We welcome you to the first-ever edition of spârkåthon by IGNITE - a 4-day virtual hackathon organised by NMIMS Navi Mumbai to have the most brilliant minds come together to brainstorm and build something meaningful and incredible.
Register here - https://nmims-sparkathon.devfolio.co (Last date to register is 24th)
This is your preparation day for the Sparkathon. You would want to decide on to your project, draw a roadmap and look for inspiration around you. Along with that we have interesting talks lined up for you! Watch these 2 talks arranged for you to learn more about the best resources as well as tools.
A tech-talks session by Anuj Garg (founder of CodeforCause and a GSoc Admin) on "The Ultimate Guide to Surviving a Hackathon". You really don't want to miss this.
Watch the video here https://youtu.be/xF5EwipYjdQ?t=9640
Our 6-hour livestream starting at 10AM
Watch the YouTube video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSbAuEcjjJA&t=538s
Research your way through your project and ask our mentors in case of any doubts and difficulties. We have more events from the fest and you will get to continue brainstorming and after you finalise on an idea you can focus on creating a wireframe and building the user flows. If you are stuck with how to identify a problem properly we also recommend you try to apply the "Jobs-to-be-done" theory. This is a framework that makes you think not per-say about the users of the product but about the job the users are hiring the product for. This also means considering not just rational and functional requirements but also the emotional and psychological needs of people when trying to solve a problem. Read this article for more details about this theory - https://hbr.org/2016/09/know-your-customers-jobs-to-be-done