Companies are always looking for an edge, and searching for ways to encourage their employees to innovate. One way to do that is by running an internal hackathon around a theme and having employees ...

One afternoon, as I was listening to an earnest presentation from a well-intentioned employee trying to solve one of our clients’ biggest pain points, I felt a familiar sinking feeling. This person ...

Hackathons — think hacking and marathon — are a recent phenomenon growing in popularity on college campuses, sometimes involving students from other campuses who travel to compete in an ...

How’s this for the Philly tech scene at work? A new Philly startup called Props was born at an RJMetrics internal hackathon, backed by an RJMetrics cofounder and has signed a handful of paying ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Hack days. Hackfests. Hackathons. We all know these events offer the opportunity for tech ...

Google employee Emrick Donadei used internal hackathons to switch to an AI-focused role. A seven-day hackathon gave him hands-on experience with tools and helped get his foot in the door. He said ...

Microsoft Corp., Facebook Inc. and other tech companies have set up a hackathon to spur the development of new software for tackling the coronavirus pandemic. The #BuildForCOVID19 hackathon, announced ...

Companies large and small have already embraced the hackathon as a way to foster collaboration and innovation, and now the NBA has announced that it’s jumping on board. Scheduled to take place next ...

Technology corporations around the world are increasingly using hackathons to harness the collaborative power of team-based competitions to help develop new products, but many don’t take into account ...