Get Ship Done
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Serious Developers
If you're in it to win it and want professional mentorship, this Hackathon is for you.
Creative Inventors
We want to see your most creative solutions to real-world problems in just 24 hours.
Future Leaders
Top 3 teams get first access to leadership positions on our organizing team.
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Real-World Focus
The prompt isn't the focus. We want to see how creatively you can think and how well you can narrow an idea down to a real-world product.
Expert Mentorship
Our judges are mentors with real-world connections and expertise to help you succeed beyond the Hackathon.
Leadership Opportunities
Top 3 teams get first access to leadership positions on our organizing team, giving you real experience running major tech events.
Completely Free
Everything is completely free, including food, merch, mentorship, and prizes. Financial barriers shouldn't prevent talented teens.
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Build a Real Product
Create a functioning software and/or hardware product that solves a real problem.
Deploy Your Solution
Judges need to be able to open a link or pick up your device and use it themselves.
Stay Up All Night
While not required, winning teams are almost always the ones downing Red Bull at 3am.
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Free Food
Meals and snacks throughout the event
Free Merch
Custom Get Ship Done swag for everyone
Expert Talks
Guest speakers on navigating tech with AI
Cash Prizes
Grand prize of over $1,000
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When & Where
- Date: Summer 2026 (Exact Date TBD)
- Duration: Overnight (Evening → Next Afternoon/Evening)
- Location: Boston, MA
- Contact: event@getshipdone.co
What's Happening
- • Build real-world software/hardware products
- • Deploy your solution for judges to test
- • Expert talks on navigating tech with AI
- • Free food and merch for everyone
- • Grand prize of over $1,000
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Schedule subject to change
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We want to connect the brightest tech talent with the brightest tech minds. To do that, we seek judges who are experts in their fields and can provide real-world guidance to our participants.
Interested in Judging?
We're looking for professionals who can mentor our participants and help identify the next generation of tech innovators.
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Absolutely! Everything is completely free.
Free food, free merch, free mentorship, and free prizes. We believe in removing all barriers to innovation.
So How Are We Paying for This?
Get Ship Done relies entirely on donations from generous people looking to support our educational mission. Every dollar goes directly to making this event amazing for our participants.
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