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2014 MULTI-CITY INNOVATION CAMPAIGN
The City of Palo Alto teams with Stanford University to complete the City's first hack-a-thon. The challenge, build an application in twenty-four hours to utilize geographical information system data provided by the City.
REMEMBER YOUR FIRST CIVIC HACKATHON?
1 CityNot scaled to other citiesNot sustainable when developer goes bye bye
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
WHAT DID WE DO?
1 City 4 citiesNot scaled to other cities low $ procurement App developer goes bye bye startup accelerator
WHO PARTNERED? Boston Office of New Urban
Mechanics
Nashville Office of Innovation
Palo Alto Chief Information Officer
Raleigh Open Data Manager
PROCUREMENT STRATEGY?
25 applications6 finalists w/demo videos1 winner$5,000 from each city / $20,000 total
WHAT HAPPENED?
Spotwise created business entityreceived $40,000 in seed
funding
Enabled City winning appcompleting app development
Indoor Wayfindingcreated business entity16th largest convention centerup to $20,000 in seed fundingcoordinated deployment in
cities
WHAT’S NEXT?
2015 Multi-City Innovation Campaign
20 cities?$100,000 in seed
funding?
5?
INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED?
Yiaway YehCo-Chief Innovation OfficerMayor Karl F. DeanOffice of Innovation
