How to Demo
What is a demo?
why do we do it?
What makes a good demo?
- Cohesive + compelling narrative
- Good idea and well built product (or prototype)
Who
What
Where
When
Why
How
AND DREAM!
WHY
Why are we building this technology?
Identify the problem that your technology is trying to solve - if possible give personal reason or example of need for your solution. If research was conducted to define need, mention that here.
WHAT
What are you building to solve the problem you identified?
Identify the core features that your solution would need to solve the identified problem.
Does a similar technological solution already exist for this problem? What are you building that's different?
Competitive analysis, market and user research used here to define the MVP should be referenced here.
WHO + WHEN + WHERE
Pretty explanatory, right?
1. Where and when will your technology be used?
2. Who is the audience for this technology?
market size, demographics, user stories etc.
HOW
1. How did you break down the problem to build the solution?
What were the components of your project?
2. How did you build it?
Brief breakdown of process - get a bit technical here. Include discussion of APIs or other plugins used.
ie: We built XX to satisfy YY user need thru ZZ feature or function.
SHOW IT OFF!
THE DREAM
Now that we know what you're building, why you're building it, who it serves, when and where they can use it and how you did it, bring it home!
What is the future of this technology?
Could it be a fully fleshed product or company? Can you monetize it? How do you see it changing our lives? (How does it solve the problem?)
MIT Hackathon Pitch
The Good
The Bad
- emphasized user stories and research that led to MVP
- enthusiastic and compelling
- concrete example
- confidence when presenting (positivity)
- demonstrated app + future
- definitely practiced
- dream addressed
- not too calm on stage
- video of demo - not that cool
- did not do a good job explaining technology approach