ggopman

6 ms·

1.
by ggopman 7y ago
Nice
2.
by ggopman 13y ago
Yea... we had some problems with ATX last time. We're switching things up with a completely new organizing team and venue this time around. It's not easy to throw these big hacks, so I have to be a little forgiving with our first
3.
by ggopman 13y ago
Yea... we should definitely be considering teaching people how to utilize frameworks for languages they already know (PhoneGap, Blackberry OS, Appcelerator). We started with Android and iOS because at scale it's easier to find teachers
4.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hey Potato, that's sad you don't want to go to hacks anymore. Code reviews are either done in private before we announce the winner or within 7 days after the event. The slide deck thing is a persistent problem and one we're
5.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi, I'm the founder of AngelHack, we organize large hackathons around the world and I can tell you this article doesn't hold true for us (though I can't speak for other events). We operate independently of companies and choos
6.
by ggopman 13y ago
Salsa, the offer was to receive a free ticket with your upvote. There was no incentive to vote more than once.
7.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi Thrown, This is Greg from AngelHack. Everything you said is valid and I thank you for your feedback. We'll organize over 100 hackathons this year and while we work with venues for 8 weeks to ensure they're up to speed, train organizers o
8.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi SCC! You are correct, I can't code (yet!). But all my best friends are coders and I think on the same wave-length. Starting this year we'll be building out a network of code schools, which I hope to participate in. In the meantime, I'm h
9.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi r25, Greg from AngelHack here. The equity stake we take is 2%. This allows us to be sustainable and continue building this program. This accelerator (should be called a pre-accelerator), is designed to get people connected to the Valley
10.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi Maffy, glad you had a great time. We're working on the 2 minute limit rule and some creative ways to speed up demos. We hate ushering people off-stage when they've worked so hard and yammer about on the demo... alas it is something we ne
11.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi aashay, you are completely correct, we are designed to be a feeder system into other accelerators! We're not trying to re-invent the wheel here, only help great teams prepare for getting into them. We should have branded this more as a p
12.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi George, Greg from AngelHack here. Thanks for the pro-tip. HN is still a black box to us and I appreciate your tips on successful protocols for using it. We didn't incentive people to create "sock puppets," only to vote once from their pe
13.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi Error, This is Greg from AngelHack. We have nothing to do with said "shell" accounts, nor did we give anyone incentive to make shell accounts. We offered our community free tickets to our next event if they helped us with up-votes (our d
14.
by ggopman 13y ago
Hi this is Greg from AngelHack. I'm not sure if someone posted that or if that's just your personal comment. If you're interested, we act more as a pre-accelerator, designed to get people ready for incubators like Y-Combinator, TechStars, o
15.
by ggopman 14y ago
The Sparrow team hard at work
16.
by ggopman 14y ago
Hackathon.io will be coming out with a directory of every hackathon in the U.S. in about 12 days. Signup at hackathon.io and we'll e-mail you more info soon.
17.
by ggopman 14y ago
Here's a full breakdown on hack sponsorships...maybe it'll make it in your next post ;) HACK SPONSORSHIPS Non-college hackathons are sponsored mostly from Platform Marketing departments that want developers to use their toolkits. Inspired b
18.
by ggopman 14y ago
Pen Apps not getting money from UPenn!!! Pulak, I thought your hustle was stronger than that ;)
19.
by ggopman 14y ago
SHDH is great, but I wouldn't compare it in the same light as the hackathons we're discussing. It's not a weekend long event and you cut corners on getting healthy food, because you have no funding. Not to take away from the great fun of a
20.
by ggopman 14y ago
Most hackathons, like the Greylock one mentioned, are organized with large budgets in hopes of bringing in talent to find recruits for their companies. Independently organized hackathons like AngelHack need to charge to ensure long-term sus
21.
by ggopman 14y ago
Great post by Alexey, but I must admit I'm disappointed he didn't incorporate any of the insights we use at AngelHack to sustain hackathons of 400+ attendees( walkie talkies, rated video submissions for cutting down demos, hackathon.io for
22.
by ggopman 15y ago
Very Cool.