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APMC is back with Protothon 2.0, a 2-week product hackathon for product aspirants to conceptualize a product idea that solves a real customer problem.

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Problem Statement

You have been working in the product management team of the {Product} since 2015. The growth has been stagnant for your product. The CEO of your company is asking you to come up with a product idea to expand into other markets. Work with other product managers in your team to build a new {Feature} for your {Product} leveraging your existing user base.

Example: Instagram creating a Marketplace platform through Instagram Shop, Uber getting into food delivery through Uber eats, Whatsapp setting up payments through the Whatsapp Pay feature, Amazon venturing into the video streaming business through Amazon Prime

  • Blogging

  • E- Commerce Shopping

  • Food Delivery

  • Marketplace

  • Ride Sharing

  • Travel Stay

  • Content Creation

  • Education

  • Gaming

  • Metaverse

  • Short Video

  • Travel Booking

  • Crypto

  • Fitness

  • Job Marketplace

  • Music

  • Social Media

  • Video Meetings

  • Dating

  • Health

  • Location Service

  • Payments

  • Stocks

  • Video/Audio Streaming

  • Video Streaming

Feature
  • Airbnb

  • Bumble

  • Glassdoor

  • My Fitness Pal

  • Robinhood

  • Venmo

  • Amazon

  • Coinbase

  • Google Maps

  • Netflix

  • Spotify

  • Whatsapp

  • Blue Bikes

  • Doordash

  • Instagram

  • Pinterest

  • Tiktok

  • Youtube

  • Booking.com

  • Expedia

  • LinkedIn

  • Reddit

  • Uber

  • Zoom

Product
Please find the timeline, rules and deliverables in the handbook below!

Qualifier Guidelines

  1. All communication will take place through Email/Slack

  2. All participants are required to join the announcement channel 

  3. You will be added to a private Slack channel with your mentor

  4. Your target customers can be businesses or consumers

  5. Please reach out to your mentors if you have any questions

  6. Please use the resources listed in the Resource Guide for your research

  7. Be as creative as possible. Think out of the box. Let it be outlandish. Limitless!

  8. Fall in love with the PROBLEM, not the SOLUTION.

  9. Have fun and be kind!

Protothon Timeline

See Protothon Handbook for more details

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November 5th, 2022

Problem Statement release

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November 8th, 2022

Statement Submission to Mentors

We are building {Feature} for {Product}

Via Slack DM

Diner

November 8th, 2022

Mixer

Meet fellow participants 

and get your questions 

clarified in-person

Meeting Room

November 12th, 2022 

Qualifier

Communications will be done via Email on Thursday

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November 19th, 2022 

Finale 

Mentors

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Shehnaz Khan

Product Owner
Ahold Delhaize

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Jyoti Gupta

Product Manager
IGT

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Abhinav Shah

Product Owner
Retail Business Services

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Shreya Ghate

Product Manager
Adobe

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Ashwin Ravichandran

Product Manager
Aspen Technology

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Sudipta Shah

Product Manager
Peapod Digital Labs

Subash Rajaseelan

Product Manager
Aliaswire

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Divya Piskala

Product Manager
Bosch

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Karan Dalal

Product Manager
Kayak

Shemal Shah

Product Manager
Ourdate

Pearl Pullan

Product Manager
Samsung

Aakar Tripathi

Product Manager
McKinsey & Company

Protothon 1.0 Flashback

600+

Footfall

43

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many people can be on single team?

A team can consist of a minimum of 3 members and a maximum of 5 members.

How would I know my team and mentor?

The information about the team and the mentor will be made available via a spreadsheet which will be emailed to you. Check your email for further updates.

How will I meet and collaborate with my team?

Your respective mentor will drop an email introducing them and will add your team members to a slack group.

How will the mentor help my team?

The mentor's sole role would be to help with any queries related to the problem statement and nothing else. 

How would I be informed about the deliverables?

The information about the deliverables will be posted along with the Problem Statement on the Website on Saturday, November 05, 2022 at 2PM EST.

What is the timeline for the Qualifier?

The Qualifier will begin on Saturday, November 11, 2022 at 2PM EST. More information will be available soon on the website. 

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