Calling all Chicago-based Coders… Over $5,000 in prizes for building cool stuff in 24 hours during the Hackathon at Northwestern. Best Overall Project: $1,500 Best Use of Hunch API: $1,000 to $2,000 Audience Favorite: Adobe Creative Suite ($1,899 value) Best use of Twilio API: $200 in twilio credits (+100, 50 credits for 2nd & 3rd) All participants get twilio credits for the contest WHAT: A hackathon at Northwestern. Special prizes for best use of sponsored APIs, but you can code anything you want as long as it’s new! WHO: If (you.can_code()) then { we.want(you)} WHEN: Friday April 8th @ 4:00pm: Welcome, intros, & Start Hacking! Saturday April 9th @ 4:00pm: Finish coding, walk to Jacobs Center Saturday April 9th @ 4:30pm: Showcase new products at Kellogg Tech Conference Saturday April 9th @ 5:30pm JUDGING EVENT & AWARDS PRESENTATION Judged by Joe Dwyer (OCA Venures), Brad Morehead (Wildcat Angels, CEO SafeMart), Alex White (CEO Next Big Sound, a Techstars co.), Matt Dennewitz (Tech Director Pitchfork Media) and more to be announced soon!
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By Techli
5 abril, 2011
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Edward is the founder and CEO of Techli.com. He is a writer, U.S. Army veteran, serial entrepreneur and chronic early adopter. Having worked for startups in Silicon Valley and Chicago, he founded, grew and successfully exited his own previous startup and loves telling the stories of innovators. Email: Edward.Domain@techli.com | @EdwardDomain
