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I attended this hackathon. The biggest problem in these hackathons is that it's more about the pitching than the product. At this particular one, they even to
by rwanghacker 14y ago
I attended this hackathon.
The biggest problem in these hackathons is that it's more about the pitching than the product.
At this particular one, they even told us, worry about the UI and the pitch, don't worry about the backend.
I've been to 5 hackthons total, including 2 Techcrunch disrupts, 2 angelhacks, 1 startup weekends. What I realize is that the winners aren't the best hacks, they are the best pitches, some people only demo their hacks for 2-3 seconds and it's questionable that it even works.
If the business person pitches well, and you have a good designer, you probably win.
- thelarry 14y agoI've experienced that at other hackathons too. Fake click throughs using photoshop drawn screenshots beat out actual mobile applications with backends. I stopped going to hackathons after a powerpoint beat out my hack. It was a cool idea but the only execution was drawing some pictures. 24 hours to draw pictures. Yup.
- jarofgreen 14y agoThis can be a problem with some, but I think it really depends on the goal of hackathon. It sounds like the ones you attended were all startup and business focused, in which case the idea (and hence the pitch) does become more important. But other hackathons I've seen are all about the tech, and they do give people time and space to set up a live demo at the end.