Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million.

Take our global Hackathon as an example: deemed the largest private hacking event on the planet, Hackathon has proven to be one of the company’s most talked about events, and rightfully so. In 2016 ...

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...