PennApps 2012 Hackathon Sells Out Faster Than Bieber’s North American Tour

by aaronjg • 14 years ago

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chc• 14 years ago

I eat apples faster than I eat pizzas. Clearly this says something about apples besides that they're much smaller...

tessr• 14 years ago

The point is not at all that PennApps is more popular than Justin Bieber. The point is that, for a certain demographic, hackathons are getting crazy popular.

There are a lot of things that are scaled here. For one thing, this is about perception and expectation--who would think that a hackathon would sell out in less than an hour? Everyone expects Justin Bieber to do that, but a hackathon?!

brittohalloran• 14 years ago

brilliant title

memset• 14 years ago

Great for these guys to have their event sold out! (Though... the justin bieber comparison is a bit disingenuous, but hey, i clicked the link so it worked.)

Here's a question: for companies that sponsor hackathons, do you find value in doing so? That is, are you able to measure the effectiveness of that channel from the perspective of making more people use the product, recruiting better-quality candidates, or anything else to help the business? How do you even measure and track the value?

PennApps 2012 Hackathon Sells Out Faster Than Bieber’s North American Tour

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