Helping Local Startups in a Meaningful Way

Startups that rely on a good UX experience can have a hard time getting enough employees, beta users and friends to really put their website and/or software through its paces.

At these Whackathons, users are invited to go from table to table, finding bugs and providing invaluable user feedback to founders. Recognition is awarded to the "best bugs found."

These events are held quarterly in the Leonardo Room (our large event space) where up to a max of 8 startups will each have their table of up to 6 testers at a time. Before the testing begins, each company will get up on stage and give a short presentation (~5 mins) about what their website does and where they need the most user feedback, so that testers will have some idea of what personas they'll be simulating when they get to the table.
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Testers are asked to please bring their own laptops. We're looking for all types, from relatively non-technical "typical" users to experienced UI/UX testers.

This event is free for participating testers. Parking is free. Food and refreshments provided.
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Schedule:

4:00pm-4:30pm Check-in and setup

4:30pm-4:45pm Tatyana will describe testing procedures

4:45pm-5:15pm Startups will present their functionality, personas, areas that need the most testing, etc.

5:15pm-7:30pm Formal testing

7:30pm-8:30pm Social: networking, games, and adult beverages

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‍How to Apply:

Do you want a table for your startup ($99 to help cover costs)? Apply here.