As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week Acorn Aspirations in partnership with UnLtd is organising a 2-day Hackathon-style event where young people aged 16-19 will collaborate with University tech students and mentors from the TechCity community to develop digital solutions to social problems in their local communities and worldwide.
AcornHack will unlock young people's entrepreneurial potential by inspiring them to get creative with coding, programming and digital technology. The purpose of this event is to equip young people with tools that will enable them to become change-makers and entrepreneurs of their own lives.
Prizes
Grand Prize
Winners get to demo their project at the TechHub Demo Day, will be invited for 'Get your pitch right' Masterclass from Will King!
Most Commercially Viable
Firefly & TechHub Campus Tour
Best technical implementation
Gadget bundle!
Social Impact
New Entrepeneur Foundation Invitation
People's Choice
Tour of Google Campus and Ropemaker's sites from TechHub
Can't believe it doesn't exist
Google Cardboard VR Kit
Unltd Grant
Every idea is eligible for a grant from Unltd to carry on with development
Makers Academy Discount
Makers Academy will offer a £500 discount on a 12-week course to every participant over the age of 18
Codecademy Workshops
Every team that participates will get 3 free workshops from Codecademy - UX, HTML and CSS
The Mom Test
Every team receives a copy of Rob Fitzpatrick's The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Just enter the details for your team, upload what you have, and submit!
Judges
Amali de Alwis
CEO, CodeFirst Girls
Stewart Niblock
CEO, Autotorq
Will King
CEO, King of Shaves
Edmund Ovington
EMEA Marketing Director, Percolate
Emily Atkinson
Software Engineer, MOO
Fares Alaboud
KCL Tech
Nancy Fechnay
Techstars
Tanya Laird
CEO, Digital Jam
Sherry Coutu
Angel Investor
Zain Miah
Enterprise Education Manager, UnLtd
Rob Fitzpatrick
Co-Founder, Founder Centric
Cathy White
Director, GeekGirl Meetup
Judging Criteria
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Commercial Viability
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Collaboration
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Technical Implementation
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Social Impact
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Innovative Application
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