WHAT IS GARAGE48 ABOUT?

Garage48 is a weekend long intensive development event to work out innovative technological solutions. In 48 hours, participants turn their ideas into working prototypes. A Garage48 event is a mixture of a hackathon and an exercise from a bootstrapper's bible. With origins from Estonia & the Silicon Valley, Garage48 events evolved being the first of its kind events in rapidly developing tech countries: Ukraine, Latvia, Belarus, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya & elsewhere. The aim of Garage48 is to bring innovative ideas and new startups into life.

WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU?

Positive attitude, an open mind and lots of energy! Everything you need for rapid product development.

Please also take your:

• laptop;

• 3-5m power extension cord (as power might be at a distance);

• mobile phone;

• all chargers;

• mattress, sleeping bag and towel.

PITCHING IDEAS

Ideas are submitted prior to the hackathon, after the pre-event (date of the pre-event TBA). Please prepare a 1 (one) PDF slide of the problem you are trying to solve.

Consider the following key points:

• Describe briefly your background.

• What is the name of the idea?

• What's the idea all about? What is the problem your idea solves? To which issues it draws attention? Target user count and description if applicable.

• Technical solution and if there is a revenue model (in case of non-profit idea, how the maintenance and further development costs will be covered?).

• Minimum viable product and plan for 48 hours. Who do you need for the team?

Please send your ideas to space@garage48.org. Deadline: 10th of November.

After we have chosen the ideas, idea owners will go on stage at the hackathon and present their ideas based on "elevator-pitch" method within 90 seconds. Event host and the audience can ask 1 to 3 short questions.

WORKING IN TEAMS

All the teams will get a room/space to work on their idea during the weekend. You should start by dividing roles, setting the product vision, customer journey and start working right away. It is very important that you have a project manager (team lead) in the team - one of the tasks is to keep the focus of the team, one eye on the clock and the other on the team progress. 48 hours is a really short time.

MEALS AND DRINKS

We'll provide you warm meals, snacks and drinks to keep you going throughout the whole hackathon. We have taken into account that people eat differently, so we have food for everyone.

MENTORS

We have arranged mentors to work with the teams throughout the weekend. Some of them are more technical, some more business savvy. Be open and ask for their advice and contacts.

Please wear your name badge during the whole event, this will help to encourage networking. Otherwise, be open, get to know new people, share your ideas and give ideas/feedback to other teams. Most importantly - have fun!