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

1. Create products in less than 48 hours!

2. What’s 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. World’s Eye @ Pearson Hackathon
We created 9 apps in 24 hours!
• We built a template for a travel guide
• We used Pearson APIs
• For each city’s API we produced a new
app

9. Pebblewhack
We built a connected dog collar!

10. Pebblewhack
We won 1st place
ARM prize at AT&T Hackathon in Las Vegas
Featured in Fastcompany!

12. Thank you!
Clickslide Team:
Gabriel Ortiz – Gabriel@clickslide.co
Aaron Franco – Aaron @clickslide.co
@Clickslide