Hackathon

Who Goes to Hackathons?

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How Hackathons Could Save The World

Original post by Lauren Orsini via readwrite Earlier this month, LinkedIn held its third annual LinkedIn Intern Hackday. The popular event, which offers the winner a $10,000 scholarship, is packed with young people hopped up on caffeine, struggling to finish an app before the 24-hour deadline. There are a lot of silly concepts, as you’d expect from college-age […]

The Rise of The Hack #Infographic

Original post by MITCHELL CUEVAS via SaltyWaffle Hackathons, Hack Days, Startup Weekends and the like are a growing movement. They bring together entrepreneurs, designers, developers, mentors, investors, and cram them in a room to sink or swim on their best ideas.                               […]

How A 17-Year-Old Girl Won a Hackathon – And What It Means for Women in Tech

Original post by  Eliot Van Buskirk , evolver.fm At this past weekend’s TVnext Hack event, a loose consortium of geeks, hackers, and businessmen from the television and technology industries gathered in a high-rise Boston office building to compete for cash and prizes by inventing and building technologies that add to the experience of watching television. Several hacks won prizes […]