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Making your hackathon matter

Making your hackathon matter

My talk at the WIP Developer Relations workshop

Cristiano Betta

October 01, 2014
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  2. Making your hackathon matter
    Cristiano Betta, @cbetta

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  3. More than 50 hack days

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  5. Organised more than 15 hack days

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  6. PayPal ran 11 hack days last year

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  7. Axes!

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  8. I’ve had enough of pizza

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  9. And (non german) beer

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  10. A manifesto to stop the mediocracy
    hackdaymanifesto.com

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  11. Communication is king

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  12. An API is a business card

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  13. A hacker is not a recruit

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  14. A hack is not an app

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  15. Your office is a better sponsorship

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  16. Celebrate the effort

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  17. Run your own or sponsor?

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  18. Why at PayPal?

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  19. Don’t push it

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  20. Add some class

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  21. We best learn in silence

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  22. A happy developer is the best evangelist

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  23. Track and measure

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  24. BattleHack.org
    Cristiano Betta, @cbetta

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