StartupCamp Sydney II Schedule
Friday, Jan. 16th
Time | Event |
6:00PM | Arrivals and Registration |
Register at the door and receive your nametag, leave your laptops and iPhones and blackberries alone for a while and meet some people. | |
6:15PM | Dinner Served - sponsored by SimpleSponsorship.com |
7:00PM | Official Kick-off and Welcome |
Don't be fashionably late! Miss this and you miss some crucial info. You also end up in the miscellaneous team as team assignments are made at this time. :) | |
7:30PM | Team-Assignments and Setup |
You will be assigned a team number and find the table with that number. Meet your team and setup your laptops and network. | |
8:00PM | Team Brainstorming - warmup session |
Instructions for this exercise will be given at the time | |
8:30PM | Team-Brainstorming |
Instructions for the session | |
9:30PM | First Round Pitches - 3 per team |
Instructions for the session | |
10:30PM | Final Idea and Domain Chosen/Registered, Second Round Pitches |
Instructions for the session | |
11:00PM | Development starts! |
Saturday, Jan. 17th
Time | Event |
9:00AM | Breakfast served - sponsored by CarbonFreeSolutions.com |
9:00AM | Logos, boilerplate, about us, contact info, rough draft of investor pitch completed |
Logo - Your logo needs to be ready and loaded onto your team page on the wiki | |
Bios - Short bios for each team member need to be on the wiki example | |
The about us and contact info needs to be on your site when it goes live for the soft launch | |
10:00AM | "How to Talk to the Press" by Kathryn Small |
12:00PM | Lunch at Alexandra (off-site) - sponsored by HiiveSystems.com |
2:00PM | Soft Launch of Site |
Your site has to be active on the actual domain name and feature at least the logo, about us and contact info and a very buggy incomplete version of your product | |
2:00PM | Press Releases Completed, Press List Compiled, Get Group Photo Taken |
A press release about the impending release of your product that will dominate the world is ready and you've compiled a 300-page press list. You also have a plan of other innovative ways to promote the launch and to get as many people possible to come watch the launch online, use your product and/or write articles about it. Think outside the box here and feel free to collaborate with other teams or call in favors from partners or friends that are CEO of Fairfax or design the google algoritm. | |
3:00PM | Send out Press Releases (each team sends their own) |
All your press releases are sent and other crazy ploys to attract attention have been implemented. | |
6:30PM | Dinner served - sponsored by EvansCorp.com |
8:00PM | Code Freeze, prepare for Press Launch and Demo |
Coding STOPS! This is the hard deadline. Your site needs to be live and working. | |
9:00PM | Launches and Demos to Press, Party! |
Each team has maximum 5min (and you will be cut off and this includes fumbling with laptops, etc) to pitch and give a live demo of their product. After this there will be 2-3mins in which the press can ask questions. This pitch is NOT for investors. This is where you get the world excited about your invention | |
10:30PM | Sleep/Work as needed - code, work on presentations, go home, sleep or party |
Sunday, Jan. 18th
Time | Event |
9:00AM | Arrange your own breakfast |
9AM-12PM | Finishing Touches/Practice for Investor Pitches |
Make sure you practice your pitch a fair few times. Ideally, have the pitch and slides ready before 10 AM so you get plenty on time to practice and refine. Each pitch will be 5 min. max and should cover the points in the "Tips for a great pitch" link below. Remember to have fun with it! | |
Tips for a great pitch | |
12:00PM | VCs arrive, Final Pitches |
2:00PM | Networking, Clean-up, Final Touches! |
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