Sunday, November 13th – Friday, November 18th
Please join us for the 94labs Social Cause Hackathon, hosted at Marquette University during Entrepreneurship Week. Registration is closed.
Prizes
1st Place: $5,000
2nd Place: $3,000
3rd Place: $1,000
Two additional prizes will be given away at $500.00 each
Overview
The goal of the 94labs Social Cause Hackathon is to bring together aspiring entrepreneurs, business students, designers and developers to build applications for the sponsoring non-profit agencies.
The objective for the teams will be to create an application that will help the agencies raise awareness, increase donations or improve their current web functionality and efficiency.
These applications can be developed for web, mobile, or software as a service. The top 3 applications developed will be donated to the non-profits they were created for, and all other teams are encouraged to donate theirs as well.
Registration is open to the public, and we encourage participation from everywhere in Wisconsin to increase collaboration and grow our state’s entrepreneurial community.
Participants are able to register as either a team or an individual, and will be connected with individual registrants to complete a teams skillset if necessary. There is a 5 member maximum per team competing, and no minimum.
All team members are expected to use their personal computers and software to develop their applications and business presentations on. We will provide power sources, internet, work space, food and beverages (at specified times) and a relaxation lounge area.
Teams can develop the apps at their convenience throughout the week. The Olin Engineering room will be available every day as a workspace until midnight, but teams are not required to work there. Food will be provided every evening.
Contestants must attend the kickoff on Sunday, November 13th at 6:00pm to form their teams. They must also present their applications on Thursday, November 17th at 8:00pm in order to be considered for the prizes.
The event will take place at Marquette University – click here for a map.
Olin Engineering - Room 199
| Sunday, November 13th | |
| 6:00pm | Kickoff, Introduction and Team Formation AMU Ballroom |
| Monday, November 14th | |
| 5:00pm | Ideation and Business Model Canvas Olin Engineering - Room 199 |
| 6:30pm | Guest Speaker: Richard Boly, Director of the Office of eDiplomacy Raynor Library |
| Tuesday, November 15th | |
| All Day | App Development Olin Engineering - Room 199 |
| 6:00pm | Startup Incubator Panel discussion; featuring Greg Meier (94labs), Troy Henikoff (Excelerate Labs), Ben Bartling (Zoomshift) |
| 7:30pm | Presentations and Wire Framing Olin Engineering - Room 199 |
| Wednesday, November 16th | |
| All Day | App Development Olin Engineering - Room 199 |
| 5:00pm | Developing Leadership to Manage Growth Auditorium Weasler Auditorium |
| 6:00pm | Keynote: Ralph Stayer, Chairman & CEO of Johnsonville Sausage Raynor Library Beaumier Suites |
| Thursday, November 17th | |
| All Day | App Development Olin Engineering - Room 199 |
| 6:00pm | Innovating through Artistry with Ruth Kohler Raynor Library |
| 8:00pm | Hackathon Team Presentation: Top 3 teams chosen Olin Engineering – Room 120 |
| 10:00pm | Finalist App Development Olin Engineering - Room 199 |
| Friday, November 18th | |
| 2:00pm | Hackathon Finalist Presentations and Awards Alumni Memorial Union – Room 163 |
Is this the whole week???
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We are partnering with MU for their Entrepreneurship Week. The actual hackathon will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. A full schedule is coming soon.
Do you have the full schedule – including start time on Wednesday?
Thanks.
Hello Tim,
We are working on finalizing the schedule. We should have something posted in the next few days.
Teams can work on the app throughout the week at their convenience.
Will we be able to pick the non-profit or will one be assigned?
You will be able to choose the non-profit you would like to hack for.
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Oh man, that just sucks that it’s next week – right when our exams are (MSOE).
Otherwise it’s *exactly* the kind of thing I would have loved to participate in — startups, social causes, programming/hacking. Please tell me a new competition exactly like this one will take place very soon!
Sorry to hear that we will be missing you this time. Hopefully you can make the next one!
There will be another very similar hackathon on Dec 3-4 at Bucketworks. Keep an eye on h2oscore.com for details.
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