NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR
1. Pilot your next event with it
30 minPick an event from the Regatta Board at /hackathons, paste its rules into your app and read the eligibility flags. Check the flags against the original rules yourself.
OWNER PLAYBOOK · VOYAGE CHART
Chart your voyage with Hack Week Pilot
Pick where you want to go. Every route starts with a move you can make within the hour.
Grow it to a million-dollar app
You want this to pay you, then pay you a lot.
MOVES MADE
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STREAK
0 days
WHY THIS ROUTE
Hackers repeat events every month and feel the pain each time.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
40 paying hackers.
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2. Post a 'trap of the week'
20 minShare one easily missed rule from a live event.
FIRST MESSAGE · X · TO HACKERS
Trap of the week: [event] requires [rule]. Easy to miss, costly at judging. My cockpit flags these automatically: [link]
3. Offer it free to one team
20 minFind one forming team in an event's Discord and offer them the cockpit free for the weekend. Stay available for questions while they use it.
FIRST MESSAGE · HACKATHON DISCORD · TO A FORMING TEAM
Want a free cockpit for this weekend? It reads the rules, flags eligibility traps, builds your timeline and drafts your README and demo script for you to edit: [link]
4. Ask for a review after the event
10 minAfter the event, ask the team for honest feedback and a one line quote. Ask what slowed them, whatever the result.
FIRST MESSAGE · DM · TO THE TEAM
How did the cockpit help or get in the way this weekend? One honest line helps me a lot.
5. Switch on paid plans
15 minSwitch on $9 per month or $5 per event, and tell your free users first. Offer club bundles to anyone bringing a team.
Check in on me
Leave an email and we nudge you at 24 and 72 hours with your next move. Optional.
Or to keep this voyage on your profile.
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