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The BEST Business Hack Challenge

This is an ideation challenge that sources the business hack that produces the largest impact on your business.

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Won
prize:
Over $3,000+ value

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Summary

Overview

The Problem

We want to re-invent the way businesses operate by hacking daily/complex processes with automations.

Many businesses operate with outdated processes that ultimately waste time, money, energy, and other resources. Very few people know how to implement automations into their processes, and even more business owners are COMPLETELY unaware that you can remove human error and HOURS of work by implementing these automated systems.

 

The Challenge Breakthrough

We want to help business owners save the most time and money with the best business hack challenge. We are committed to creating breakthroughs in the minds, lives, and processes of business owners worldwide -- by using these automations, we can spend our resources in better ways, innovating for the future.

 

What You Can Do To Cause A Breakthrough

  • Click "Follow the Challenge" above to be notified of any status updates to the challenge.
  • Click "Yes Sign Me Up!" above to register for the challenge. You will be notified of any status updates and be able to create an entry to the challenge when it opens.
  • Click on the "Share" button or social media icons above to share this challenge with your friends, your family, or anyone you know who has a passion for discovery.
  • Leave a comment in our Comments Thread to join the conversation, ask questions or connect with other innovators.

 

Additional Rules

Who can participate:
The Challenge is open to all teams/collegiate teams/teams. To be eligible to compete, you must comply with all the terms of the Challenge as defined in the Challenge-Specific Agreement.

Selection of Winner:

Based on the criteria, the winner will be selected at the discretion of the Judging Panel. The winning team or innovator must submit the best hack they’ve used to significantly impact their business.

The criteria is as follows:

  • Must be an automated hack
  • Must demonstrate how the hack can be measured in terms of impact (Saved X amount of time, Increased Revenue by X%, etc.)
  • Must submit  a video  on How-to execute the chosen hack and share the video
  • Must support hack with a written step by step process for execution

1st place:

  • 50 hours of Less Doing VA credits - $2,000 value
  • 1 hour of consulting from Ari or Nick - $1,000 value
  • Interview on Ari and Nick’s podcast (over 300,000 downloads)
  • 10 copies of Less Doing Book sent to addresses of your choice - $150+ value

2nd place:

  • 30 hours of Less Doing VA credits - $1,200 value
  • 5 copies of Less Doing Book sent to addresses of your choice - $70+ value

3rd place:

  • 20 hours of Less Doing VA credits - $800 value
  • 5 copies of Less Doing Book sent to addresses of your choice - $70+ value

 

Registration and Submissions

All Teams must be registered by October 15, 2016 to be eligible for the prize. No registrations will be accepted after this date and no changes to Teams may be made after this date.

All Team submission materials must be submitted online on or before October 15, 2016. Please submit your information in English. No submissions will be accepted after this time. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. All submissions must be received online, via the Challenge website, and all uploads can be in PDF format only. Submission reporting requirements are detailed in Judging.

Challenge Guidelines are subject to change. Registered competitors will receive notification when changes are made, however, we highly encourage you to visit the Challenge Site often to review updates.


Guidelines

Based on the criteria, the winner will be selected at the discretion of the Judging Panel. The winning team or innovator must submit the best hack they’ve used to significantly impact their business.

The criteria is as follows:

  • Must be an automated hack
  • Must demonstrate how the hack can be measured in terms of impact (Saved X amount of time, Increased Revenue by X%, etc.)
  • Must submit  a video  on How-to execute the chosen hack and share the video
  • Must support hack with a written step by step process for execution
Timeline
Updates3

Challenge Updates

Only 3 days left - then we pick a WINNER...

Oct. 12, 2016, 10:16 a.m. PDT by Ari Meisel

Only 3 days remaining to submit your ideas!

 

Hey innovators - remember to submit your ideas to us within the next 3 days to be eligible to win $3,000 value in prizes, AND get personally coached by Ari and Nick!

Invite your friends, make a team, and get moving. Now is the time to shine!

We can't wait to see your ideas.

 


Only 15 days left to submit your automation hacks!

Sept. 30, 2016, 4:36 p.m. PDT by Ari Meisel

Attention Business Hackers!

The time is fast approaching... we are thrilled to see your submissions coming in, and we would love to see YOUR idea.

If you have any questions about the challenge, please feel free to submit them on the forum and we will answer promptly.

We can't wait to see who will win over $3,000 in prizes! 


Examples of Automations

Sept. 6, 2016, 5:19 p.m. PDT by Ari Meisel

Need some ideas for your submission?

 

The possibilties are truly endless - so in this update, we wanted to give you some examples of automations we've set up in the past using nothing but IFTTT and Zapier. These are two awesome tools that we encourage you to utilize in your own automation submissions if you'd like.

 

Click here to view >>

 

 

Feel free to ask any questions!


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