Growth hackathon

Challenge Title: “Product Growth Hackathon: PoGoSo App”

Objective: Develop innovative product features and strategies to drive user growth, engagement, and retention for the PoGoSo App, targeting 1 million users in 6 months.

Eligibility: Students from business schools (MBA, PGDM, etc.) and engineering schools (computer science, information technology, etc.).

Challenge Format:

  1. Team Formation: Students will form teams of 4-5 members, including one team leader. 
  2. Product Brief: Teams will receive a product brief outlining the app’s current features, user metrics, and growth challenges.
  3. Feature Development:
  4. Teams will develop innovative product features and strategies to drive user growth, engagement, and retention.
  5. The growth roadmap should clearly indicate the resource requirements, including the cost breakdown of each activity/head, if any.
  6. Pitch Presentation: Teams will present their features and strategies to a panel of judges, comprising industry experts and PoGoSo App representatives.
  7. Judging Criteria:
    • Originality and innovation of features and strategies
    • Alignment with PoGoSo App’s growth objectives
    • Technical feasibility and scalability
    • Clarity and persuasiveness of the pitch

Prizes:

  1. Winner: ₹20,000 cash prize, Runner-up: ₹15,000 cash prize
  2. Certificates to top 10 teams
  3. The winner and Runner-up teams will be featured on the PoGoSo website and LinkedIn page
  4. An opportunity to intern on live product at PoGoSo Pvt Ltd

Timeline:

  1. Registration: 31 August, 2024
  2. Case Study Release: 1 September, 2024
  3. Strategy Submission: 15 September, 2024
  4. Presentations: 20 September onwards
  5. Result: 30 September, 2024