The hackathons provide rapid, hands-on opportunities to explore the innovative creation of new business ventures, digital solutions, start-ups and students' entrepreneurship capacity, which incorporate novel technology as a vital component of their business models and operations. A hackathon is an event in which participants involved in software development collaborate intensively over a short period of time on solving the company’s problem. In this work, a hackathon is proposed to generate creative concepts, rapid innovation capacity, design methods, and tools to co-create and solve the companies’ problems with the help of students. However, at the same time in hackathon events, problem-solving opportunities create business opportunities for 55 participating students. This paper describes the process and results of the event and shows that a hackathon is a viable approach to accelerate the co-creation, design thinking process, and support entrepreneurship education to increase student entrepreneur capacity.

Authors:
Pirita Ihamäki, Prizztech Ltd, Finland
Santeri Koivisto, South-Estern Finland Univerity of Applied Science, Finland

About the Presenter(s)
Pirita Ihamäki PhD, M.Sc. is an energetic, creative, and multi-skilled business developer by creates unique innovations and increases vitality in companies. Ihamäki's research focuses on gamification, service design and digital innovation ecosystems.

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