Welcome to Jumpstart EdTech! Jumpstart EdTech is a 3-day virtual startup competition where students will create a tech startup idea, validating assumptions in both business and technology. In the current climate of online education, students innovate to solve flaws they have experienced. Jumpstart surrounds students with mentors, resources, and passionate local leaders — all here for students' success and real learning by doing. During this weekend, students will not only learn about the processes of a startup, but also explore what career direction best fits them through experiencing a certain part of a startup.
Eligibility
Any student from middle school to college undergrad can participate!
Team Size: Maximum of 6 members
Requirements
On Devpost, submit the video pitch of the startup you develop over the course of the competition, make sure to address concepts listed in the criteria and share the WHY behind your startup idea. At the end of the day, judges are humans and will have an emotional connection with your idea. Take advantage of that!
Additionally, please link either demo with functionality or feature documentation in your submission.
Prizes
Best Overall - 1st
Team that scores the highest in overall by judges wins $350 along with officer hours with an industry professional
Best Overall - 2nd
Team that scores the second highest overall by judges wins $200 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best Overall - 3rd
Team that scores the third highest overall by judges wins $100 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best Tech - 1st
Team that scores the highest in the tech category by judges wins $350 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best Tech - 2nd
Team that scores the second highest in the tech category by judges wins $200 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best Tech - 3rd
Team that scores the third highest in the tech category by judges wins $100 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best Business - 1st
Team that scores the highest in the business category by judges wins $350 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best Business - 2nd
Team that scores the second highest in the business category by judges wins $200 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best Business - 3rd
Team that scores the third highest in the business category by judges wins $100 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best High School - 1st
High School team that scores the highest overall by judges wins $350 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best High School - 2nd
High School team that scores the second highest overall by judges wins $200 along with office hours with an industry professional
Best High School - 3rd
High School team that scores the third highest overall by judges wins $100 along with office hours with an industry professional
echoAR Prize
echoAR is a cloud platform for augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) that provides tools and server-side infrastructure to help developers & companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps.
The best overall team that uses echoAR wins:
- $50 Amazon gift card
- 1-month free Business Tier access
- A feature in echoAR's newsletter (sent to investors and - AR/VR ecosystem)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Simone Grapini-Goodman
Uriah Eichele
Cisco
Rajat Doshi
Maya Silver
Kartik Khanna
Shirin Kuppusamy
Charan Ramachandran
Jake Ruddy
Theresa Hendrickson
Dan McCreary
Deepak Chadha
Best Buy
Charu Chadha
UnitedHealth Group
Oita Coleman
Attah Amego
Ellie Young
Rupkatha Banerjee
Eric Meadows
Tina Wallman
Allison Boerum
Djelika Bah
Rajesh Khanna
Natalie Murray
Jyoti Panuganti
Patrick Sliwinski
Frank Bl
Amit Kumar
Judging Criteria
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Functionality (TECH)
Developed functionality? Assess the functionality of the features in their solution If not? How well was each feature documented? *If this documentation was given to a developer, how well would the developed feature meet the requirements? -
Clarity of Solution (TECH)
How does the solution solve the problem? Is it built in the customer in mind? Does it make sense?–shown through visual/demo -
Originality and Creativity (TECH)
Is this project unique and innovative? Is it a solution or creation we have never seen before? A better way of doing something? -
Problem Relevance (BUSINESS)
Is this problem clearly described, reasonable and affects a certain target market? Can opportunity arise from this problem? -
Target Market (BUSINESS)
Is the target market clearly identified? Does it make sense? -
Revenue Model (BUSINESS)
Does the revenue model seem viable? -
Presentation
Does this presentation excite you? Did the presentation overall present the information in a clear, professional manner?
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