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Andrew Brown 🇨🇦
Andrew Brown 🇨🇦

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Post-Hackathon Advice: Turning Lemons 🍋 into Lemonade 🍹

So I didn't win the most recent Hackathon I entered, but you know that doesn't matter, because I have never won a Hackathon (and probably never will).

But every Hackathon project I've built, I've turned into something more valuable.

So here's my Cruddur app

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And I've turned it into a 12 week bootcamp. lol

This was my first Hackathon circa 2009?

I didn't win, but I did however flip this into getting multiple clients building tech coaching sites...

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