On: Ask HN: What makes a good, successful hackathon?

[sevensor]

Is this hackathon an attempt to capture IP in any way? If so, it's a bad hackathon.

Is this hackathon a poorly disguised recruiting event? If so, it's a bad hackathon.

Are the participants going to feel used afterwards? Are you trying to use them? Are they going to have fun? You're asking people to come in and work very intensely on something and get nothing in return. If they don't feel good about it afterwards, you're hosting a bad event.

[markhenderson → sevensor]

> Is this hackathon an attempt to capture IP in any way? > Is this hackathon a poorly disguised recruiting event?

No. This is fully independent.

I want people to feel good afterward and not feel used.