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The School of Visual Arts (SVA) and New York University's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship are proud to co-sponsor the 2nd Annual Designpreneurs Hackathon, an opportunity for NYU founders to collaborate with SVA designers in an exciting and intense 3-day event culminating in a usable prototype or MVP. NYU entrepreneurs who are creating digital products, have completed the customer discovery process, and are now ready to apply their customer insights are encouraged to consider this program.

Join us for this event, where we will cover all you need to know about the Designpreneurs Hackathon, so you can determine whether your team might be a good fit. Additionally, this session will double-up as a pre-hackathon workshop, where our partners from the School of Visual Arts will discuss the following topics:

Start-up design 101
How desirability and design meet product-market fit
Product validation through user research (a.k.a nailing who your users are!)
Validating your product through user testing

If you are unable to attend but interested in the program, feel free to contact the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship@stern.nyu.edu) for more information. Additionally, teams may apply here by the deadline of September 30, 2021. Seats are limited.

School of Visual Arts Guest Speakers

Ian Abinoja, Design Lead, Stealth Startup

Ian is a champion of design, specializing in brand strategy and experience design. He has launched an e-commerce product, in over 16 countries globally, for one of the top toy companies in the world, as well as enabled one of the largest contact lens manufacturers to launch a new D2C brand, which had a success nationally and is setting up for an international roll-out, starting with Canada. Previously, he worked at BCG Digital Ventures as a founding team member, who built the design cohort in multiple regions and has worked with Fortune 500 companies to design and build new ventures in Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom and in the United States. Ian holds a BFA in Graphic Design with Emphasis in Interaction Design, from Art Center College of Design.

Sally Chung, Interaction Design Professor at SVA & Experience Design Lead at BCG Digital Ventures

Sally is a start-up designer, entrepreneur, teacher, and mentor to entrepreneurs. She is passionate about applying human-centered design to incubate and scale start-ups. Sally started her career as a founding member of Saks Fifth Avenue’s digital design team and eventually co-founded a beauty artificial intelligence start-up called HelloAva. Currently, Sally advises and works with Fortune 100 companies in design-led innovation at Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures, and teaches interactive design focused on innovative start-up design at the School of Visual Arts. She holds a bachelor's degree in communication design from Parsons School of Design.

Seyoung Kim, Senior Experience Designer at BCG Digital Ventures

Seyoung is a NYU alumna working as an experience designer helping clients solve real business and achieve growth through UX/UI design. Seyoung is a compassionate & leading multidisciplinary designer who designed products and services at BCG Digital Ventures, working with Fortune 100 companies through user experience design, persona creation, and prototyping. She is passionate about merging design with state of art technologies MR, AR, and VR with her background in motion and creative technology. Seyoung has a diverse set of industry experiences including healthcare, travel and consumer products.

Designpreneurs Hackathon: Info Session & Digital Design Workshop