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SHOP.COM, in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Bryan School of Business & Economics and the North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center, presents a student developer contest. The contest is open to students enrolled in Universities in the Triad North Carolina area.

 

The Corporate Sponsor

SHOP.COM provides millions of products, powerful shopping tools, and the unique opportunity to leverage our shopping annuity program.

But, SHOP.COM wants to go further and provide the best consumer apps to manage shopping for household items. 

The contest

This contest gives students the chance to show their idea of the future of consumer shopping.  Whether the shopping experience is on a mobile app, a web site, or an IoT device, students can demonstrate their creative ideas for household shopping.

Students of all technical skill levels will form project teams of 3-5 members (project manager, business analyst and technical developer, etc).  Each team will work with a SHOP.COM corporate mentor and be required to present their idea with a 3-5 minute "pitch" video.

The Judging

Finalist teams will present in person to judges from our local business community on November 15, 2017. The first-place team will receive $3,000; additional prize money will be awarded.

First Round Judges will be corporate leaders from SHOP.COM.  Second round Judges will be select individuals from the Triad community.

Eligibility

  1. Entrants must be enrolled with a University in the Triad North Carolina area. Teams must be 3-5 members. For 3 and 4 person teams, 2 of the team members must be full-time undergraduate students from 8/1/17 through 12/31/17.  For 5 person teams, 3 of the team members must be full-time undergraduate students from 8/1/17 through 12/31/17.  Other team members must be enrolled in a Triad, NC University but do not have to be full-time undergraduates. An unofficial transcript may be required upon project submission.
  2. No individual may be a member of more than one team. 

View Full Rules

Requirements

1.  Register for the Contest on the Contest Website by clicking the “Register” button. To complete registration, each Eligible Individual should sign up to create a Devpost account or log in with an existing Devpost account. There is no charge for creating a Devpost account. This will enable teams to receive important updates and access the “Enter a Submission” (“Submission”) page. All Eligible individual team members must also create a Devpost account in order to be added to a Submission
2.  Build a demonstrable software application, or an idea for an application that is well researched and designed, that relates to one or more of the contest challenges
3.  Create a Video (the “Video”) that clearly explains the features and functionality of the application
4.  Complete and enter all of the required fields on the Submission page of the Contest Website during the Contest Period

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$5,000 in prizes
First - $3,000
1 winner

Second - $1,500
1 winner

Third - $500
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

  1. Register for this contest on Devpost: https://shopperapp.devpost.com/
  2. If you wish to incorproate SHOP.COM products with your app, you will have two options (REST APIs) for access to SHOP.COM products.  Details will be published by September 11th.
  3. Choose a Challenge
  4. Submit your entry on Devpost: https://shopperapp.devpost.com/

Challenges (choose one)

  • Create a solution to track and manage the inventory of consumable products in a home
  • Create a new and better experience for ordering and re-ordering home consumables 
  • Create a new and better experience for shopping and buying big-ticket items for a home (appliances, furniture, flooring, etc.) 

Judges

Michael Brady

Michael Brady
CIO / ma|SHOP.COM

Eugene Wallace

Eugene Wallace
CTO / ma|SHOP.COM

Chris Peddycord

Chris Peddycord
VP Business Integration / ma|SHOP.COM

Sarah Rose Stack

Sarah Rose Stack
Sr Director / ma|SHOP.COM

Scott Grogan

Scott Grogan
Sr Director Field Training / ma|SHOP.COM

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation
    Creativity and uniqueness of the idea
  • User Experience
    Usability, functionality and consumer experience
  • Readiness
    Is the idea well researched? How complete and ready for consumer use is the idea?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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