Microsoft’s First-ever Companywide Hackathon Begins As Part Of //Oneweek
Hackathons are more popular among_small to_medium companies. It became popular among large enterprises after companies like Facebook demonstrated_huge success with these programs._Facebook_employees came up with lots of interesting ideas which was later shipped to customers. Microsoft also had hackathons_which were organized by different_divisions at different locations. But this year, Microsoft is making their_ever companywide exercise in growth hacking. This hackthon_is a key part of //oneweek, which is CEO Satya Nadella’s effort to reinvent the way the company does business and to encourage the rise of brilliant ideas no matter where they originate._//Oneweek includes several events such as a_company forum on Monday where leadership will set priorities for the year, the hackathon on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a Product Fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Senior leadership, in planning this week’s events, wanted to “kick off the new fiscal year in a new way,” said Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Communications. “We wanted to have a week-long celebration that was global in nature, as opposed to a single, Redmond-based...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/msftnws/~4/06olmz6iG6I
