LFGhacks 2019 sponsored by Citi Ventures is a business and engineering competition hosted by Lehigh FinTech Group. The event brings together some of the brighest minds to solve challenges at the crossroads of business and technology. No coding expereince was required to compete!

Eligibility

If you applied to LFGhacks 2019, received an offer to attend and went on to confirm that you will do so, you are eligible to attend LFGhacks 2019. If you attended and hacked at LFGhacks, then you are eligible to make a submission. 

Requirements

  • You must demo at the judging session and submit on Devpost in order to be eligible for prizes.
  • DELIVERABLE MUST INCLUDE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (PPT)*. DELIVERABLE MUST BE 7min (max), 3min Q&A.

 *If it is a Google Slides, please export as a PowerPoint Presentation before upload. 

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Prizes

$24,000 in prizes
Prompt 1: 1st Place
1 winner

$1500 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 1: 2nd Place
1 winner

$1000 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 1: 3rd Place
1 winner

$500 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 2: 1st Place
1 winner

$1500 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 2: 2nd Place
1 winner

$1000 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 2: 3rd Place
1 winner

$500 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 3: 1st Place
1 winner

$1500 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 3: 2nd Place
1 winner

$1000 Cash Split Among The Team

Prompt 3: 3rd Place
1 winner

$500 Cash Split Among The Team

Weekend Raffle Prizes
5 winners

Raffles will be given out throughout the event (XBOX Ones, iPads, Amazon IoT Products, etc.)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Only teams comprised wholly of eligible participants that submit their hacks to this DevPost, and then go on to demo their hack at the LFGhacks expo can win prizes.

  • You must be at LFGhacks to work on a project for submission
  • You cannot work on your project before the event begins
  • You cannot steal another team's source code
  • The decision of judges is final for determining prizes and awards
  • Please comply with all instructions from LFGhacks organizers

Judges

Stephen Buell

Stephen Buell
Professor @ Lehigh University

Ling Hu

Ling Hu
VP, Product Manager @ Citi

MJ Kim

MJ Kim
VP, Product Manager @ Citi

Alex West

Alex West
VP, Strategic Partnership Lead @ Citi

Khanjan Mehta

Khanjan Mehta
Director of the Mountaintop Initiative @ Lehigh University

Matthew Vine

Matthew Vine
EIO&T Analyst @ Citi

Judging Criteria

  • Execution & Deliverable (25%)
  • Creativity (20%)
  • Relevancy (20%)
  • Next Steps (15%)
  • Wow Factor (5%)

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