When Microsoft program manager Beatris Mendez Gandica decided to start her own nonprofit earlier this year, she knew she’d need help to get it off the ground. Growing up in Venezuela, Mendez Gandica ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Hackathons bring together computer engineers to rapidly solve technical problems. Now, they are ...

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...

Events where groups of people come together to create or improve software using large data sets are usually called hackathons. As health data researchers who want to build and maintain public trust, ...