About the competition

Tech-Prize Smart City Problem Solving Challenge is an Open-Ended APP development competition.

The competition’s objective is to promote and reward IT development Skills and Creativity while solving some pressing social and infrastructure challenges in our community. 

The Open-Ended Competition means the participants can participate even if their App is not completely Developed. Each Submission is evaluated on the following criteria.

1. The originality of the Concept
2. The complexity of the Solution
3. Revenue Model
4. Features and Functionality 
5. Technical Documentation
6. User Interface Design 
7. User Experience / Application Flow
8. Quality of  Click Through Mock Up  
9. Quality of Finished App.
10. Final Pitch and Presentation.

How does it work?

• The contest is open to all ages and educational levels. 
• Teams can register by clicking the Register button on the right any time before January 31, 2021. The final submission deadline is May 1, 2021. 
• There is no entry fee.
• Participants can come up with their original concept, choose one of the sample concepts. Teams submitting an original idea will get additional points.
• The participants are expected to use their equipment and computers, giving them the freedom to work in their environment.
• There are no restrictions on operating systems, development tools, programming platforms, frameworks, or languages. 
• Participants may work from any location. Participants may form teams, and the teams may have any number of members.
• This a competition to showcase your creativity and programming ability. All submissions must be designed and developed by team members. Any integrations with Open Source or Commercial API, Libraries, or Development platforms must be declared in the Technical document of the submission.
• User Interface(UI), originality, usability, and creativity are some of the things our judges will be looking for in all submissions.
• Points are given for each step of the App development process, and It is possible for a winning entry not to have a completely working App but the high quality of process deliverables. ( See Submission requirements.).

Click here Submit your App before  May 1, 2021

Acompañanos y aprende mas sobre el PPP, programa creado para apoyar a pequeños nego-cios y organizaciones sin fine de lucro a mantener su nomina y gastos operativos durante la Pandemia.

Muchos de ustedes no pudieron unirse a este evento. Por lo tanto, lo estamos reproduciendo nuevamente en Facebook en vivo. También puede ver el programa en YouTube Chanel en cualquier momento at https://youtu.be/yS-1imMoLDM

Maribel Reigstad,

Especialista de Desarrollo Económico

Maribel Reigstad, Especialista de Desarrollo Económico Maribel se incorporó a la SBA en 1994. En 2003 se mudo a Minnesota de Rochester, Nueva York Tiene un profundo conocimiento de los pro- gramas y servicios de préstamos de la SBA. Habla español con fluidez, Maribel promueve clases de entrenamiento en los dos idiomas y ayuda con la gestión y divulgación del programa de contratación de el gobierno.

Vivir en Facebook

You don’t have to be a CPA to know the finance fundamentals of a startup. Understanding the costs and basic financial statements that are critical to success. Attendees will learn the basics about calculating product or service costs and what price to charge for them as well as creating and understanding income statements and cash flows.

Mike Hipp Director of Global Costing – Johnson Controls

Mike has over 16 years of experience in operations and finance in the Automotive and Building Technology sectors. Mike has extensive experience in product costing and business case development not only for Johnson Controls but also its supplier partners.

Learn everything you need to know to take advantage of PPP

Join us LIVE on Facebook Live,  Or via  Zoom and learn more about the PPP, a program created to support small businesses and non-profit organizations to maintain their payroll and operating expenses during the Pandemic.  This a special free event organized by Tech-Prize in coordination with the Wisconsin District Office of US Small Business Administration 

Presenters

Tammie Clendenning is the Lead Economic Development Specialist for the Wisconsin District of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Tammie is responsible for providing training on SBA’s programs and services including capital access, procurement, and business advising. She enjoys talking to entrepreneurs about the many resources available to them at exhibits and networking events. Tammie is the district office technical representative for the Women’s Business Centers in the state. Prior to joining SBA, she held business development and leadership positions in commercial finance. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and is a small business owner.

