Comedy Hack Day 10 stands as the first-ever live comedy show to take place in the new SF Alamo Drafthouse. Before a completely sold out show we unveiled 18 pieces of technology that raised a combined $0 dollars in initial investment. Our winner, Equipay, helped everyone split up their earnings...
Grand Prize
Runner-Up
Other Finalists
THE OTHER 12 PRODUCTS CREATED
judges
James Adomian
James performs standup and characters across the globe at festivals, comedy clubs, gay bars, rooftop parties and radical political events. He is best known for his work on Comedy Bang! Bang!, Last Comic Standing and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. @jadomian
APARNA NANCHERLA
Aparna Nancherla has an intimidating name, but don’t be scared! She’s a joke entrepreneur who pedals in both writing and performance (AKA scribble-scrabble and jibber-jabber). In fact, she most recently wrote for and sometimes appeared on the late, great Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, on FX-then-FXX. @aparnapkin
Rob Baedeker
Rob Baedeker is a co-founder and performer with the San Francisco-based comedy group Kasper Hauser authors of many books, including "SkyMaul: Happy Crap You Can Buy From a Plane." Rob is the voice of Ira Glass in Kasper Hauser’s parody of “This American Life.” @robbaedeker
Alexis ohanian
Startup guy making the world suck less: reddit, breadpig, hipmunk, Y Combinator. Investor, speaker, host of Small Empires, author of Without Their Permission. @alexisohanian
Hosted By
Baratunde Thurston
Baratunde Thurston is a supervising producer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central, where he oversees digital expansion. He co-founded Cultivated Wit and the About Race podcast, and he wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black. Baratunde is a highly sought-after public speaker and thought leader who has been part of noteworthy institutions such as Fast Company, TED, the MIT Media Lab, The Onion, and the gentrification of Brooklyn, New York.
Full CHD SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 - HACKATHON DAY ONE
- Location: General Assembly - 225 Bush St, SF (map)
- 5:30PM: Doors open
- 6:15PM: Dinner
- 7:00PM: Idea pitching & API demos
- 8:00PM: Team formation
- 8:30PM: Hacking begins
- 11:30PM: Snack
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 - HACKATHON DAY TWO
- Location: General Assembly - 225 Bush St, SF (map)
- 9:30AM: Breakfast
- 12:30PM: Lunch
- 4:00PM: Project summary due
- 5:45PM: Dinner
- 6:00PM: Semi-final round of demos. Participants will decide which teams move on to the Sunday finals.
- 9:00PM: Beer, beer, beer.
SUNDAY, January 24 - THE SHOW
- Location: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - 2550 Mission Street, SF (map)
- 6:00PM: Doors and bar open.
- 7:00PM: Show starts.
- 9:15PM: Awards announced. More drinks.
- 9:30PM: Go home!
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