As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...

ANKENY, Iowa — Nick Leeper spends most of his days writing code and building products for Des Moines-based start-up Dwolla. However, he spent Saturday "hacking away" at a program that another business ...

There are only three requirements to successfully bait college students to come to your event: Promise free food, free admission, and fascinating people. “All I had to do was sign up and show up,” ...

Purpose-driven innovation happens with an unparalleled urgency, focus and determination to find what’s missing. The first 48 hours are especially critical if you want help from your innovation ...

Meet Pedram Keyani, the coder behind the nocturnal events that shake up Facebook. Yes, we’re talking kegerators, Zuck’s hammock–and coding. Kicking off a Facebook hackathon, with Pedram Keyani, left.

The rapid mobilization of hackathons to develop solutions around the COVID-19 pandemic injects new meaning to the old adage, “necessity is the mother of invention.” Since mid-March, over 53 hackathons ...

If you want to solve a problem quickly it helps to get many minds working together to find a solution, and that’s what happens in a hackathon. It usually involves teams of people working over a short ...