Map & Agenda

Bounce Hackathon 2023

Agenda

4:30 – 5:15 pm — Registration and Team Formation

Location: Atrium

 

5:15 – 5:30 pm — Opening Remarks

Location: Atrium

 

5:30 – 6:30 pm — Canapes + Developing and Evaluating Startup Ideas Workshop

Facilitated by Ed Martin, MCE

Location: Atrium

 

6:30 – 6:45 pm — Prompt Release

Location: Atrium

 

6:45 — Team Collaboration

Locations: *check map for available rooms*

10:00 – 10:30 am — Coffee + Muffins

Location: Atrium

 

10:30 – 12:30 pm — Team Collaboration + Mentors

Locations: *check map for available rooms*

 

12:30 – 1:30 pm — Lunch + Mini Game

Locations: MED 1M101

 

1:30 – 3:30 pm — Team Collaboration + Mentors

Location: *check map for available rooms*

 

3:30 – 4:30 pm — How to Pitch Workshop

Facilitated by Bronwyn Bridges, PragmaClin

Location: MED 1M102

 

4:30 – 6:00 pm — Team Collaboration

Location: *check map for available rooms*

 

6:00 – 7:30 pm — Trivia + Food Truck + Candy Bar

Location: Atrium

10:00 – 10:30 am Coffee + Muffins

Location: Atrium

 

10:30-11:30 am Team Collaboration

Location: Atrium

 

11:30 – 12:30 pm Branding & Revenue Generation for Start-Ups

Facilitated by Chris Dunne and Adam Puddicome, Idea Factory

Location: MED 1M102

 

12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch

Location: Atrium

 

1:30 – 3:00 pm Judging Round 1

Location: MED 1M101 + MED 1M102

 

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

 

3:15 – 4:15 pm Judging Round 2

Location: MED Main Auditorium

 

4:15 – 4:30 pm Break

 

4:30 – 5:30 pm Awards and reception

Location: Main Auditorium

Workshops

Developing and Evaluating Startup Ideas

  Friday, Mar 24, 5:30-6:30 pm

  MED Atrium

 

Hosted by

Ed Martin

Ed Martin

Director (Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship)

Summary

The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship, based at St. John’s campus, promotes entrepreneurship, supports students, faculty and staff to develop their start-up ideas, and contributes to the development of an attractive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Newfoundland and Labrador. MCE is the starting point for any Memorial student, faculty or staff member interested in entrepreneurship.

 

Company: MCE

This workshop will help you develop practices to come up with startup ideas, and evaluate their potential. A mix of individual and group exercises will arm you with processes and frameworks to take those first steps into entrepreneurship.

How to Pitch

  Saturday, March 25th, 3:30-4:30 pm

  MED 1M102

 

Hosted by

Bronwyn Bridges

Bronwyn Bridges

CEO & Co-Founder (PragmaClin)

Summary

Bronwyn has gone on to win over $300,000$ in pitch competitions over the past year. Through this workshop you will be able to learn what makes a perfect pitch. Bronwyn will share feedback she’s learned, and tactics she’s used to improve her pitch, and ways to incorporate story telling to make the biggest impact.

 

Company: Pragmaclin

PragmaClin aims to help patients with Parkinson’s Disease monitor their condition with the use of our flagship software, PRIMS. PRIMS is a patient assessment tool for supporting neurologists in the clinic. PRIMS is an integrated system that monitors, analyzes and rates the Parkinson’s disease severity according to international standards. PragmaClin are reaching for a world where patients can get help faster, with more accurate results.

Branding & Revenue Generation for Start-Ups

  Sunday March 26th, 11:30-12:00 pm

  MED 1M102

 

Hosted by

Chris Dunne

Chris Dunne

Director of Agency Dev (Idea Factory)

Adam Puddicombe

Adam Puddicombe

VP, Digital Strategy (Idea Factory)

Summary

This workshop will provide start-ups an overview of the role that branding plays in the various stages of the business growth cycle, and how to build your sales funnel regardless of where your business is in its journey. From strategic planning to tactical execution, you’ll learn the basics to get your start-up generating revenue through marketing efforts.

 

Company: Idea Factory

The Idea Factory, located in the vibrant city of St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, opened its doors in 2000. Today, The Factory is home to twenty passionate individuals who crave using creativity to solve problems, big and small. And that’s exactly what we do for clients like Roebothan McKay Marshall, Marine Atlantic, Colemans, Harley-Davidson, The Salvation Army, Galway, and The Rooms.

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