PROBLEM
IT SKILLS SHORTAGE
3x
annual salary of a leadership position as cost for choosing ill-fitting employee for vacant position
Source: Kienbaum 2005
700.000
technology specialists missing in Germany over the next 5 years
Source: Stiftverband/McKinsey 2018
124.000
jobs for IT-specialists were vacant in 2019 – an increase of >100% compared to 2017
Source: Bitkom 2019
Our mission is to provide people with the essential capabilities for mastering the challenges of the digital age to ensure faster and more sustainable innovation cycles.
How can we help you?
Hackathon-as-a-service
At our hackdays we bring together designers, business experts, programmers and other digitalization pioneers from all over Europe with German corporates to create innovative, ready-to-implement products, business models and whole new start-ups within 48 hours.
Already inspired?
Human-centered-education
The hackschool is for all people regardless of their origin, social class, age, job position or gender. We promote the acquisition of the most significant future competences because investing in re-skilling & up-skilling is the most sustainable investment.
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Hands-on-consulting
Our consulting offer hackadvice empowers leading corporates on their journey to digital excellence. We enable an optimal interplay of IT, business and design professionals in order to seize the full potential of a holistic, hand-in-hand digitalization process.
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ABOUT US
Go big or go home
The Hackathon Company makes hands-on digitalization happen. We stand for an attractive innovation experience, both for corporates and talents.
Our brands enable the holistic coverage of all digitization needs – from sparking your digitalization or next innovative project by virtual/onsite hackathons to professional training and tailored consulting.
We have experience with the challenges and varying degrees of digitalization progress of global players, SMEs and start-ups and can therefore find individually tailored solutions. Companies such as BASF, Pepperl+Fuchs, Lufthansa and Pfalzwerke already rely on our attractive innovation experience.
Challenge partners from economy, politics and sport
Participants from over 20 nations
Digital solutions & implementable prototypes
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CONTACT
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The Hackathon Company GmbH
Julius-Hatry-Straße 1,
68163 Mannheim, Germany