McGill Thinkathon - Disrupt Montreal
Hello World!
The Dobson Centre is organizing the first Thinkathon of 2014 to get developers, designers, and non-technicals solving an issue concerning the city of Montreal.
The whole day is going to be about identifying a major issue in Montreal relating to the improvement of the following:
- Infrastructure
- Information distribution and communication for public services
- Financial and economic improvements
- Connecting communities in a big city
- Efficient healthcare systems
- Efficient education systems
- The city’s tourism and brand
Format:
8:00 - 9:00
We all meet on the second floor, people can start networking and brainstorming ideas. People get to select teammates based on the following categories:
Hacker
Designer
Hustler
Analyst
9:00 - 10:00
Each team of 5 gets a chance to pitch their preliminary ideas and get feedback from the crowd (30 seconds).
People can also change team at this point.
10:00 - 11:00
Team brainstorm idea/idea validation/business model generation with lean startup approach or MIT's 24 Steps.
Plan/format is provided
11:00 - 12:00
Customer Validation (Call/interview real people to see if idea fulfill a market need. If not adjust)
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and Speaker or team continue to work on project.
13:00 - 15:00
Prototyping and pitch preparation
Teams will have a sustainable business plan by the end of Friday and teams will also fill in the Dobson Cup pre-registration form.
15:00 - 17:00
Pitch (5 minutes)
Judges will choose the winners who will be awarded great prizes and a greater chance to compete in the Dobson Cup 2015!
We're building companies in one day, what are you doing?
