I think we are all used with the same old structured Hackathon: you come all ready to work, small breaks, and at the end, you’ll have a draft of a product expecting to hear yourself in the list of winners. And let’s not forget about the prizes, those are mandatory. At Innovation Labs 2019 Iasi Hackathon, things are quite different. How? Well, let me walk you through that.
That’s one small step for your idea, one giant leap for a startup.
DEVELOPING YOUR FIRST PROTOTYPE
You will not only work to make a functional code, but you’ll also aim to a higher purpose and that is a startup. More than 15 mentors, with years of experiences, successes, and failures behind will be there by your side to guide you. Their knowledge in various areas such as: product definition, business modeling, customer development UI/UX and other will be a solid base for you to make the first step as an entrepreneur. We don’t promise miracles, it never happens in 24 hours Still, by the end of the Hackathon you will be much closer to your startup dream with a viable prototype in your hands.
IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE BASIC PRIZES
The prize isn’t as traditional as you may thought. Don’t judge us, we’re not organizing a tradition Hackathon either, but we promise you, you’ll love this prize. Instead of a gadget (that will also be offered as part of the prize *wink wink*), you might become part of the 3-month mentorship & development program for young entrepreneurs. Being founded by the most successful entrepreneurs in Romania, Andrei Pitis and Bogdan Iordache, supported by universities, company partners in 5 cities, with a big final at Bucuresti, Innovation Labs is a perfect ramp for you as a startup-er. And even after the program is done, your startup life goes on with launching, getting finances or at least getting our 3000$ summer scholarship.
ROLLERCOASTER OF EXPERIENCES
Remember last time when we…? You gotta admit it, all those good memories start like that. A lot can happen in these 24 hours. Starting with a weird but pleasant feeling being in the faculty. Things get more funny when feelings go up and down like a rollercoaster, nervous while pitching, enthusiastic while coming up with new updates, mad, stupid and then thankful when mentors change your plans, tired deciding between one more coffee or a 10 minutes power nap and extremely happy coming up to a result, together with your teammates. Intense, but definitely worth it.
SAY NO MORE. I’M IN! WHERE CAN I REGISTER?
Still have doubts about registering to Innovation Labs 2019 Iasi Hackathon? Feel free to hit us with a message. Ira, Stefania or Catalin are more than happy to answer to all of your questions.
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