[moron]

That's great. I wonder what will become of all these things these people spent their time building.

[dwhittemore]

that's not the whole story of a hackathon - tremendous value gets added from the experience/learning/relationships built as well

[theyCallMeSwift]

+1. Where did this idea that weekend hacks should become startups come from? Hackathons are about building communities and making awesome stuff for the sake of making awesome stuff, not making money.