This article was originally published as a guest post on Geekwire; it is republished here for the readers of this blog. Every now and again, we hear about hackathons: Startup Weekend, Facebook’s famed all-nighters, Hack Week at Dropbox. However, in a startup, it’s so difficult to imagine how organizing a hackathon can be anything but harmful: “What do you mean, take a couple work days and drop what we’re doing? We’re in a race with competitors! There are holes in our product – and they’re blocking adoption! We can’t just waste a couple days!”
Hackathons at Startups: Creative ‘Fresh Air’
Hackathons at Startups: Creative ‘Fresh Air’
Hackathons at Startups: Creative ‘Fresh Air’
This article was originally published as a guest post on Geekwire; it is republished here for the readers of this blog. Every now and again, we hear about hackathons: Startup Weekend, Facebook’s famed all-nighters, Hack Week at Dropbox. However, in a startup, it’s so difficult to imagine how organizing a hackathon can be anything but harmful: “What do you mean, take a couple work days and drop what we’re doing? We’re in a race with competitors! There are holes in our product – and they’re blocking adoption! We can’t just waste a couple days!”