Remote Hackathons, Reducing Complexity, and Simple Groupon

1 · Groupon · July 28, 2020, 2:41 p.m.
Written By Anthony Caliendo and Shannon Welling - July 27, 2020For the last 7+ years, Groupon regularly holds a multi-day hackathon named GEEKon where participants are encouraged to innovate around a theme, create new technology, and most importantly, geek on. Think geeking out, but more continuously and on a larger scale — we love a play on combined words here. Every 6–12 months employees can drop what they’re doing, form teams, and spend 3–5 days working on cool, new ideas. The ramp-up to GEEK...