Hackathons: Best Practices From experience

My talk from API Days Berlin

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1. From experience Cristiano Betta, @cbetta
2. More than 50 hack days
4. Organised more than 15 hack days
5. PayPal ran 11 hack days last year
6. I’ve had enough of pizza
7. And (non german) beer
8. A manifesto to stop the mediocracy hackdaymanifesto.com
9. Communication is king
10. Your API is your business card
11. Your demo is your foot in the door
12. A hacker is not a recruit
13. A hack is not an app
14. Your office is the best sponsorship
15. Celebrate the effort
16. Communication is king
17. Add some class
18. Why at PayPal?
19. BattleHack.org , #geeksoflondon, cbetta@paypal.com Cristiano Betta, @paypaldev