Ideation Journey Submissions

September 27, 2020

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Describe and submit your early-stage entrepreneurial idea(s) that have emerged from the HBAP startup ideation and networking immersion activity. In your submissions, please include the following details:

  1. Vision and value proposition: quick one-sentence overview of the business and value you provide to customers (describe it in 140 characters or less).

Some examples to help you brainstorm: Send better email (MailChimp), Rides in minutes (Lyft), A great shave for a few bucks a month (Dollar Shave Club), Shorten. Share. Measure. (Bitly)

  1. The problem: what problem are you solving
  2. Target market and opportunity: who is your ideal customer and what is the estimated market size (ballpark estimate with 95% confidence intervals works)
  3. The solution: how will customers use your product and how will it solve their problems
  4. Team: who’s on the team and why they’re the right people (as well as key positions you may want to fill)
  5. Competition: how are you different from the competition or alternatives in the market today
  6. Images and Visuals: please use any images or visuals that would help to convey your idea or vision

 Rules and Competition Timeline:

  1. Eligibility: Submissions must come from students who attended the startup ideation & networking activity, held on Friday Sept. 11, 2020 from 12-1:45pm ET. Pre-assignment found on immersion course site and due Thurs. Sept 10, 2020 at 5pm ET.
  2. Deadline: Submission portal opens Friday Sept. 11 2020 at 1:45pm ET and closes on Sunday Sept. 27 at 11:59pm ET.
  3. Submission rules: All idea submissions must fall within the scope of business analytics solutions or applications. Multiple idea submissions are permitted and participants can be members of more than one submitting team
  4. HBAP voting and commenting: All HBAP community members (students/staff/faculty) are eligible to participate in (anonymous) voting and commenting from Thursday Oct. 1, 2020 through Thursday Oct. 15, 2020 at 11:59pm ET. Vote by clicking here.

Winners will be offered personalized, 1-on-1 coaching sessions with HBAP faculty and Leading Entrepreneurs and VCs in Tech, AI and business analytics! 

Mentors include Prof. Karim Lakhani, Prof. Jeff Polzer, Prof. Ayelet Israeli, Vladimir Jacimovic, Doug Levin, Rob May, John Paul Milciunas, Rudina Seseri and John Winsor (see the About page for more details).

Submitted (33)

Analytics in Agriculture – Profitable Crop Predictor
Sandeep Poloju
Posted on September 27, 2020 at 11:19 pm
The predictor of profitable crops is based on forecasted market price, soil type, geographical location, and next season's weather forecast.
The Crowd Agency – The Open Innovation Advertising Agency
Todd Brous
Posted on September 27, 2020 at 11:12 pm
Imagine what a Crowdsourced Advertising Agency might look like?
Yurrp, a platform designed to solve the rent crisis. One Landlord at a time.
Hillary Hirtler
Last modified on September 27, 2020 at 11:32 pm
It's time to know who you're renting from, up front, with Yurrp.
Wealth Analytics AI – Client Focused People Analytics
Geoffrey Pazzanese
Posted on September 27, 2020 at 11:21 pm
Wealth Analytics AI - Client Focused People Analytics: Money-Ball for High Net Worth Advisors
Collaboration Platform: Unlocking $1.6T of Value in the World’s Largest and Poorest-Performing Industry: Construction
Susan Shultz
Last modified on September 27, 2020 at 11:40 pm
The construction industry is the largest industry in the world, the poorest-performing, and the largest contributor to GHG emissions. Approaches and practices have not changed appreciably in 100 years. This industry is complex, fragmented, and siloed because of significant risks [...]
D-Risking Capital Projects through Machine Learning
Ryan Roper
Last modified on September 27, 2020 at 11:56 pm
Our Vision - To transform oil, gas and energy projects through the power of digitization and data analytics
Emergency Now!
Miles Nelson
Posted on September 27, 2020 at 11:38 pm
Receive care promptly, and smooth demand.
Perfect vision without glasses
Jorge Divo
Last modified on September 27, 2020 at 11:56 pm
Vision and value proposition: Perfect vision without glasses The problem: The common defects in human vision, such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia, have traditionally had a one-sided approach for their correction, the use of optical correction with wearable glasses [...]
Social networking platform for business connection: Business partner game platform
JINGRU LI
Posted on September 29, 2020 at 6:26 pm
Social networking platform for business connection: Business partner game platform How to create a platform which can provide professional networking in a free style way(like playing a online game) for those who want to find business partners such as small [...]
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