Three steps 1) Also built a great powerpoint/pitch 2) Built a great hack 3) Made sure to demo something real and splashy which gave my pitch an edge. That all

Three steps 1) Also built a great powerpoint/pitch 2) Built a great hack 3) Made sure to demo something real and splashy which gave my pitch an edge. That all being said I've still been burned by pitch only and poor judging rubrics. I could go on and on but one of the main things is ask if you really have to build everything and build to the judges expectations (which they may only want a good pitch), not your own (you may think they want some amazing coded product).