Hack SF

WHEN TALENTED, INNOVATIVE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, AMAZING THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

Whether you're a designer or a developer, a copywriter or a coder, working in tech or at a creative agency, Goodby Silverstein & Partners invites you to join us for a hackathon event we're calling Hack SF.

San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits La Casa de las Madres, the Eviction Defense Collaborative, and Goodwill of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin will kick off the event by talking about their missions. Each organization will also share one key challenge it faces that, if addressed, would have a significant positive impact on its ability to fulfill its mission.

Hackathon teams will then have 24 hours to come up with their best ideas. Ideas may range from affordable-housing fixes to apps to beautification projects or business ideas that will help the nonprofits fulfill their missions. Really, it’s up to you.

We’re confident that putting a bunch of creative people together for a weekend will lead to some innovative solutions.

We’ll also have a bunch of different APIs and databases you can work with from the city of San Francisco’s Open Data Portal.

You don’t need to have an idea or a team formed before you come to the event. Part of the fun of a hackathon is meeting other people and coming up with your own idea during the event.

An idea by itself lives only in the mind of an individual, but an idea shared among many can become reality. Join us!