Rails - Apr 2011 - Code an Education Revolution (@Qykno) in 54 hours! Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Code an Education Revolution (@Qykno) in 54 hours!

 

Location: San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley)

 

Event: Startup Weekend Education (June 3rd - 5th) 

 

On June 3rd - 5th, an event called Startup Weekend Education will gather 
hackers, hustlers, and designers together and for 54 hours, teams will be 
formed around groundbreaking ideas, and each team will be engineering their 
product on-premise for the length of the entire weekend.  There will be 
guests speakers, press, and a panel of judges who will be judging each 
product and its pitch at the end of this build-a-thon.

 

The Mission: Careerspotting 4 Kids

 

Should you choose to accept it, is to build a minimum viable product of 
Qykno, a Careerspotting for Kids platform that exposes youth ages 12-21 to 
career possibilities using video storytelling and social gaming.  There are 
two pathways to take for a MVP depending on the skillset of the team:

 

(1) Web app of Video Storytelling - A catalog of video content that features 
the stories of professionals sharing the how-tos of their journey.

 

or

 

(2) Mobile app of "roadmapping" that will be a location-based social
game
where kids receive awards and points for checking into destinations related 
to their career path.

 

Team Qykno:

 

Will consist of five core members - three uniquely talented coders and:

 

Kalimah Priforce (me): 12+ years in education, youth dev. & biz strategy | 
Co-Founder @ Qykno

Taisha Rucker: Attorney | Program Director at Pacific Educational Group

 

Taisha and I will handle content creation, be responsible for marketing the 
product, and recruiting the UI/UX design and video production talent to the 
team from those in attendance.   I''ll pitch the concept to the crowd
and
draw excitement for the project.

 

Must haves:

   - Able to work with a diverse team with other programmers/developers in 
   an intensive fast-pace environment.
   - You care more about getting it done than it having to be perfect.
   - Experience with at least one modern programming language such as Ruby 
   on Rails, PHP, AJAX, ActionScript, Python, C++, C#, Objective C, or Java.
   - A love of games and gameplay.

 

Nice-to-haves:

   - Social game development experience.


   - Experience with Facebook APIs.


   - You''re available to join our team full-time; must have a flexible 
   schedule.

 

The Perks:

   - We pay for your entry ticket ($75) value, plus food and transportation 
   to and from your residence.
   - If we win, $5,000 divided amongst the team, plus the recognition of 
   winning a high profile tech event.


   - Guaranteed invitation to join the co-founder/management team and join 
   us for startup seed accelerator programs in the summer.

 

Contact us: team[at]qykno[dot]com, 347-985-0365, skype/gchat: kapriforce

 

We''ll be making our final decisions by mid-may.

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