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📰 News: The Hackathon Pitch Kit in Figma is complete & ready. The link to download is here.

👋 My story

• My experience with hackathons

🫂 Lesson 1

• Team > Randoms

🦄 Lesson 2

• Choose diverse teammates

🧱 Lesson 3

• Pick buildable ideas, not fancy ones

🎯 Lesson 4

• Focus on what really matters

🏃‍♂️ Lesson 5

• Plan the sprint, not the marathon

🔄️ Lesson 6

• Templates save time
• BONUS: Pitch template
• BONUS: Slides template

📈 Lesson 7

• Failures are practice rounds