Flipping the hackathon model on its head (big brands/startups)

The singular meaning of what a hackathon is has changed drastically over the past year now that corporations see the massive potential of gathering together top-notch engineers to work on specific industry problems...

And rather than these hacks bringing out weekend warrior devs, they are increasingly attracting early stage startups who have teams hungry to build solutions to real world business problems with a chance to win big customers.

These new kind of hackathons provide an incredible opportunity to help more and more startups succeed by building products and services businesses will actually adopt. And yes…

Help us understand what we can do to create the most robust and mutually beneficial platform for young companies to thrive in what's becoming a powerful new way to engage with customers.

Note:

We are also holding a Novatis business hackathon on Oct 25-27 in SF to build mHealth apps for people with chronic illnesses ($40K pot). Join us.

http://novartis-mhealth-challenge-sf.eventbrite.com/?discount=hn