Garage48 Mobile Lviv 2017

When 3-5 March, 2017

Where Lviv, Ukraine

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  • Garage48 is teaming up with the Estonian Development Cooperation, N-iX and Midealab to bring the exciting hackathon event back to the beautiful city of Lviv!
    Garage48 Mobile Lviv 2017 event will take place at N-iX Lviv HQ on March 3-5. It will gather around one hundred software developers, designers, marketers, and visionaries from Ukraine and neighboring countries for one weekend. The event is open both to students as well as seasoned specialists. Registration fee is 200₴ (6 EUR)

    Garage48 Mobile Lviv 2017  is a weekend long intensive development event to turn innovative ideas into working prototypes in 48 hours. With origins from Estonia & Silicon Valley, Garage48 events begun with being the first of its kind in rapidly developing tech countries like Ukraine, Latvia, Belarus & many others.

    This time Garage48 is focusing on the opportunities of mobile development. During the 48 hours, teams consisting of programmers, designers, marketers, visionary entrepreneurs, project managers and other cool people will develop creative ideas to working prototypes. We will have exciting prizes, local and international mentors, hearty food and everything you need to help you give your best during the weekend.

    Prepare yourself for 48 hours full of fun, coding, designing, selling and thinking BIG! If you’re ready to create something crazy and innovative, then this is the event for you! Join us and experience this exciting start-up event!


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    The event is organised by Garage48 in partnership with the financial support of Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Fund for Development and Humanitarian Aid.

    Friday, March 3

    18:30 - Check-in, networking, coffee, snacks

    19:00 - Opening remarks

    19:30 - Presentation of ideas

    20:30 - Coffee Break

    21:00 - Presentation of ideas continues

    22:00 - Team formation

    22:30 - Team work begins!

     

    Saturday, March 4

    09:00 - Coffee & light breakfast. Development continues

    10:00 - Checkpoint #1

    11:00 - Mentors go around

    13:00 - Lunch

    13:45 - Product development

    18:00 - Checkpoint #2

    19:00 - Dinner

    20:00 - Development continues

     

     Sunday, March 5

    09:00 - Coffee & light breakfast. Development continues

    10:00 - Checkpoint #3

    11:00 - Pitch drill session #1

    13:00 - Lunch

    14:00 - Pitch drill session #2

    17:00 - Coffee break with light meal/snacks

    17:30 - Final event & LIVE stream

    20:00 - Winners & networking


    NB! Schedule is tentative, changes are possible and likely to happen.

    We'll start on Friday (3rd March)  at 18:30 with opening doors. Please come on time, as the registration process might take some time. See the agenda for more detailed information


    WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU?


    Positive attitude, open mind and lots of energy! Everything you need for a rapid product development.


    Please take your:

    laptop

    3-5m power extension cord (as power might be on distance)

    mobile phone

    all chargers


    Optional:

    photo camera to take and share photos

    mattress

    sleeping bag and towel (in case you would like to stay overnight)

    credit cards for domain registration

    business cards (if you have any)


    PITCHING IDEAS


    Ideas are presented based on "elevator-pitch" method within 90 seconds. Event host and audience can ask 1 to 3 short questions.

    You can prepare 1 (one) PDF slide to support your pitch. You should send the slide by Friday noon latest (3rd March), at the e-mail merilin@garage48.org (Subject: name of your project).


    Consider following key points:

    • Briefly describe your background (10 sec)

    • What is the name of the idea? (5 sec)

    • What's the idea all about? What is the problem your idea solves? Target user count and description (30 sec)

    • Technical solution and if there is a revenue model (in case of non-profit idea, how the maintenance and further development costs will be covered?) (30 sec)

    • Minimum viable product and plan for 48 hours. Who do you need in your team? (20 sec)

    NB! Practice your pitch to your friends or family before you present! 90 seconds goes really fast!


    FORMING TEAMS


    After pitching is over, we will put all the ideas on the wall. Every participant will choose their favourite idea and this is how teams will be formed. Usually 14 to 20 best ideas will get enough interested people to get the "green light" for the implementation.

    Average team has about 5 to 7 people and the team should be "balanced" - covering all required roles like necessary engineers, designer, a project manager (team lead/visionary) and marketer in order to get the product/service ready in 48 hours! Minimum size for a team is 4 people and max is 8 people.

    If some ideas get too few people or not balanced teams (probably unable to build the service), the idea will be dumped. Those people should choose another idea/team.


    WORKING IN TEAMS


    After forming the teams, organizers will give a room/space for every team for the weekend. You should start by dividing roles, setting the product vision, customer journey and start working right away.

    It is very important that you have a project manager (team lead) in the team - one of his tasks is to keep the focus of the team, one eye on the clock and the other on the team progress. 48 hours is really a short time.


    FOOD & DRINKS


    We provide breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday so you could focus on work and building your product.


    MENTORS


    We have arranged great mentors to work with the teams throughout the weekend. Some of them are more technical, some more business savvy. Be open and ask for their advice and contacts. They are there to help you!


    Please wear your name badge during the whole event, this will help to encourage networking. Otherwise be open, get to know new people, share your ideas and give ideas/feedback to other teams.


    MOST IMPORTANT - have fun!


    SUNDAY DEMO PREPARATIONS


    • Sunday afternoon 14:00 pm is the deadline. Either you have your service ready or not, time will tell.

    • Every team will practice their demo together with mentors and jury members for 10 minutes to make the final adjustments and make a better presentation.

    • We do not allow any Powerpoint presentations for web services - we want product live demo!

