Geoffrey Duan

Hack Europe: A 19-Year-Old Scaling Hackathons Across Dublin, Paris & Stockholm

Jeffrey, a 19-year-old California-born student studying in Dublin, explains Hack Europe: simultaneous hackathons for around 1,000 builders in Dublin, Paris, and Stockholm on February 21-22, with tracks in sustainability, agents, fintech, and impact. He describes raising ~$300K by attending 25 conferences in six weeks, cold-emailing Manny Medina of Paid after his Dublin talk, and waiting outside Lovable's Stockholm HQ at 10:30pm to pitch their CFO, which led to Anton's involvement. He closes with advice for young people — at ground zero you have nothing to lose, so keep pitching — and notes applications at hackeurope.com close tomorrow.

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