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privileged to be jet lagged.
privileged to try too many spicy food in india.
privileged to get sick in a hotel in another country.
privileged to travel to the other side of the world to meet new people, to learn, to teach.
how grateful I am to be in this industry.
privileged to try too many spicy food in india.
privileged to get sick in a hotel in another country.
privileged to travel to the other side of the world to meet new people, to learn, to teach.
how grateful I am to be in this industry.
We reviewed 232 submissions, listened to 160+ pitches, some of my PERSONAL learnings @ETHGlobal @arkivnetwork ⤵️
🎨 Make better UIs: you have ~2 mins to show something memorable, and with Claude Design or Lovable a nice UI is easy now (free versions work!)
👀 Less text, more visuals: people can read ~200 words/min and you talk ~150/min. If your slide is a paragraph, we read it and stop 'focused-listening'.
Instead, show a diagram/chart/demo or an animation of how it works and tell the story with your voice
🎤 PRACTICE your pitch: if you're too busy coding, let someone else own the pitch, but they need to know how it works. You cant show up saying "I'm not sure / I don't know / I think this is how it works"
🎥Video: make a backup video, internet always crashes exactly during the 2mins of your pitch😅
Did we use AI for judging? YES
AI went through every submission: reviewed the code, checked if teams actually followed the rules and scored the criteria (something we couldn't do manually for 232 projects in 2h). AI did the homework, BUT we picked the winners after debating as a team, and the pitch weighed more: we value the people who showed up, their time and their effort.
With AI everywhere, that personal touch is worth more than ever ;)
THANK YOU!
Santiago (and my personal findings!)
🎨 Make better UIs: you have ~2 mins to show something memorable, and with Claude Design or Lovable a nice UI is easy now (free versions work!)
👀 Less text, more visuals: people can read ~200 words/min and you talk ~150/min. If your slide is a paragraph, we read it and stop 'focused-listening'.
Instead, show a diagram/chart/demo or an animation of how it works and tell the story with your voice
🎤 PRACTICE your pitch: if you're too busy coding, let someone else own the pitch, but they need to know how it works. You cant show up saying "I'm not sure / I don't know / I think this is how it works"
🎥Video: make a backup video, internet always crashes exactly during the 2mins of your pitch😅
Did we use AI for judging? YES
AI went through every submission: reviewed the code, checked if teams actually followed the rules and scored the criteria (something we couldn't do manually for 232 projects in 2h). AI did the homework, BUT we picked the winners after debating as a team, and the pitch weighed more: we value the people who showed up, their time and their effort.
With AI everywhere, that personal touch is worth more than ever ;)
THANK YOU!
Santiago (and my personal findings!)