How to have fun and WIN at CodeXtreme (:
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Sharing from my personal experience what it takes to win at CodeXtremeApps Competition 2016. In this deck, I share about my winning hacks from 2014 and 2015, summarising my learning points into helpful tips for participants this year.
How to have fun and WIN at CodeXtreme (:
- 1. I AM CLARENCE NGOH And I am here to share with you...
- 2. How to have fun and WIN at codeXtreme (: *From personal experience
- 4. My Winning Hacksa 2014 - 2015a
- 5. B L A C K B O X
- 6. Raspberry Pi + Sensors Crash Detection
- 7. Data Prize Heatmap with LTA data
- 9. HACKATHONSG
- 11. Working with real location data ...
- 13. Gearing up for the WIN Preparation Hack Pitch
- 14. Getting Prepared Ideas ? Skills ? Teamwork
- 15. Read the news! > Current affairs > Tech trends
- 16. Know what is happening in the startup space
- 17. Know what is happening in the startup space Product Hunt
- 18. Allocation of Skills APIs ++Back End Front End Database/Server App Frameworks Algorithms ＾Tech Shopping￣ How to integrate APIs Hardware (start with toy projects) Frameworks Plugins Toy Projects Collaborate
- 19. Getting the right people and the right chemistry is more important than getting the right idea.
- 20. Hack Phase Build your winning prototype
- 21. hack tips 1.Validate your idea (don¨t kiasu)
- 22. hack tips 1.Validate your idea (don¨t kiasu) 2.Create a fully functional product experience
- 23. > Build most important screens first! (login page is lame) > Don¨t code what you can¨t show off > Make it Visually Appealing (exude professionalism) > Mockup what you don¨t have time to build
- 24. Forget Bootstrap if you want to impress (win) Material Design Bootsnipp.com 3rd Party Plugins </>
- 25. hack tips 1.Validate your idea (don¨t kiasu) 2.Create a fully functional product experience 3.Remember to have fun and sleep (really)
- 26. Pitch Phase Sell your idea like a boss
- 27. Why this matters? The idea that judges most resonate with wins.
- 28. pitch tips 1.Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse (as a team) Aim to finish coding 2 hours before pitching (BAD IDEA) Prepare your demo incrementally
- 29. pitch tips 1.Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse (as a team) 2.Explain WHY you created it, not WHAT it does a.Problem b.Solution - You c.Market/Target Users d.Demo e.Highlight Benefits f.Business Model g.Future Vision
- 30. pitch tips 1.Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse (as a team) 2.Explain WHY you created it, not WHAT it does 3.Validate, validate, simplify
- 31. All the best!!a Winning isn't everything, but wanting to is.
Editor's Notes
- #4: Just ship it! Time Challenge, you will be surprised at what you can build in such a short time period when you push yourself, and work in a team
- #6: Talk abit about the background first. First hackathon, new friends, JC background with no prior experience
- #16: So that you get to use buzzworthy technologies! Come up with creative solutions. Bring ideas to the hackathon
- #22: I know we are all Singaporeans.. Being kiasu is part of our DNA. We all don¨t want to tell people our awesome idea cos we are scared they will steal it. I know because I was like that, when like other teams ask me, i will tell them abit, BUT never show my trump card. But trust me when I say that this hush hush strategy of keeping to yourself is not a good winning strategy. The only way an idea is improved and polished is when it is challenged. As you share, you will start get validation on what is good or not, and learn things from others participants too. Dont let your idea stay stagnant. Furthermore, really, no one wants to steal your idea. Most probably, they already have an idea that they think is way better than yours (haha). Be social and make new friends! Also, who are the most important people you need to validate with? The judges!! Find out about their concerns as early as possible and that will help you in shaping your winning idea, and also help you tailor your presentation (more on that later)
- #23: Not saying that you should not focus on backend, but make sure you SHOW something end users will interact with
- #24: Visually Appealing: if you are doing a food app - please get high quality stocks, if you wanna show avatars, there are online generators for that, please use them. Use UI toolkits and CSS Codepen
- #25: 2011 Bootstrap release
- #29: Rehearse: I didnt come up with it, it was steve jobs. Especially impt when you do a live demo.
- #31: At the risk of sounding overly repetitive..
- #32: At a hackathon, you want to spend your time effectively. Do your learning at home