travel hacking 101: the roi of hackathons

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Create products in less than 48 hours!

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Gabriel and Aaron of Clickslide gave a talk in NYC at a Masterclassing event about the ROI of Hackathons. http://masterclassing.com

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  • 1. Create products in less than 48 hours!

2. Whats an API? Social Utility Entertainment 3. APIs can be combined Create new products Discover new trends Reach a wider audience 4. Hackathons A place to showcase your API Rapid idea generation for new apps Recruit technical talent 5. Key to a successful hackathon Lots of coffee, lots of food (healthy)! Relevant API partners Lots of Prizes!! 6. Hackathons ROI Jon Oringer CEO of Shutterstock Sometimes we talk about a new product feature and it can take three months to build. Then someone will prototype it overnight. 7. Hackathons ROI 8. Worlds Eye @ Pearson Hackathon We created 9 apps in 24 hours! We built a template for a travel guide We used Pearson APIs For each citys API we produced a new app 9. PebblewhackWe built a connected dog collar! 10. PebblewhackWe won 1st place ARM prize at AT&T Hackathon in Las Vegas Featured in Fastcompany! 11. Thank you! Clickslide Team: Gabriel Ortiz [email protected] Aaron Franco Aaron @clickslide.co @Clickslide