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Hackathons
We advise on the organizing competition and Hackathon challenges so that the involvement of students and graduates is as high as possible. Our team has extensive competence and experience in conducting such events from A to Z.
Leothon, a hackathon for business based on an innovative challenge platform, brings together the most talented students and graduates in one place to meet the partner’s expectations. In response to the challenge indicated by the Partner, participants develop advanced business and technological solutions. Participants in our Leothons accept both 24-hour and long-term challenges, depending on the needs reported by the Partners. We offer comprehensive service of the event in the online or offline formula
Stages of event implementation
During the first stage, in consultation with the partner, the concept of the entire event is developed, including the theme and the problem to be addressed by the recruited teams. The rules and regulations of the event will be drawn up, specifying the principles and timeframe of the whole initiative. Our team prepares a communication plan together with the development of graphic elements including a logotype of the event or promotional elements so that the event will be noticed by the selected environment to which it is addressed.
The second stage is to start the recruitment and upload on our challenge platform a recruitment task which defines the topic of the event and refers to the main problem that will be solved during the event. Teams wishing to take part in the competition have a set time to submit the recruitment task.
In the selection process individuals and teams who have registered and submitted a recruitment task are verified and their tasks are evaluated. After evaluation, our team selects qualified participants who take part in the further part of the competition. Individual Qualified participants have time to join teams during a networking session held before the event.
Conducting a workshop before the event is designed to prepare participants for the challenge they will face during the competition. Participants have the opportunity to meet some of the mentors and explore the topic in depth. The workshop addresses a specific subject area that is not always so well known, yet necessary to solve the challenge. It can take the form of a QA session led by an expert in the field.
Each event starts with an official opening where the participants get acquainted with the topic and have the opportunity to learn about the rules of the competition and the organisation of the work. Afterwards, the contestants have a set time to complete the task, in the meantime they have the opportunity to sign up for a consultation with mentors in order to consult their idea or refine it. During the event we can provide participants with many attractions depending on the formula whether it is online or offline – meal vouchers, catering, morning exercises, massages, pizza at night and many others. After handing in their reports, the contestants have to present their projects in the form of a 3-6 minute presentation after which the jury evaluates the submitted works. After the jury’s deliberations, the official announcement of the results takes place.
After the competition, the winning team whose projects have been found to be implementable can, with the cooperation of a partner, be implemented by the winning team
Benefits for Partners
Know-how
The opportunity to benefit from the knowledge and experience of the best business university in Central and Eastern Europe
Community
Access to the 65,000-strong ALK community (students, graduates and business partners)
Innovations
Obtaining innovative solutions that can be implemented in the organisation
Experience
The opportunity to benefit from many years of expert experience
Partners
Why work with us?
Why work with us?
We work with businesses, startups and government organisations. The Leothons completed so far have had a total of almost 500 participants. We organise hackathons in which both business and technological challenges have their place.
We promote solutions that care for the environment and those that support sustainable development in a broader scope.
The most recently implemented hackathons are: AI in service of the disabled, EcoTechnology for Cities, business hackathon for Goodie
Key mentors
During the projects we work with mentors from the Kozminski Venture Lab community, as well as mentors from Partners dedicated to a specific challenge area
Kluczowi mentorzy
Piotr Kaczmarek-Kurczak
Ekspert w dziedzinie przedsiębiorczości międzynarodowej
Martyna Cieślak
Koordynator Research&Consulting
Marcin Rzepka
Ekspert w dziedzinie analizy rynku, segmentacji oraz wdrażania innowacji
Joanna Stefańska
Ekspertka w dziedzinie komunikacji, marketingu i wsparcia sprzedaży
Jan Dąbrowski
Prezes Zarządu
Iwona Cieślak
Członek Zarządu
Elwira Pyk
Ekspertka w dziedzinie automatyzacji procesów biznesowych
Bartosz Kondaszewski
Expert in developing business models and strategies and in obtaining financing
Aleksandra Przegalińska-Skierkowska
Ekspertka w dziedzinie sztucznej inteligencji
Agata Lach
Koordynator Venture Lab
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You have an idea for a team challenge
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If you are interested in Leothon or our platform, write to us and we will make you an offer tailored to your needs and help you refine your idea.