Angelhack, a global series of hackathon events, is coming to the Cincinnati area for the first time next month. The hackathon will take place the weekend of May 3-4 in
Covington at local accelerator
Uptech.
At the hackathon, developers will come together to create projects from scratch, usually working through the night. At the end of the weekend, projects are presented to a set of judges (Angelhack boasts an impressive list of judges including Dave Knox of
Rockfish, Mike Bott of the
Brandery and Chris Bergman of
Choremonster) and the most unique and interesting project wins, similar to the
recent Startup Weekend held at Uptech.
“Where Angelhack differs from Startup Weekend is that this is really about making a working product,” says Alex Bowman, director of marketing at Choremonster and organizer of the local Angelhack event. “Startup Weekend is more focused on creating viable business ideas. This is more developer-focused.”
Before joining Choremonster, Bowman attended two Angelhack events while working for Amazon and recognized not only the value, but also the fun involved in attending the event.
“I emailed the CEO and convinced her that we needed to bring this event to Cincinnati,” Bowman says. “With the community we’ve created here in the past few years, I knew it was the right time. I want to show that this city can hold a really strong and coordinated event and give our developers here a chance to build new skills and work with new tools.”
To that end, Bowman worked with Angelhack to make the event free for all participants. The winning team will be granted acceptance into the
HACKcelerator program, a global pre-accelerator program designed to help top hackathon teams turn their hacks into market-ready products.
“I want our local developer community to check this event out and leave feeling like they’ve improved their craft,” Bowman says.
To register for the free event, visit
http://www.angelhack.com/event/angelhack-cincinnati-spring-2014/.
By Mike Sarason
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