Lean Startup Workshop 1: The Basics

March 18, 2015
2015 GW BPC -- Status
Submit
Number
Announce
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
January 20,
2015
105 Teams
March 4,
2015
40 Teams
April 13,
2014
10 Teams
February 3,
2015
March 17,
2015
April 14,
2014
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2015 GW BPC Finalists
• Bleed Freeze
• Connecting4Good
• GRID - Gaming
Revolution for
International
Development
• GutFeeling
• MEANS Database
• MedConnect
• Project Dharavi:
Redefining Waste
• Quorum
• The Rival, LLC
• Your Health
Concierge, Inc
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2015 GW Business Plan Competition
Timeline
March 3
March 18
March 25
April 13
Round 2
Submission
Pitching
Workshop
Dolphin Tank
Submit
Pitch Deck
March
April
March 17
March 20
April 2
April 14
Finalists
Announced
Preferences
for In-Kind
Prizes
Trial Run for
Final Pitches
Final
Presentations
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In-kind Prizes
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2015 GW BPC -- Prizes
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Special Prizes -- Eligibility
Prize
Team Name
International
International
International
International
Connecting 4Good
GRID - Gaming Revolution for International Development
Project Dharavi: Redefining Waste
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Connecting 4Good
Project Dharavi: Redefining Waste
Quorum
The Rival, LLC
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Dolphin Tank
March 25, 2014
5:30-7:00 PM
Duquès Hall Room 255
What is the format?
A two-three minute elevator pitch
(no slides!), followed by feedback
from an expert panel. The
audience also weighs in.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/gwdolphin-tank-march-25th-registration16020634148
Mandatory. You’d be crazy to pass up this opportunity!
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Pitch Practice -- Trial Run
Thursday, April 2, 2015
12:00 noon to 5:00 pm
2033 K Street, Suite 750
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Mandatory
Come with your best current pitch.
This is not a workshop.
12 minutes of Uninterrupted Pitching
13 minutes of Feedback
Sign up for a time slot, tonight.
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2015 GW BPC – Finals Format
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Finalists make Round 3 presentations on April 14,
2015 to judges at 9:00 am in Duquès Hall 650 and
to public at 5:30 pm in Science and Engineering
Hall.
Daytime presentations are 12 minutes
uninterrupted and 8 minutes of Q&A.
Evening presentations are 5 minutes
uninterrupted and 3 minutes of Q&A.
All prizes other than the Audience Choice Award
will be determined in the daytime presentations.
All prizes will be announces at the evening
session.
PowerPoint for Slides; Internet Access; Embedded Video are Available
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Questions?
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