Table 3.
Posthackathon team-level responses
| N | Per cent | Mean/hackathon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continued work beyond a hackathon | |||
| Yes | 108 | 30.3 | 9.0 |
| Not yet but plan to | 36 | 10.1 | 3.0 |
| Total | 144 | 40.4 | 12.0 |
| Prototype progress after a hackathon | |||
| Teams reporting any progress | 126 | 35.4 | 10.5 |
| Teams reporting major progress | 70 | 19.7 | 5.8 |
| Projects initiating pilot work | |||
| Any | 88 | 24.7 | 7.3 |
| Preclinical studies | 52 | 14.6 | 4.3 |
| Clinical studies with providers or healthcare workers only | 42 | 11.8 | 3.5 |
| Clinical studies with patients | 24 | 6.7 | 2.0 |
| Teams initiating a business plan | 97 | 27.2 | 8.1 |
| Patents filed | 22 | 6.2 | 1.8 |
| Companies formed | 15 | 4.2 | 1.25 |
| Financial support raised | Number of awards | Number of teams obtaining any award | |
| Awards | 58 | 31 | |
| Total raised (millions of US$) | Mean per hackathon (millions of US$) | Median award size (US$) | |
| Amount in US$ | 64.082 | 5.34 | 1800 |
| Perceived progress without a hackathon (1=would have made no progress; 5=would have made as much if not more progress) | Scale average | SD | |
| All teams | 1.92 | 0.90 | |
| Teams raising funds | 1.87 | 0.79 | |
| Teams forming companies | 2.01 | 0.90 | |
Teams surveyed: 356; mean follow-up period: 12.2 months (range 1.9–40.0).