Product Hunt Hackathon

 

 Welcome to the first ever Product Hunt Hackathon in London

www.producthunthackathon.com

#PHLDNHACK

On November 6-8th we are hosting a 48hr event with 200 of London’s best designers, developers, marketers, hackers and business folk to create explosive solutions to world problems at a superb venue, WeWork. 

 

The Hackathon Brief

How can we make use of our (local, national, global) comunities to effect change? 

  

The Weekend Agenda

Friday 6th November: 

18:00: Networking

19:30: Briefing

20:00: Inspiration Hour

20:30: Pitches (1m each)

21:30: Voting & Establishing Teams

23:00: Get rest for the weekend

 

Saturday 7th: 

08:30: Yoga 

09:00: Breakfast

09:30: Business Principles 101 

10:15: Get Making 

13:00: Lunch

14:30: Mentors walk in

18.00: Dinner

20:45: Inspirational Talk

 

Sunday 8th: 

08:30: Yoga

09:00: Breakfast 

09:30: Mentors walk in 

13:00: Lunch

14:00: Round 1 Pitches

17:00: Round 2 Pitches

18:00: Results 

18:30: Drinks & networking 

 

Our Judges: 

Diane Perlman - CMO at MassChallenge 

George Berkowski - Co-Founder of IceCream & Head of Product at Hailo

Craig Crawford - Creative Director at CrawfordIT

Hercules Fisherman - Founder, Dr Voxx 

Daniel Harvey - Experience Design Director at Sapient Nitro

Mark Jenkins - UX/UI Designer

Ari Helgason - VC at Dawn Capital

 

The Rules

1. You cannot work on your project before the event begins.

2. Don't use code you have previously worked on.

3. You cannot use another team's source code. You may only use what is available publicly to everyone.

4. The decision of the judges is final for determining prizes and awards

5. Please comply with all instructions from Product Hunt hackathon organizers

6. Make sure to read the T&C’s before confirming your ticket

Judging criteria: 

Scores are out of 35/40 points for the following criteria: 

Impact        (5 points)

Design        (5 points)

Creativity    (5 points)

Simplicity    (5 points)

Scalability   (5 points)

 

Sponsorship: 

 

Interested in Sponsoring?

 

We'd love to hear from you, download our sponsorship pack for more information [www.producthunthackathon.com] or email hello@adpreneurs.com and we'll send you more info! 

FAQs

Q: What is the Product Hunt Hackathon?

A: This is a three day event bringing together the best designers, developers, marketers, hackers & business folk to create explosive solutions to world problems.

Q: Do I have to be a programmer or designer to attend?

A: Preferably, while it’s important you have an interest in technology and building things, we’re looking for passionate hustlers to participate in as part of our community, so if you are a kick ass ideator, you’re more than welcome to join in on the fun.

Q: How do I find a team / how are teams formed?

A: Teams are created on Friday night during the briefing. If you have an idea, you will have 60 seconds to pitch it to the whole group, if you don’t, not to worry, you’ll get to mix and mingle so you can find an idea you believe in and help lead your team to victory!

Q: How do I/we get involved?

A: Sign up on here obviously! Otherwise see more information at: www.producthunthackathon.com

Q: What are we being judged on?

A: Scores are out of 35/40 points for the following criteria:

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• Impact (5 points)
• Customer Validation (5 points)
• Design (5 points)
• Creativity (5 points)
• Simplicity (5 points)
• Business Model & Scalability (5 points)
• Technology (5 points)
• Optional/Bonus Points:
• Use of Braintree API (5 points)

 

Optional

• Usage of Braintree_Paypal API (5 Points)

Q: Who owns the IP I create during the hackathon?

A: You and/or the team. Please make sure to read the Terms & Conditions before hitting ‘I agree’ on Eventbrite.

 

Q: What are the prizes?

A: Apart from the admiration of everyone in the building, you’ll receive an awesome prize which we’ll be announcing closer to the event. (Ssshhh! you might be receiving grant money to take your idea on further)

Q: Will there be food?

A: You’ll be eating top end filling food options for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so don’t worry, you won’t be going hungry. If you have special dietary requirements please don’t forget to email us at hello@adpreneurs.com so we can prepare you a special meal.

Q: Who is organising the Product Hunt Hackathon?

A: Nicole Bosky & Jamahl McMurran from Adpreneurs ltd. (www.adpreneurs.com)  in affiliation with Product Hunt (www.producthunt.com).

 

Q: Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? 

A: If you have the Eventbrite app on your smartphone make sure you have the ticket saved, but might be a good idea to bring a print out just incase! 

Q: What is the refund policy?

A: Don't do that to us! If you have to, pop us an email at hello@adpreneurs.com and we'll sort you out. We will not be refunding any tickets within 7 days of the start of the event. 

 

 

Q: How can I get in touch with the organisers?

A: Email hello@adpreneurs.com or send us a friendly tweet @adpreneurs

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