OKCon Apps for Europe

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Turning data into business

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Presentation @ OKCon for the Apps for Europe consortium. For more details: www.appsforeurope.net

Transcript of OKCon Apps for Europe

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Turning data into business

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What is Apps for Europe

• We are a thematic network

• We create a business lounge format to connect to open data events

• We host an EU competition for open data apps

• We o!er support and aggregate knowledge

• We want to turn open data into viable business

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Are you a competition organiser

• Are you working with open data events, hackathons or competitions?

• Prove the value (economic or social) of open data

• Connect app makers to potential clients, incubators, successful businesses and investors

• Interact with other organisers and share experiences

• Create a business lounge at your own event

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Are you a developer

• Meet local (and international) clients, incubators, businesses and investors

• Get feedback on your app or idea

• Explore the business opportunities of your app or service

• Enter the EU competition and get selected for the international business lounge @ FutureEverything next year

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Are you an investor

• Are you working with startups, or want to invest in a great open data app or service?

• Get to know the EU open data community

• Bene"t from the knowledge of contest organisers

• Meet other investors with similar interests

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A Business Lounge is...

• What is a business

• A sustainable, and with a legal form initiative based on open data

• Who is attending a business lounge?

• Participants

• Somebody providing Feedback

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A Business Lounge is...

• What do they do?

• Talk (a bit) Under a common criteria

• Previous information

• Shared criteria …. Team, de"nition, business plan, market analysis

• Connect for further contacts

• Assess

• Learn

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A Business Lounge is...

• Who do they need?

• A quiet place…. (something could be con"dential)

• A known and shared criteria

• Previous information

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A Business Lounge is...

• What happens next?

• An Initiative is born?

• Follow-up participants -> their success is yours

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Business Lounge setup

• Expert interviews (or presentations)

• Speed dates with investors

• Networking opportunities

• Scorecards

• Winner announced main stage

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Preparation

• Call for participation

• Select and brief best open data apps

• Brief investors

• Brief experts

• Personal communication is key

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Follow up

• One on one evaluation

• Find out about matches that are made

• Keep investors interested by connecting to network

• Business related prizes for winner(s)

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Lessons learnt

• Investors networking is important motivator

• Maturity and quality of the team is important

• Focus on market, rather than product

• Ready for incubator or investor?

• Pitch preparation

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Questions?

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Group discussion (15 minutes)

• Split up into groups of 4 or 5 people

• Take a #ip-over sheet and marker

• Map out what your think about:

• Possible bene!ts for you or your organisation

• Possible obstacles

• How to tackle them - solutions

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Join the competition

• 18th of September 2013: O$cial kicko! Apps for Europe Competition @ OKCon in Geneva

• September to February: Several Business Lounges will be organised throughout Europe

• 7th of February 2014: O$cial deadline

• 20th of February 2014: Winners are informed of their selection to participate in the Business Lounge @ Future Everything

• 31st of March / 1st of April 2014: Winners participate in Business Lounge event @ FutureEverything

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The Apps for Europe consortium consists of: Waag Society, Forum Virium, NISV, Kennisland, ESADE Business School, V-ICT-OR, Topix, CCSS, OKF, Future Everything, NESTA, PTC Portugal Telecom, iMinds, Rooter, OKFN DE, OKFN BE, Europeana, EURECOM

Thank youIvonne Jansen-Dings, [email protected] Abella, [email protected]

www.appsforeurope.eu