Hackathons

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

Mixergy Lenny's Podcast 20VC

3 statements about Hackathons, every show

20VC Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2027
Arora: Palo Alto Networks exclusively hires via hackathons to transform workforce
“We've been hiring people only through hackathons now, right? And we see natural attrition of two percent, give or take a month, and we just replace them with people who actually are AI savvy people who are from hackathons. Give me 12 months, I'll have sort of …”
Nikesh Arora Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 17:02 Nikesh Arora on the Frontier Model Problem: Breadth vs Depth | The Future of Token Costs · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
MIXERGY Insight
Hackathons should avoid cash prizes to deter mercenary hunters
“Our, also our guiding principle was we're not going to do prizes. Because what happens with hackathons when you do prizes, you have a professional hackathon hunters and they go and just swoop in, you know, they take the prize there and they go off.”
Pavel Dolezal Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 32:46 #2278 How to build a $15M/year AI company.
Kapoor: Limiting hackathons to engineers is a massive mistake
“I think that most people think that like, oh, hackathons are only a time for engineers to build. And I think that that's one of the biggest mistakes ever. I think that anyone can have an idea and can literally, what I did was like walk around the New York offi…”
Mihika Kapoor Apr 21, 2024 ▶ 20:51 Vision, conviction, and hype: How to build 0 to 1 inside a company | Mihika Kapoor (Product, Figma)

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