The One Who Creates Impact With Hackathons

Lost In Transformation

Our host and MING Labs' Co-Founder Sebastian Mueller talks to Johannes Jaeger, a hackathon expert who builds bridges between startups and the corporate world. Johannes, originally from Germany has been living around Asia Pacific since 2006. He is the Co-founder of Hack Horizon – the world’s first TravelTech hackathon on a plane, to extend the innovation runway beyond the hackathon. Johannes then joined Agorize and is now co-building innovation programs with Fortune 500 firms around Asia Pacific. He helps them connect with the best startups and entrepreneurs globally.

Chapters

1. The One Who Creates Impact With Hackathons (00:00:00)

2. What has Johannes been doing in the past and how did he become interested in corporate innovation? (00:01:42)

3. What is the mission of Agorize? (00:06:17)

4. How long has Agorize been running? (00:07:16)

5. How many people are in that network? (00:07:38)

6. Why do companies invest in Agorize like in a technology company? (00:08:41)

7. What problems are suited for Open Innovation and how can you run a challenge like that? (00:10:26)

8. What commitment is required from corporates to work on these programs? (00:14:21)

9. What do startups have to understand to be successful? (00:16:36)

10. What is the answer to doubts from corporates? (00:18:15)

11. What is a good problem statement? (00:19:19)

12. Is there an issue with sharing data by enterprises? (00:21:24)

13. Johannes sharing an example of a successful program. (00:23:19)

14. What's the real value of Hackathons? (00:25:42)

15. Does Agorize's hiring approach help companies with talent acquisition? (00:32:53)

16. What do companies have to invest into to make the program successful? (00:34:24)

17. What are the pitfalls the corporates should look into? (00:35:19)

18. How does Johannes deal with barriers such as different languages? (00:36:54)

19. How do internal innovation programs typically work? (00:38:50)

20. What is a structure that works best for internal programs? (00:40:32)

21. How long do these programs typically take? (00:45:01)

22. What setup finds Johannes most effective to assess these programs? (00:45:48)

23. How many times do these programs have to run to see results? (00:48:12)

24. What should you expect from the program? (00:50:51)

25. What mistakes do corporates make on the internal side? (00:52:35)

26. Comparing the startup ecosystem between Singapore and Hong Kong. (00:54:56)

27. Where are interesting startups in the region that apply for the programs? (00:59:12)

28. Where is the corporate innovation activity quite big within the region? (01:00:39)

29. Where are we in the open innovation cycle in terms of maturity? (01:02:06)

30. What's next for Agorize? (01:03:28)