Pablo Borquez, MBA '15, continued to pursue making Produce Pay a reality after taking First Place in the FinTech hackhathon. Watch the Produce Pay Demo .
Produce Pay is a new, accessible financial solution focused on serving growers around the world. It provides a wide array of payment solutions to the produce industry and its agents.
Schedule
Friday 7-9pm
Hackathon Networking @ MasterCard NYC
Saturday 8am
Breakfast & kickoff @ Cornell Tech
9:00am
Keynote speaker: Savneet Singh
9:30am
Students pitch their ideas in 90 seconds
10am
Teams are formed (min. of 4 people per team)
10:30am
Hacking begins & goes through the nite
Mentors most needed in afternoon (~1pm onward)
Sunday 8am
Breakfast arrives
10:30am
Stop hacking & turn in projects
11:30am
Demos, presentations, & judging
1:30pm
Lunch arrives
2pm
Winners announced & prizes awarded
2:30pm
Final remarks & networking
Judges
Brien Buckman, Startup & Developer Relations, MasterCard Developer Zone
Kim Purcell, Vice President, MasterCard Innovation Lab
Wes Sine, Academic Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute at Johnson
Brendan Dickinson, Canaan Partners
Dan Storms, VP of Engineering, Orginate
Judging Criteria
Clear explanation of the problem (i.e. the customer need or pain) and the proposed solution (i.e. the product/service)?
Is the solution unique and differentiated?
Is the business model clear and viable?
Is the market opportunity large, and is the company's plan to penetrate it feasible?
Does the company know what it takes to "get to market"?
Can the company get BIG?
