YFL x Lovable Hackathon
YFL x LOVABLE 8H HACKATHON
Young Founders of London is hosting their first hackathon in collaboration with Lovable.dev for everyone and anyone who wants to get started building tech with AI.
This could be...
An MVP for your startup
A personal knowledge base to boost productivity
An app for understanding finances
Fun games
09:00 - 09:30 | Arrival, Check-in & Coffee
Get your name tag and meet fellow builders
09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome + 1 min. intros
Short welcome by Hector Laine and Tanya Mehta, founders of Young Founder’s of London.
Your turn: everyone has 1 minute to pitch themselves (can be what you’re building, why you’re here etc)
9:30 - 12:30 | Sprint #1: Building with AI
Goal: decide exactly what you’re building
one sentence problem statement
Target user + core feature
Define demo flow
TBC: Masterclass on building an effective MVP
12:30 - 2:00 | Lunch + Connect
Goal: Fuel up, whilst engaging in round table discussions.
think about questions that can help you become a better founder or what skills you’d like to develop.
2:00 – 3:00 | Data Persistence & Flow
Goal: Make it feel like a real product.
Save results to database
Add history / reuse
Full flow test
3:00 – 4:00 | UI Polish & UX Cleanup
Goal: Make it demo-ready.
Improve spacing & text
Add empty states
Insert demo/sample data
4:00 – 5:00 | Bug Fixes & Demo Prep
Goal: Zero surprises.
Test demo flow multiple times
Prepare demo account
Disable unfinished features
(Hide broken things instead of fixing late)
5:00 – 6:00 | Pitch & Practice
Goal: Sell the idea.
30-sec problem story
1-min demo script
30-sec impact / why it matters
Assign speaker + clicker
Practice once end-to-end
🏆 Ready for judging
WINNERS GET:
Lovable Pro Plan - 3 months FREE
Free YFL T-shirts
Access to discounted co-building workspace in London
Young Founders of London
Started in November 2024, we are a space for founders under 24 to connect and build together.
We host events that promote deep round-table discussions that can help one another grow.
YFL is also our mini-MVP, started out as a run-club, developed into events and now transitioning to dinners and curated pitch nights for our most ambitious.
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About Lovable
Lovable is the fastest growing startup ever. With Lovable, turn ideas into production-ready web apps in minutes, with no coding skills required. They will also be providing Lovable Pro Plan for 1 month to each attendee for FREE!