The Hackathon Company 2023: Highlights and Success throughout the year.
As the year comes to an end, we take time to reflect on the beautiful, exciting, and fun moments that 2023 has brought us. This includes reviewing our team’s activities throughout the year, such as the fairs, conferences, and events they attended, as well as the events we successfully organized ourselves. Most of these fairs, conferences and festivals were attended by our CEO and founder Oli, but on some occasions he was joined by other team members. The events were a team effort. In this spirit we would like to give you an overview of our year!
Biggest Highlight in advance: In Summer The Hackathon Company turned five.
Fairs, Festivals and Conferences:
Web Summit: We had a booth in the ‘German-Park Creating Tomorrow Today’ pavilion, where Germany was presented as a partner country for the first time. Our booth allowed us to connect with similar experts and share ideas on promoting innovation. The event attracted over 70,000 visitors from more than 60 countries. Connecting with decision makers, heads of state, investors, founders, and CEOs of start-ups and technology companies was a great opportunity. Workshops were also available. Post-show events, such as the German Night at the Lisbon Factory, added an extra touch of camaraderie and celebration.
Oli gave a few talks, including:
Startup-Verband: He moderated a panel for the potential majors of Mannheim on digitization and start-ups. The event emphasized the importance of the start-up scene in Mannheim, how to bring both sides together, and the significance of listening and working together. The panel was organized in cooperation with the Startup-Verband, where Oli is a country spokesman for Baden-Württemberg. This was one of the events he organized, which also included regular tables, an ice hockey game, and much more, with exciting guests and the opportunity to meet like-minded founders.
Delegation to China: Oli was also part of the company delegation that visited China, where he had a stunning time. The trip was very insightful.
Team events & Workshops: We held internal workshops and team-building events, such as going out to eat. Oli gave inspiring interviews, and our company was mentioned in various media outlets as we worked to build our press presence. Our mentions included articles in Mannheimer Morgen, SWR, IHK Magazine, and an interview with Deloitte Alumni. We plan to expand our media presence next year. Additionally, we launched our new website and the hackfestival website.
The Hackathon Company in 2024: Next year will bring more exciting shows and opportunities. In January, we will be launching our podcast. In June, we will be hosting HerHackathon, and in September, we will be hosting the world’s biggest hackathon: Hackfestival. We are also working on other exciting products, so stay tuned!
We wish you a wonderful start to the new year and are very grateful for your support this year! See you in 2024!