What are the judging criteria?
We’re talking about a nation-wide event with various teams coming from all over the country or forming within the event. The scope is to create meaningful solutions to existing problems during, and after the period impacted by COVID-19.
With this in mind, we’ll be focusing on quality to fast forward some of the teams post-event to get accelerated within a global Techstars powered COVID-19 accelerator program with a final stake to access 10kUSD / team (allocated to top 5 teams).
The selection criteria for the teams during Techstars Startup Weekend Romania Online COVID-19 are:
Problem & Impact
- Is the solution they are proposing relevant in the context of the COVID-19 crisis?
- What is the value proposition to customers?
- Did the team talk to potential customers?
Execution and Design
- Have they established a “Minimal Viable Product” for the weekend? *Note: an MVP is the minimum set of features to be able to start collecting data.
- Is the MVP designed well?
- Is the proposed product technically viable?
Originality
- The project needs to create new solutions or apply existing solutions in a new, innovative way.
Feasibility
- The project must be realistic in terms of the legal, technological and scientific aspects of the solution. It should be possible to realise the project within a few months (exceptions can be made for particularly impactful solutions with a long-term perspective)
Business Model
- Does the project have the potential to become a real business?
- Does the solution solve a core need?
- Have they demonstrated a go-to-market strategy?
Make sure you don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity and:
- Get your ticket -> https://bit.ly/SWRomaniaRegister
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