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Playbooks

Practical, role-specific guides. Direct second-person voice. Read these before the next event.

Playbooks

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Practical, role-specific guides. Direct second-person voice. Read these before the next event.

All playbooks (9)

  • Playbook: AI-era strategyDraft

    How to win when half the room is using the same tools you are. Taste, problem selection, demo craft. Lablab.ai's strategic guide as the floor.

  • Playbook: your first hackathonDraft

    The single most-shared content type the site will ever publish. Walks a complete novice through team formation, project scoping, demo prep, judge interaction.

  • Playbook: judgeDraft

    Calibrate before judging. Keep your rubric visible. Ask the same questions of every team. Score before you discuss. Defend your scoring in the calibration session.

  • Playbook: organizerDraft

    Plan the event in eight weeks. Set the goal, choose the format, write the problem statements, recruit judges, run the day.

  • Playbook: participantDraft

    Pick the right event. Form a team that can ship. Read the rubric. Prepare the demo. Talk to the judges.

  • Playbook: bounty partnerDraft

    Define your bounty rubric narrowly. Stay accessible during the event. Name the winner publicly with a real reason.

  • Playbook: sponsorDraft

    Be a present sponsor: tooling support, mentorship, a real prize criterion. AngelHack's All-Star Sponsor framing as the standard to clear.

  • Playbook: team formationDraft

    Pick teammates by drive and GitHub activity, not resume. Cover frontend and backend with someone who has integrated the two before. Lock the demo skeleton on day one.

  • Playbook: the demoDraft

    Three-act demo structure, opening hook, the live click, the close. What to put on slides and what to leave for the live demo. How to talk to judges.