.io
  13.  ShootMe
  14.  SpinMeBuddy
  15.  Insta-Interest
  16. 1share1life
  17. MentorsDojo
  18. Tourists.ph
  19. Pay8Bilis
  20. Cosmic
  21. iWebLocate
  22. Sphere
  23. GoRated
  24. (formerly) MrtTrackr
  25. PlanetOfThePips
  26. Work Brew
  27. Cabtrack.Me
  28. Boodle
  29. Ridefind.ph
  30. Punchit.in
  31. MOODSEE
  32. Baby Fair
  33. KomyuTips
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We will be live on-air starting by 7PM.

Check out http://bit.ly/swmanila2012

@startupmanila #swmanila @StartupWeekend

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Startup Wisdom from SWM 2011

 

 

 


]]> http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/24/startup-wisdom/feed/ 0 The Judging Criteria – some insights http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/24/the-judging-criteria/ http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/24/the-judging-criteria/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:11:39 +0000 Startup Weekend Manila http://manila.startupweekend.org/?p=186 Continue reading →]]> The universal Startup Weekend judging criteria is broken up into three sections. Teams are judged according to the following 3 criteria (weighed equally):

Business Model

The heart of it all. If you haven’t got answers to these questions, you’ve spent too much time on frills & features and need to get back to the basics:

  • Who is your customer?
  • What is your core value proposition?
  • What are your key activities?
  • What are your revenue streams?
  • What is your cost structure?
  • Who/what are your key partners/resources?
  • What are your distribution channels?
  • What is your roll-out strategy?

 

Customer Validation

Have you taken the proper steps to ensure that the people who matter (your future customers) support and reinforce your assumptions? Think of Customer Validation as ‘evidence’ to back up the core structure of your ‘theory’ (your Business Model). The more feedback you gather (quantity), the more this feedback comes from your specific target market (quality), and the more you’re able to actually integrate this feedback into the Business Model and product development (execution), the better.

Execution


The nitty gritty: what has your team been able to actually build over the weekend? Even the strongest of Business Plans are useless in the hands of those who can’t properly execute on them. Getting as far as possible in the development of your product/prototype not only helps give Judges a tangible vision of what the final product could be, but proves your strength and skills as a team. This is what truly matters: investors don’t invest as in ideas so much as teams.

Good Luck!

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Cover of their upcoming book The Lean Entrepreneur (Wiley, Fall 2012)

We got some good stuff for all StartupWeekend attendees! Thanks to Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits, all SW Manila participants will receive a copy (Ebook) of The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development before the event so they can start validating their customers right away.

We will send out a  promo code (gets you a 100% discount) to all registered SW Manila attendees a couple of days before the event -make sure our Eventbrite emails don’t get lost in your SPAM folder. Following head to the above mentioned web site and hit Buy now. On the next page enter your given promo code and you can download the book.

If you won’t be attending, check out The Lean Entrepreneur (Wiley, Fall 2012), their next book.

Brant is @BrantCooper and Patrick is @Pv on Twitter.

For more info’s check out this video http://bit.ly/LeanEntrepreneurVid

 

 

 

]]> http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/23/free-guide-to-customer-development/feed/ 0 What will happen from April 27 to 29? http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/22/what-will-happen-from-april-27-to-29/ http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/22/what-will-happen-from-april-27-to-29/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:57:14 +0000 Startup Weekend Manila http://manila.startupweekend.org/?p=171 Continue reading →]]> Well, hopefully you will turn this awesome idea of yours into a fantastic protoype. Besides that, these are the other things that you can expect (work in progress):

 

Friday:

 

  • 5:00pm – Registration starts & Mingle @ Mint College
  • 7:00pm – Dinner & Networking
  • 7:20pm – Welcome & Speakers
  • 7:30pm – Pitches Start
  • 9:00pm – Attendees vote for the top ideas
  • 9:15pm – Teams start forming and discussing ideas
  • 10:00pm – Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow.
  • 12:00am – Finished for the day (Doors close)

 

Saturday

 

  • 9:00am – Arrive, breakfast & coffee
  • 9:30am – Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend
  • 12:00pm – Lunch
  • 1:00pm – Call for needs & skills
  • 2:00pm – Mentors help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
  • 7:00pm – Dinner
  • 7:30pm – Mid weekend check-in, status reports, call for help
  • 12:00am – Finished for the day. (Doors close)

 

Sunday

 

  • 9:00am – Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
  • 10:00am – Call for help (this is self motivated, so don’t be shy)
  • 12:00pm – Lunch
  • 12:30pm – Mentors arrive… ASK QUESTIONS
  • 3:00pm – Gut check. Start prepping for presentations
  • 4:00pm – Dinner
  • 5:00pm – FINAL PRESENTATIONS
  • 7:30pm – Judging & awards
  • 8:30pm – Wrapup and head to the after-party


]]> http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/22/what-will-happen-from-april-27-to-29/feed/ 2 Updated the list of mentors and judges for SWM 2012 http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/22/updated-the-list-of-mentors-and-judges-for-swm-2012/ http://manila.startupweekend.org/2012/04/22/updated-the-list-of-mentors-and-judges-for-swm-2012/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:44:52 +0000 Startup Weekend Manila http://manila.startupweekend.org/?p=157 We got an awesome line-up of mentor and judges for this year’s StartupWeekend Manila. Their biographies, success stories and pictures are now online. Check it out!

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