Ensure your next Hackathon event is smooth sailing…
Work with the proven leader in employee hackathons to help you coordinate stakeholders, execute a flawless event, and deliver the engagement and innovation the business loves.
Trusted by event coordinators at the world’s most innovative companies.
Running a successful employee hackathon is a lot of work.
The team never aligns on goals and strategy, so the results always miss the mark.
MacGyvering legacy tools together is exhausting and doesn’t signal the critical role these events play in today’s world.
The pressure to sustain and grow participation and business impact year after year can be brutal.
Ensure your next Hackathon event is smooth sailing…
Work with the proven leader in employee hackathons to help you coordinate stakeholders, execute a flawless event, and deliver the engagement and innovation the business loves.
Trusted by event coordinators at the world’s most innovative companies.
Running a successful
employee hackathon
is a lot of work.
The team never aligns on goals and strategy, so the results always miss the mark.
MacGyvering legacy tools together is exhausting and doesn’t signal the critical role these events play in today’s world.
The pressure to sustain and grow participation and business impact year after year can be brutal.
Brightidea helps you deliver a successful event, the first time and every time.
Get Answers to All Your Questions in Real-time
Call on our experienced coaches as an extension of your team to help with anything from strategy, planning, event site setup, workflow configuration, and site customization. Our experts are here to support your event brand from the initial stages of planning to the day-of participant and event management, ensuring a seamless and successful experience.
Get Answers to All Your Questions in Real-time
Call on our experienced coaches as an extension of your team to help with anything from strategy, planning, event site setup, workflow configuration, and site customization. Our experts are here to support your event brand from the initial stages of planning to the day-of participant and event management, ensuring a seamless and successful experience.
Streamline Your Event from Start to Finish 
Our purpose built Hackathon solution provides a seamless experience from end to end. Everything from participant registration to team building and judging to tracking business impact.
Streamline Your Event from Start to Finish
Our purpose built Hackathon solution provides a seamless experience from end to end. Everything from participant registration to team building and judging to tracking business impact.
Rest Well Knowing You Chose the Partner Trusted By the Largest Brands in the World
Count on our decades of industry success and relentless pace of innovation to keep you at the forefront of technology. We partner with you, to ensure you have everything to scale your program throughout the organization to it’s greatest potential.
Rest Well Knowing You Chose the Partner Trusted By the Largest Brands in the World
Count on our decades of industry success and relentless pace of innovation to keep you at the forefront of technology. We partner with you, to ensure you have everything to scale your program throughout the organization to it’s greatest potential.
“The flexibility of Brightidea has been instrumental in helping us customize and evolve our program. We could not have achieved our success with a vanilla product.”
Ahi Gvirtsman
Head of Innovation
“Mastercard looks to competitions and hackathons as one of the ways to further develop and disrupt the payments landscape.”
Tobias Puehse
Global Head, Acceptance Innovation & Next Generation
“Discovery’s first global hackathon was an opportunity for all employees to take a break from regular work, interact with colleagues, and meet with senior executives who are judging the competition.”
Avi Saxena
Chief Technology Officer, Direct-To-Consumer
Explore Resources and Unleash the Potential of Your Team
Learn more about how to make your event a huge success.
Clear the Path for Innovation with Hackathons
Read our in-depth blog and learn how to mange your event from start to finish.
So You Want to Run a Hackathon
Watch a demonstration from Synthesize on how to set up and run a hackathon program.
Hackathon Knowledge Base
Read through our vast online guide to familiarize yourself with all things Hackathon.
Hackathon Release Discussion
Listen to Brightidea’s VP of Product, Katlin Arps, and CEO, Matt Greeley discuss all the new features Hackathon has to offer.
“Just Say Hackathon”
Listen in on season one of The Synthesize Pod, a podcast for business leaders who are cultivating an innovation mindset. In this season we tackle the magic that is Hackathons.
Hackathon App Playbook
Discover best practices and software recommendations to run a successful hackathon.
The Most Complete Solution Available for Managing an Employee Hackathon
Customizable Event Site
Build Submission Teams
Project Room Capabilities
Automated Event Scheduler
Seamless Project Submission
Find Team Members by Expertise
Workflow Automation
Judges Portal for Evaluations
Collaborative Whiteboard
External and Internal Registration
Participation Chat and Messaging
Achievement Badges and Certifications
LAUNCH CADENCE
Brightidea launched more employee Hackathons in the past year,
than all other platforms combined…
150,000+
User sessions around the world
500+
Average participants per event
47
We launch a new Hackathon event every 47 hours
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Hackathon?
A hackathon is an event, typically lasting several days, where people come together to collaborate in order to solve a problem or identify new opportunities. The word hackathon is a combination of “hack” and “marathon,” i.e., a marathon for hackers. The goal of a hackathon is often to build a working prototype, or proof-of-concept, of a product or feature in a short amount of time, and to have fun, improve skill sets, and network while doing it.
Who participates in Hackathons?
Hackathons often bring together a diverse and inclusive community of people to create, learn, and have fun while solving a common problem, often attracting a wide range of participants, including (but not always limited to) software developers, designers, product managers, project managers, innovation managers, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs.
Ultimately, who participates really depends on the industry and the objective of the hackathon. Some hackathons are open to anyone who is interested in participating, while others may target specific communities, such as students or women in technology.
What are the benefits of running a Hackathon?
Hackathons offer numerous benefits for both the sponsoring company and participants. Companies can use hackathons to accelerate innovation and generate new products, services, and solutions that help gain or maintain a competitive advantage. It’s a great way for companies to promote employee development and retention, as well as networking and team building. It also signals to prospective employees, shareholders, and the broader business community that the sponsoring company is invested in innovation, potentially enhancing brand reputation, quality of job candidates, as well as shareholder value.
Hackathon participants are likely to not only have fun working on cutting edge problems, but learn new skill sets while networking and discovering career opportunities. Top teams might even achieve recognition and rewards for their effort. Read more here.
What if I have more questions around running a Hackathon?
Read through our vast online guide to familiarize yourself with all things Hackathon.
How do I get started with Brightidea Hackathon?
To get started with Brightidea Hackathon, simply contact our team.
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