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Could a Hackathon Help Solve the Heroin Crisis?

Author
HBR Presents / Brian Kenny ([email protected])
Published
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Episode Link
https://hbr.org/podcast/2017/10/could-a-hackathon-help-solve-the-heroin-crisis

What’s the value of crowdsourcing technological solutions to societal problems? Could a hackathon help solve the heroin crisis in Cincinnati, Ohio? Harvard Business School professor Mitch Weiss discusses the underlying skepticism and emerging realities that unfold during protagonist Annie Rittgers’ journey to organizing a successful hackathon in his case, "Hacking Heroin."

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