Lasse Chor - [email protected]
Lasse Chor - [email protected]
HACKATHONS...
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- A DIY Guide + Lessons Learned
It’s OK to laugh!
I’ve tried to make fun slides...
Let’s test it!
Lasse Chor
@chorDK
Future Hacks
I’ve done more than 200 hackathons around the world
as organiser, mentor and facilitator…
This is what I’ve learned…
Let’s Start With Some (My) Definitions
“A hackathon is a high energi event of any duration where people come together to solve problems…”
Future HacksExplore - disrupt - connect…
“Weekend-long technology and trend exploration format”
Creative problem solving
Why are hackathons important...
An often much neededbreak from the known…
Less Talk
More Action...
Interdisciplinary skills…Internal/external…
One example of “the flow”…
Inspiration/ideation
-> Judging…
->
The hardest part is the start
Avoid talk talk talk...
Less Talk
More Action...
Go head first!
Make a lot out of nothing…
A GREAT PROTOTYPE of a drone…
An autonomous delivery drone
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Get USER validation!!!
Users/customers are hardest judges…
Establishing a fail Fast culture
A KICK ASS FACILITATOR!
My Biggest Hackathon Mistake!
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Accept that you never really know where it’s going...
What really matters…
?!?!
High energy…
Just the right amount of information…
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Limited time
A good problem definition…
Cool people
A cool location
GREAT FOOD!
What would be a good reason to do/go to a hackathon…
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Your industry is being disrupted - and you want to be part of it… You want to solve/understand a problem… You want to connect with new talents… You want to give your employees a chance to unleash creativity… You want to explore the potential of a new technology… You want to build an innovation network around your company… You want to change your company culture
A hackathon is NOT Free labour… A way to get a predicted result Creating things with immediate ROI
Less Talk
More Action...
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Future of X…
http://futureoffood.dk
5 Free Tickets - use the code: rockstarFuture Hacks
THANK YOU...
Lasse Chor - [email protected]’m happy to tell you more about hackathons…