    • The final demo event starts at 5:30pm

    • We will pick teams randomly. Every team gets 3 minutes for product demonstration (+1 minute for questions).

    • We admit, that the development process is the ultimate importance. But we still have a jury, to evaluate the results and choose the top projects.


    SLEEPING POSSIBILITIES IN THE VENUE


    take your sleeping bag & mattress and you'll have a possibility to stay overnight in the venue. We have prepared a separate room for all the dreamers :)    

    • If you have further questions, please see the Agenda and FAQ below. If you don't find an answer there, then please write us at info@garage48.org



    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS


    • Who can participate? Registration is open to anyone. We are looking for people with different roles - front-end developers, back-end developers, mobile developers, designers, marketers, entrepreneurs, project managers, but also other people interested in building a cool project within 48 hours. If you register to the hackathon event, then we expect you to be ready to work on the project also after the hackathon is over.
    • I don't have my own team? Can I come? Sure, Garage48 Mobile Lviv 2017 is about networking, meeting new people, hacking, building new services and finding new friends. After pitching ideas on Friday evening, all participants will choose their favourite idea and form a team on-site. You should carefully review all pitched ideas, talk to the team members, negotiate, brainstorm and finally find a best matching project for yourself. Then join this team and start working on the project.

    • How to submit and pitch an idea? We ask all participants to submit their ideas already when registering but also share your idea to our Facebook group before the event. This allows other participants to review their idea, ask questions and possibly to develop the idea further. On the hackathon event, there will be about 30-35 slots for ideas.

    • How long is the pitch? On Friday night there are 90 second pitches for each idea, followed by 2-3 questions from audience/mentors. You can have one slide (PDF) to support your pitch.

    • How are the ideas selected on the event? Afterwards when ideas are pitched, each participant will choose the idea that s/he wants to work on. Ideas that are able to gather a sufficient team around them will prevail. People who have chosen the ideas that are not able to gather proper team will have join other teams.

    • If I present an idea at the Garage48 Mobile Lviv 2017 event, can someone steal it? Of course :) Hackathon has many participants, including journalists, bloggers and tweeters - your idea will not remain a secret. So, if you think you have a top-secret, patentable, Nobel-prize worthy idea, then don't present it in the hackathon ;). On the other hand, if you have an idea that has been sitting in your head for some time, waiting for right time or right people to be put into practice, then this hackathon is a great place and environment for make it happen!

    • Is 48 hours enough? Yes and no. 48 hours is more than enough time to take an idea, build a working prototype, alpha or beta service and make it publicly available for users, potential customers. (Unless you are building a nuclear reactor, new drug, a spaceship of something similar, of course). However, to make your prototype, alpha or beta into a viable business, much more work after the event is needed. We encourage (and give preference in selection) to those participants, who show an interest and willingness to continue working on (successful and promising) ideas after the event!

    • Is it a startup competition to get funding? Not really. The main idea of the event is to build startup community, find new friends and meet people, build something cool in 48 hours. But it's not so much about winning the prize or getting financing. This hackathon is mostly an experience of building a new (working) project in 48 hours, meet and work with new people whom you probably would not meet otherwise.

    • How big is an ideal team? In our experience, best teams have between 4 and 7 members. Each team should be self-sufficient by having all the main roles (business and product vision, design, programming, marketing, business development) covered.

    • Can I buy a domain and set up hosting account before the event? Yes, you can do various preparations for your project unless you start designing or coding. We encourage you to think of the project name, business model, short term and long-term plan etc. But it's not allowed to do any coding work on the project before the Garage48 Mobile Lviv 2017 event.

    • What happens to the developed products and services after the event? The project built during hackathon event is owned by the team who built it. So it's up to the teams to decide how do they take it forward. Some ideas are very likely to be developed into successful businesses, others struggle to find a feasible business model and fade away. Organizers are encouraging teams to continue developing the ideas and provide mentorship, but ultimately, the success or failure rests solely with the members of the team.

    • Is the hackathon a continuous 48-hour marathon or can I sleep during the event too? Sleep is for the weak. (Just kidding). While some teams pulled all-nighters at the last events, most successful teams did take time to get a full 7-8 hour sleep, come back in the morning refreshed and were fully productive during the day. We provide floor space for foreigners in the venue in case you want to save on hotel costs.

    • What if I have registered to the hackathon event as a participant but can not come to the event? Please notify us by e-mail as soon as possible about such changes. Garage48 does not give refund to purchased ticket but you can use the same ticket to any other Garage48 hackathon, just let us know beforehand.



    THE SUPERSTARS
    The Mentors 

    Ragnar Sass
    Founder and CEO at Salto Network, Co-founder at Pipedrive, Founder at Lift99
    Niko Porkka
    CEO & Founder at Midealab
    Andrew Pavliv
    CEO & Co-founder at N-iX LLC
    Maarika Truu
    Garage48 host & mentor, Head of partnerships at Single.Earth
    Sven Kirsimäe
    Chief Architect at R&D, Software and Data at Salto Network
    Cesar Zeppini
    Design Lead at Veriff
    Andres Susi
    Tech Entrepreneur
    Chris Raastad
    Product Engineer at TransferWise
    Roman Stelmakh
    Mobile Lead at Midealab
    Victor Gabella
    Head of Mobile Unit at N-iX
    Samuli Cantell
    Creative Director at Adventure Club
    Peeter Tamla
    CTO of New Cloud Innovations at Levira Ltd.

    Organizers

    Merilin Lukk
    Project Lead @ Garage48
    Yuliya Derekh
    Event Manager @ N-iX
    Nadiya Lisovska
    Studio Manager at Midealab

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