Lisa Taylor is an Outreach and Marketing Specialist with the Wisconsin District of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She works with small businesses and organizations to provide training and guidance on SBA services and programs. Prior to joining the SBA, Lisa held leadership positions at both for-profit corporations and non-profit organizations, including serving as the Director of the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC), which is a resource partner of the SBA. Her broad areas of expertise include human resources, risk management, business development, and finance. Lisa was also the founder and owner of Strategic Partnerships LLC as well as the co-founder of a residential construction company in the Madison area. Lisa has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing, an Associate degree in Accounting and is currently working on her Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Aumente sus posibilidades de éxito a través de Lean Startup

View the full recording of this event on YouTube.

Abel Gutiérrez Ortega, PhD

Director of Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, CIATEJ, Mexico

Abel works in a Federal Government Research Center located in the heart of one of the most important innovation ecosystems of Mexico. With a 14-year experience at CIATEJ, his research deals with the use of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering for the development and improvement of vaccines, mainly to the livestock industry. Lately, he has focused in swine and poultry vaccines against viral diseases that cause huge economic losses, like porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, porcine circovirus type 2, porcine epidemic diarrhea and avian influenza. Abel is the leading inventor of several patents and is in close contact with national and international veterinary companies, constantly seeking for licensing contracts of his technologies.        

 

Abel Gutiérrez Ortega, PhD

Director de la Unidad de Biotecnología Médica y Farmacéutica, CIATEJ, Mexico

Abel trabaja en un Centro de Investigación del Gobierno Federal que se encuentra en el corazón de uno de los ecosistemas de innovación más importantes de México. Con 14 años de experiencia en CIATEJ, su trabajo de investigación involucra el uso de la Biotecnología y la Ingeniería Genética para el desarrollo y mejoramiento de vacunas, principalmente para la industria pecuaria. Últimamente, se ha enfocado a vacunas para cerdos y aves contra enfermedades virales que causan enormes pérdidas económicas, como el síndrome reproductivo y respiratorio porcino, circovirus porcino tipo 2, diarrea epidémica porcina e influenza aviar.  Abel es inventor principal en varias patentes y está en contacto estrecho con compañías veterinarias nacionales e internacionales, buscando constantemente contratos de licenciamiento de sus tecnologías.

Brian Walsh, BS, MBA

Brian tiene experiencia de primera mano en la adquisición, propiedad y operación exitosa de una pequeña empresa basada en tecnología. Su experiencia profesional también incluye funciones de desarrollo de productos, marketing y gestión en empresas científicas. Además, Walsh tiene experiencia en actividades de transferencia de tecnología, como evaluar invenciones para determinar su potencial comercial, revisar propuestas de subvenciones y realizar actividades de concesión de licencias. Walsh también se desempeñó como voluntario de desarrollo económico en Peace Corps-Mexico, donde enseñó talleres de comercialización de tecnología y fue mentor de investigadores y estudiantes en programas Lean Startup. Actualmente brinda asistencia centrada en la comercialización para ayudar a los empresarios a obtener fondos federales y mejorar su preparación para llevar sus innovaciones al mercado.En 2017, los presentadores – Abel Gutiérrez y Brian Walsh, aplicaron estas herramientas y técnicas mientras trabajaban juntos para comercializar una vacuna animal en México.

Brian has first-hand experience acquiring, owning, and successfully operating a small, technology-based business. His professional background also includes product development, marketing, and management roles in scientific companies. In addition, Walsh has experience in technology transfer activities such as assessing inventions for commercial potential, reviewing grant proposals, and conducting licensing activities. Walsh also served as an economic development volunteer in Peace Corps-Mexico, where he taught technology commercialization workshops and mentored researchers and students in Lean Startup programs. He currently provides commercialization-focused assistance to help entrepreneurs obtain federal funding and to improve their readiness for taking their innovations to market. In 2017, the presenters – Abel Gutiérrez and Brian Walsh, applied these tools and techniques while working together to commercialize an animal vaccine in Mexico.

¿Qué se cubrirá?  / What will be covered?

‘Lean Startup’ es un método para desarrollar un modelo de negocio que se centra primero en el cliente. En esta TechShop, aprenderá los conceptos básicos de lean startup a través de una herramienta llamada Business Model Canvas. Este gráfico visual presenta nueve bloques de construcción de modelos comerciales esenciales con un fuerte énfasis en garantizar que tenga un producto que los clientes desean y por el que realmente pagarán. También aprenderá sobre el descubrimiento de clientes, una técnica de entrevista de cliente abierta que se utiliza para informar su Business Model Canvas y, en última instancia, lo ayudará a reducir el riesgo de llevar su idea al mercado.

