I participated yesterday. It's my second hackathon. I get your frustration with the typical hackathon. My approach is to focus on finding the right people and

I participated yesterday. It's my second hackathon. I get your frustration with the typical hackathon. My approach is to focus on finding the right people and the right concept at the beginning of the event and to get to know them better while working with them. The goal is to walk away with some new relationships. I spend only a small amount of time talking with the rest of the crowd. At an event like the foursquare hackathon, I'm not really concerned what happens with the presentations. At other events, like TechCrunch Disrupt or Startup Weekend, I would.