A hackathon, also known as a codefest, is a social coding event that brings computer programmers and other interested people together to improve upon or build a new software program. The word ...

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...

This story contains interviews with Pedram Keyani, engineering overhead at Facebook; and Bob Baldwin, software engineer at Facebook. Long gone are the days when mainly fresh-faced college graduates ...

There are only three requirements to successfully bait college students to come to your event: Promise free food, free admission, and fascinating people. “All I had to do was sign up and show up,” ...

Purpose-driven innovation happens with an unparalleled urgency, focus and determination to find what’s missing. The first 48 hours are especially critical if you want help from your innovation ...

The key to organizing a hackathon is to start with “Why?” As Simon Sinek says in "Start with Why", great leaders inspire action because what motivates them is the meaning of a situation, not what to ...

If you want to solve a problem quickly it helps to get many minds working together to find a solution, and that’s what happens in a hackathon. It usually involves teams of people working over a short ...