Clay Robbins: Building Colosseum, Solana’s Largest Hackathon & Accelerator with 80,000 Participants

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Clay Robbins discusses managing the world's largest online hackathons and the transition to the Solana ecosystem.

Join Tommy Shaughnessy in San Francisco for the first podcast from the new Coliseum office. In this episode, Clay Robbins, Co-Founder of Coliseum, discusses how his team manages the world's largest online hackathons and why they chose to double down on the Solana ecosystem.They dive into the mechanics of sourcing 80,000 builders, the transition from remote to a massive in-person accelerator, and the shift from an infrastructure-focused crypto world to a new era of diverse consumer application...

People in this episode

Host: Tommy Shaughnessy

Guest: Clay Robbins

Topics covered

• hackathons
• Solana ecosystem
• in-person accelerator
• crypto applications
• Coliseum

Keywords

• hackathon
• Coliseum
• Solana
• crypto
• accelerator
• builders
• in-person

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Organizations: Coliseum, Solana

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