This is how I won 1st place at 2 hackathon competitions and how you can too. I've been getting asked this by friends lately, so here's all my hackathon advice in one video.
https://devpost.com/thelazyaz
00:00 How Hackathons Work
00:40 Building a Team
01:35 The Key to Winning
06:15 Making Your Idea
08:11 Presenting your Idea
15:00 Should I pull an all-nighter?
The three key parts of my strategy:
1. Clear understanding of what my idea going to achieve
2. Multiple stakeholders involved
3. Multiple technical features (preferably ML)
Present the above in an articulate manner