Had an interesting “how best” call with the head of community at TopCoder today, we tried the five day competition for what we thought was a reasonable $100 a screen and received a tepid response and predictable design.
On the call we were told that More Money and using a technique called Rounds is one way to get more quality submissions and more interest with the ability to make changes mid-stream. Using rounds just seems to add more time, which may delay our timeline. What we need is something to keep us on schedule.
In the next breath we hear, Less Money and a 24hr contest is also working well, which sounds so counter intuitive. Normally faster and cheaper are not terms typically seen together, but I will take the bait.
Tonight at 5:30 et we will launch a 24hr contest,
Good luck to all,
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