Mentions in press and media 8
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| Sep 12, 2014 | How MHacks reignited my optimism about hackathons (and the future of Silicon Valley) | In the past few years, I’ve sponsored, hosted, and participated in hackathons all around the United States – even one that spanned 2,000 miles on a bus. However, until this past weekend at MHacks in Ann Arbor, I had never been to a collegia... |
| Sep 11, 2014 | Corporate America, Your Future Engineers Aren’t Attending Career Fairs Anymore | Vivek Ravisankar Contributor Vivek Ravisankar is co-founder and CEO of HackerRank. More posts by this contributor Unlocking Trapped Engineers How To Hack Hiring Editor’s note: Vivek Ravisankar is the CEO and co-founder of Y Combinator gradu... |
| Feb 15, 2014 | With Hackathons Taking Center Stage, The Coming Transformation Of The Computer Scientist | When Dave Fontenot moved to the University of Michigan from his home in South Florida in the fall of 2011, he brought the standard equipment every freshman college student needs -– clothes, shoes, books, and a backpack. One item, though, wa... |
| Jan 21, 2014 | Students Converge on Detroit for Record-Breaking Weekend Hackathon | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints After 36 feverish hours, the third MHacks event had finally reached its culmination late Sunday afternoon at the Qube in downtown Detroit, and this was the scene: Multi-colore... |
| Nov 9, 2013 | Yale Adds Another Stop To The College Hacker Circuit | The organizers of the hackathon at Yale this weekend aren’t exactly sure how many students turned out for the sleepless grind. Gauging from the depletion of YHack t-shirts, they put it at about 950. That’s about 915 more people than came la... |
| Nov 6, 2013 | This College Hacker Asked Facebook For The Hottest Silicon Valley Startups-Here's Who Made The Cut | Facebook / Dave Fontenot Dave Fontenot (right) and fellow MHackers Two years ago, Dave Fontenot founded the largest undergraduate hackathon in the US. MHacks brings together more than 1,000 students from universities around the world for th... |
| Oct 21, 2013 | University of Maryland wins fall 2013 Major League Hacking season | By 108 points, the Terrapin Hackers from the University of Maryland, College Park, are the champions of the fall 2013 season of Major League Hacking. Major League Hacking is the brain-child of a 23-year-old former SendGrid employee and 2012... |
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FAQ about MHacks
What has the press written about MHacks?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning MHacks, among them “How MHacks reignited my optimism about hackathons (and the future of Silicon Valley)” (Sep 12, 2014) and “Corporate America, Your Future Engineers Aren’t Attending Career Fairs Anymore” (Sep 11, 2014).
Is MHacks still active?
Yes, MHacks is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 12, 2014.