Lean start-up is a method of developing a business model that is customer-first. In this TechShop, you will learn the basics of lean startup through a tool called Business Model Canvas. This visual chart presents nine essential business model building blocks with a strong emphasis on ensuring you have a product that customers want and will actually pay for. You will also learn about customer discovery, an open customer interview technique used to inform your Business Model Canvas and ultimately help you reduce the risk of taking your idea to market.

¿Como unirse?  / How to join?

Acompañanos y aprende mas sobre el PPP, programa creado para apoyar a pequeños nego-cios y organizaciones sin fine de lucro a mantener su nomina y gastos operativos durante la Pandemia.

Maribel Reigstad,

Especialista de Desarrollo Económico

Maribel Reigstad, Especialista de Desarrollo Económico Maribel se incorporó a la SBA en 1994. En 2003 se mudo a Minnesota de Rochester, Nueva York Tiene un profundo conocimiento de los pro- gramas y servicios de préstamos de la SBA. Habla español con fluidez, Maribel promueve clases de entrenamiento en los dos idiomas y ayuda con la gestión y divulgación del programa de contratación de el gobierno.

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About the competition

Tech-Prize Smart City Problem Solving Challenge is an Open-Ended APP development competition.

The competition’s objective is to promote and reward IT development Skills and Creativity while solving some pressing social and infrastructure challenges in our community. 

The Open-Ended Competition means the participants (or team of up to 6) can participate even if their App is not completely Developed. Each Submission is evaluated on the following criteria.

1. The originality of the Concept
2. The complexity of the Solution
3. Revenue Model
4. Features and Functionality 
5. Technical Documentation
6. User Interface Design 
7. User Experience / Application Flow
8. Quality of  Click Through Mock Up  
9. Quality of Finished App.
10. Final Pitch and Presentation.

How does it work?

• The contest is open to all ages and educational levels. 
• Teams can register by clicking the Register button on the right any time before February 14, 2021. The final submission deadline is May 1, 2021. 
• There is no entry fee.
• Participants can come up with their original concept, choose one of the sample concepts. Teams submitting an original idea will get additional points.
• The participants are expected to use their equipment and computers, giving them the freedom to work in their environment.
• There are no restrictions on operating systems, development tools, programming platforms, frameworks, or languages. 
• Participants may work from any location. Participants may form teams, and the teams may have any number of members.
• This a competition to showcase your creativity and programming ability. All submissions must be designed and developed by team members. Any integrations with Open Source or Commercial API, Libraries, or Development platforms must be declared in the Technical document of the submission.
• User Interface(UI), originality, usability, and creativity are some of the things our judges will be looking for in all submissions.
• Points are given for each step of the App development process, and It is possible for a winning entry not to have a completely working App but the high quality of process deliverables. ( See Submission requirements.).

The Final Submission of the App is May 1, 2021

Virtual Competition May 8, 2021

What will you learn?

A lively discussion about the most amazing resource available to the small business owners that is “Completely free of charge”.

• How does SCORE Work?
• What resources are available for the Entrepreneurs?
• What is an important mistake an Entrepreneur or a Small Business Owner should avoid?
• Learn how SCORE can help you navigate?

Who should attend?

• You own or about to start a business
• You are looking for an alternative financing
• You want to have a career in financing

• Panel

Moderator

Jennifer Lang

First Vice-Chair SCORE North Cook and Lake Counties Chapter at SCORE Mentors

HR executive consistently focused on the business community while pursuing a successful career in public service. Early career experiences shaped entrepreneurial approaches to large organizational issues, resulting in a senior management/executive career, as well as leadership positions in major professional associations. Accomplishments include “people strategies” to consolidate regional functions, workforce planning to launch new programs from initial legislation to full implementation, and all aspects of addressing labor/employee relations issues and organizational development and training, from the executive level to workforce technical and soft skills. Specific skill sets include strategic planning and execution, the establishment of short- and long-term objectives, implementation strategies, and accountability measures. These experiences involved large (up to 8500 position workforce, 7000 membership of professional organization), small (often working at the local office or chapter level to adapt national programs to local needs) and multi-site (multiple states and locations within each state), shaping a full career of business experience equipped to manage any human resources function.

