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by dadrian 1913 days ago
Did the larger hackathons have any benefit, besides to prime the organizers for PM and "growth hacking" positions?

Thinking back to MHacks 2013, I know of more companies started by people who could have, but chose not to attend MHacks, than came out of the hackathon. And that's assuming company creation is even a good metric! I also don't know of _any_ company that thinks they have a good ROI on recruiting.

Perhaps no one is bold enough to do larger hackathons because they've realized hackathons are sham to inflate the organizers resumes.