Should Your Hackathon Go Digital?
Major League Hacking (MLH) is committed to empowering hackers during the COVID-19 outbreak and working with organizers to support their local communities digitally. We will continue to maintain our official...
Announcing the 2019 Spring Hackathon Season
The 2019 Season is in full swing Time flies when you’re having fun hacking! Over the past few months, we at Major League Hacking have been working closely with organizers to help ensure you all have a...
Announcing MLH Hackcon Europe 2018
Since the 2014 launch of Major League Hacking in the UK, the European hacker community has grown by leaps and bounds. We’ve been excited to watch the spread of student hackathons throughout mainland Europe,...
Introducing MLH Hackcon VI
We’re very excited to invite you to join us at MLH Hackcon VI, hosted by GitHub. Our annual conference for hackathon organizers and hacker community leaders is returning on August 24 - 26, 2018 to Pocono...
Hackcon III: It’s been a HUGE year for hackathons
On the weekend of July 17, 300 hackathon organizers from universities around the world gathered for an epic weekend in sunny San Francisco at GitHub HQ. Hackathons have taken the world by storm, and the third...
Introducing MLH Spring 2016 Membership
Today we are unveiling a brand new way for student hackathons to become a part of the Major League Hacking season. We're kicking off Spring 2016 Sanctioning with some changes to make it more awesome than...
How to build a Hacker Community.
Back in 2010, I started a community for hackers at my alma-mater, Rutgers University. It all started with just a handful of friends I made at hackathons and a Facebook group to connect them. By the time I...
The Easiest Way to Bring a Hackathon to Your School
Hackathons are exploding. An event previously reserved for a niche audience, the hackathon has proliferated into mainstream culture, represented in everything from David Fincher films, to the pages of the New...
Hacking a Better Hackathon at Hackcon III
Next month, we will be welcoming 150 hackathon organizers to San Francisco for Hackcon III at GitHub HQ. With final preparations underway, we’re set for a weekend filled with learning and collaboration...
How do I find sponsors? (and other questions from our Sponsorship Workshop)
I recently gave a workshop on how to raise sponsorship for hackathons. We talked about everything from how to price your sponsorship packages to how to keep sponsors happy. We received a whole bunch of great...