Developers, Entrepreneurs & Designers-Compete in Civic Innovation with NYC BigApps

NYC BigApps is the premier civic innovation competition in New York City that challenges designers, developers, academics, entrepreneurs, and New Yorkers at large to apply their know-how to improve New York City.

For the last seven years, the BigApps competition has challenged entrepreneurial teams to create innovative products and services that address critical civic and urban issues in New York City and improve quality of life for New Yorkers. This year, competition participants will have access to seven ideation and prototyping workshops that will help participants develop products and services that address pressing challenges faced by New York City youth, immigrants, and seniors. See previous winners

Workshops will offer training around the five major steps in product development: define, discover, design, test, and refine, including tools for user research and low-cost prototyping. By signing up as a NYC BigApps 2017 participant, you will gain access to exclusive benefits throughout the competition, including priority registration to product development workshops, the opportunity to set up office hours with BigApps mentors, and an invitation to the BigApps Slack channel.

Next Workshops are Feb 8, Feb 22.  See schedule for all workshops up to April deadline: www.bigapps.nyc/workshops

*Winning teams will receive cash prizes, product development resources, and admission into Civic Hall Labs’ Civic Accelerator program to turn winning ideas into early stage startups.

Cash Rewards: Grand Prize winners for each of the challenge areas will receive monetary rewards to further develop their solutions.

Implementation Support: Competition winners may also be eligible for the following prizes:

• Admission to CivicX program powered by Civic Hall Labs, including expert instruction, mentorship, and networking.
• Opportunity to pilot solution on LinkNYC tablets throughout the City’s five boroughs.
• Mentorship and product development resources from Challenge Partners.

Launched by New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), in collaboration with Civic Hall Labs (CHL)