Questions.

First10 is the name behind F10 Week: a week bringing Sydney’s tech and startup community together through public events, practical workshops, demos and gatherings. This is our first edition.

Attend a session, host an event or contribute to the week. HarbourHack is the week’s optional go-to-market challenge: build something useful, get it into people’s hands and learn from their response.

The first edition is built around Sydney’s tech and startup community and is open to anyone keen to contribute. You do not need to live or study in Sydney to express interest.

Check each event’s location and attendance requirements when the calendar is published. Hackathon eligibility and required sessions will be confirmed separately.

Not yet confirmed

The proposed window is Friday 27 November to Friday 4 December 2026. Both dates are Fridays.

Dates, venues, the opening event and closing showcase are still being finalised. The public calendar will follow.

No. Public side events are open to the wider community and separate from the hackathon application. Individual hosts will publish registration and capacity details with their event listings. Attendance is free.

Yes, we welcome early proposals for workshops, presentations, panels, demos, meetups and other useful formats. Share who the event is for and what attendees will take away.

Visit Collaborate to explore hosting, sponsorship, venues, expertise and community support. You do not need to decide how you will contribute before starting a conversation.

No. Collaboration can support the whole week, a public event, the hackathon or another idea. Funding, practical support, expertise and community connections are all starting points for a conversation.

An idea is enough. Tell us what you want to make, who it might help and why you want to move on it now.

A sketch, prototype or previous project can help us understand you, but none is required.

The first ten stands for the earliest customers, users and signals that show whether something is useful.

Ten is a direction, not a rule. Start with one real person, ship, learn and keep moving.

No. You do not need a company, customers, traction or a finished product.

The hackathon welcomes students and early-stage builders interested in making something useful and testing it with real people.

Final eligibility and required sessions will be confirmed with the hackathon schedule.

Not necessarily. Use the tools that help you make the smallest useful version quickly.

What matters is that you can turn an idea into something people can try.

Either. Apply solo, or tell us who you are building with.

You choose a focused idea, build the smallest useful version and ship value to real people.

Their feedback and behaviour become signals you can use to decide what to do next.

The sprint is long enough to put something real in front of someone, learn from the response and make the next version better.

The goal is movement, not a finished company.

The hackathon is planned for Sydney. Venues, checkpoints and the closing showcase are still to be confirmed.

You do not have to study in Sydney to express interest.

Plan for a focused week of building and testing. Required sessions and time commitments are still being finalised.

If you only have time for a session or two, you can attend public events without joining the hackathon.

F10 Week is free to take part in for all attendees and partners. There are no participation fees for attending events, joining the hackathon or collaborating on the week.

How quickly you moved, what value you shipped, what you learned from real people and how clearly the idea progressed.

Polish is secondary to honest execution and useful learning.

Show what you tried and what the response taught you. A clear, honest learning is more useful than invented traction.

The point is to move closer to something people want.

A working version matters because people need something to respond to, but visual polish is not the score.

We value speed, judgement and evidence that you listened.

Not yet confirmed

TBC.