Panel Members

Brad Desent

 IT Business Process Consultant

Senior executive consultant offering a tradition of performance excellence in business processes, operations management and information technology. A collaborative leader who thrives in challenging and fast-paced environments. Manages effectively through corporate change, economic volatility and competitive markets. Contributes an intuitive business perspective with a history of driving company growth, increasing profitability, improving productivity and enhancing internal processes. Proven expert in partnering systems and technology with enterprise strategies, initiatives and goals. Solid tactical, strategic and analytical abilities. MBA in Finance and BBA in Accounting and MIS. Expertise and Critical Contributions: • Operations Management • Change Management/Implementation • Financial: P L Management • IT Strategy/Planning/Execution • Revenue and Profit Growth • Systems Application and Development • Team Building/Coaching/Mentoring • Systems Conversion and Integration • Training and Staff Development • Business Methodology and Metrics • Strategic Analysis/Planning • Business Systems Analysis Process Improvement/Analysis/Strategy • Workflow Processes and Efficiencies AREAS OF EXPERTISE Accounting & Cash Flow Business Plans / Startup Assistance Marketing, Public Relations & Sales Operations Technology

Heather Cohen

Heather is a focused growth leader skilled at identifying, initiating, and testing rapid growth solutions to scale and prioritize market opportunities. She is a developer of people. Heather connects, coaches, and mentors while empowering teams and individuals to visualize a greater sense of self while welcoming inspired ideas.

Heatherinitiated and is the founder of Project Light It Up L.L.C.  in 2061, she traveled to 45 cities interviewing people that step forward into the fire of life., in lieu o standing still or stepping backward. Through the #java 100 initiative, Heather builds her network by connecting for a cup of joe remotely, using Zoom. To stay engaged, Heather serves as a digital educator on behalf of AARP, and coaches and builds digital content for small businesses. She is helping start-ups launch their endeavor through FOR|M and The Commons, a Greater Milwaukee Committee Initiative

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherannkoehn/

Mark Ship

I greatly enjoy helping individuals and teams succeed. I have a straight forward, inquisitive, and business-minded communication approach. My experiences, knowledge, and passion are in the areas of; Financial Leadership, Acquisition Integrations, Strategic Plan Development, Executive Coaching, Customer Experience Programs, Operations Excellence Productivity, Project Management, and Supply Chain Logistics.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Business Finance & Accounting
• Business Strategy & Planning
• Non-Profit
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Operations
• Human Resources & Internal Communications

Richard Jacobsohn

An accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant with demonstrated success spanning consumer goods, omnichannel marketing, and retail. Leveraging extensive experience in strategic leadership for customer-centric organizations, he is a valuable asset for companies requiring expert assistance with marketing development, customer service improvements, or turnover improvements. His broad areas of expertise include training and development, marketing, team leadership, product development, competitive analysis, customer insight, customer satisfaction, strategic partnerships, negotiations, project management, and brand development.

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In this panel discussion, Kyle Arneson and  Jorjio Hopkins will discuss the exceptional value Incubators and Accelerators provide to Entrepreneurs and specifically that of Bunker Labs.  Jorjio Hopkins is the Current Director and Kyle Arneson is the Past Director of the Madison, WI chapter.  They will discuss the impact Bunker Labs can have on early-stage companies, entrepreneurs, as well as the support of this amazing community.

Kyle Arneson 

Founder and Managing Partner at World Leadership Partners.

Kyle Arneson is the Founder and Managing Partner at World Leadership Partners. World Leadership  Partners is a Coaching and Consulting Practice, that engages exclusively with Entrepreneurs,  Business Owners, Corporate Clients, and Philanthropic Organizations.

Jorjio Hopkins

Jorjio Hopkins is a Real Estate Private Equity Professional with a true passion for Real Estate Investment Analysis. Jorjio has completed in-depth investment & market analysis for $0.5+ Billion worth of CRE assets primarily focused on the Multifamily space.  With a Masters in Real Estate and Private Equity Certification, Jorjio puts an extreme emphasis on both the preservation and growth of his investor’s capital.

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