Judging criteria

The judging criteria is divided into three sections. Teams should be judged according to the following three criteria, which are weighted equally:

Customer Validation

• Did the team talk to potential end users?
• Who will be their users, who will be their customers, and are they different?
• How many users have they interviewed?
• Did they target the correct people to interview?
• What did they learn from their customer interviews?
• What are the core needs of their users?

Execution and Design

• What feedback did they get to inspire their Minimum Viable Product (MVP)?
• Did they build a prototype? Any medium is fine, including paper or Google Slides.
• How effective is their MVP for the purpose of the weekend?
• How functional is their technical demo, if applicable?
• How easy is it for the user to navigate and use their product?
• Were they able to incorporate customer feedback into the solution?

Business Model