From Hackathons to Startups: Building Products from Fresh Ideas

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D R E A M B I G !

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TW ITTERS I D E P R O J E C T

T W I T T E R

• Jack Dorsey was a lead Ruby developer at Ev William’s startup ODEO

• He hacked together a prototype for short message protocols via SMS

• Many bug fixes later, it becomes the central hub for social media

• Now its a Multi Billion Dollar Public Company

– J A C K D O R S E Y

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

H A C K E R L E A G U EB U I L D I N G T H E P R O D U C T F O R Y O U R S E L F

H A C K E R L E A G U E

• 3 developers identified a need

• Keeping hackathons organized and tracked

• Give devs and designers a place to show off work

• Acquired by Intel / Mashery

I N S TA G R A M / H Y P E R L A P S EC O L L A B O R A T I O N B E T W E E N T E A M S

I N S TA G R A M / H Y P E R L A P S E

• Built prototype for video stabilization clips

• Team shows working prototype to CEO

• Impresses company, they make it a stand alone app

• Adds value to overall Instagram strategy

R E M E M B E R T H E K E Y FA C T O R S

• Product Market Fit & Customer Interviews

• Minimum viable product

• First launch experience

• Mobile first

• Mentors on topics

• Team building

T O S O LV E P R O B L E M SR E M E M B E R W H Y Y O U A R E H E R E

N E T W O R K & L E A R N S TA Y F R E S H

S TAY I N S P I R E DN E V E R L O S E S I G H T O F T H E E N D G O A L

– M A X L E V C H I N

“The very first company I started failed with a great bang.

The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed.

The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly.

Number four almost didn’t fail. It still didn’t really feel

great, but it did okay.

Number five was PayPal”

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