How to organize a successful hackathon
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This document provides a guide for organizing a successful hackathon. It defines a hackathon as an intensive event focused on ideation, prototyping, and presenting solutions to known or unknown problems. It notes that 80% of Fortune 100 companies use hackathons to source business ideas and solutions. The document outlines why companies conduct hackathons, such as to crowd source innovation, drive internal innovation, and engage with developer communities. It also describes different types of hackathons like online or offline events.
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How to organize a successful hackathon
- 2. We’ve come up with this basic guide relying on expertise gleaned from conducting over 800+ hackathons.
- 3. What is a Hackathon? An intensive, software-centric ideation, prototyping, and presentation challenge on known or unknown problems or opportunities.
- 4. 80% of Fortune 100 companies use hackathons to crowd-source business ideas and solutions
- 5. Why do companies conduct Hackathons? 1. Crowd source innovation 2. API adoption 3. Drive Internal Innovation 4. Leverage data 5. Employer branding 6. Building & engaging with developer community
- 6. Types of Hackathon Online Hackathon Companies that want to engage their employees simultaneously across different geographies and time zones to solve a problem or drive innovation. Offline Hackathon Offline hackathons are conducted at a physical location. These hackathons are used for driving external developer engagement, recruitment, building new apps, and beta testing of existing products.
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