Once Upon A Time

This was the first time Smartpitch challenge was structured this way, and I was excited to experience it. The best parts were Design Thinking workshop and an emphasis on delivering results by utilizing what we learn. First day, it was mostly an introduction on what is yet to come, and opportunity to form teams for those who weren’t already in a team. I had come alone and was seriously looking for a good bunch to join. After lot of small chit chats with random people I found and formed our group, consisting of a designer, 2 developers and business person. While we had lot of our own ideas we were urged to go through the workshop and to be open minded. Olga and Melina, who were running the whole thing, talked about how important it’s for CUNY students to understand how startups are run and that “You don’t need to be a developer to work in a tech company”. Feeling the energy and excited for next day we say our goodbyes and depart at 9:30pm..