Eco-Hackathon in collaboration with Solve.Earth
Project Leads: Jacob Jelen in collaboration with Solve.Earth Ltd
Number of participants: 35
Duration: 2 days
Project Outline:
Every single product and service you see around you will need to be completely transformed by the middle of the 21st century in order to achieve a truly environmentally sustainable society.
Are you curious about entrepreneurship, and want an opportunity to test yourself and your ideas… you might even fancy being the next Elon Musk?
Solve.Earth Ltd believes that the pace of change in sustainability is moving at a snail’s pace. We want to see exponential change and we aim to inspire you, show you what is possible, and teach you exactly how to do this.
Startup companies have the power to innovate rapidly and cause explosive change by disrupting markets and creating truly global impact.
Join us for an inspiring and electric two days where you will meet like-minded peers, make a connection, build a dynamic team, brainstorm ideas, explore and co-create a winning solution that can be commercialised and turned into a real business.
You will learn how to build an eco-startup company based around cutting edge thinking and innovation with mentorship from leading thinkers and industry leaders.
Solve.Earth provides training courses to aspiring entrepreneurs to achieve this goal: ranging from short online courses to intensive mentorship in our 3-month incubator program for teams who want to test and build their startup companies rapidly based on lean methodology.
THE PRIZE: Winning team/s will be offered ongoing support after the hackathon to actually build an eco-startup company in collaboration with Solve.Earth.
What are we waiting for? We have a planet to take care of!
Timetable:
Day 1 (Thursday)
Introduction
Setting a challenge
Presentations to inform and inspire the participants about the topic
Team formation
Brainstorming! Ending the day with 1 or 2 strong directions
Day 2 (Friday)
Refining the concept
Final round of input from experts
Specifying the big vision for the concept and considering steps to get there
Pitch preparation
Presentations, feedback and final discussion