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How to organize a hackathon: 6 key tips

Original post by Lyndsey Gilpin via TechRepublic Thinking about organizing a hackathon to power up new innovations? Read these tips to make sure you host a fun, impactful event.  Hackathons have taken the world by storm, happening all over the globe and across many different industries. The events, which typically last between a full day and […]

This 23-Year-Old Built and Sold His Startup While in School – Here’s How He Did It

Original post by First Round Review  From the moment Dan Shipper (on the left, above) stepped foot on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus, he knew he wanted to learn how to build a real software business with paying customers and steady revenue. He passed with flying colors last month when he both graduated from school and sold his company Firefly (the […]

Top Tech Tips: 10 Things The Best Programmers Do

Original post by siliconallee This is a guest post by Ola Pszczoła of netguru. You are an experienced developer, but you want to be great. You’ve worked with a couple of companies and noted that each has its own way and working style. Some companies put value in TDD, while others care about clean code. Then there […]

Seven Steps to Hackathon Success

Original post by Ryan Jarvinen via Openshift Hackathons are coding competitions that take place over a fixed period of time – If you are at one now, then you clearly don’t have time to read lengthy introductions, Skip directly to the checklist below! Judging and awards are frequently offered as incentives at the close of these events. Although, […]