48h Startup Challenge Da Nang
Most people carry startup ideas around for years. They research it endlessly, refine it, mention it at parties, and never find out whether anybody wants it.
The 48-Hour Startup Challenge changes this:
You'll arrive Friday with an idea, or nothing at all. You'll leave Sunday with customers who have paid you, not a deck.
We start small
On Friday we send you into the city to ask somebody for one dollar. No pitch, no product, no plan. Just you, a stranger, and the most uncomfortable sentence you've said in a while.
By Sunday you'll be selling your real offering to real customers, and wondering why the dollar felt so hard.
How it works
You'll be in a small team, taking challenges that land in a group chat all weekend. Some are ridiculous games that cost you nothing but your dignity. Some are the real work: who it's for, what to charge, what people actually want.
Most of it happens out in the city. Markets, cafés, gyms, the street. You cannot find out what people will pay for while sitting at a laptop, and we won't let you try.
No judges, no demo day, no investors. Someone buys from you, or they don't, and that's the only verdict that counts.
You need: a phone and a free weekend. You don't need: an idea, a co-founder, a deck, or a plan. Teams form on Friday. Recruit a team around your idea or join one.
Your MC
Maiko has run accelerators in London, San Francisco and New York, and teaches entrepreneurship at Imperial College London.
He's coached hundreds of startups and personally build & scaled startups and their software products from 0 to $1M+ in annual revenue.
He is also an introvert. Selling never came easily until he worked five years as a street fundraiser during high school & uni: 500 people approached each day, 495 rejections, five signing annual donations to charities like WWF.
About Faber
Faber is an alternative to business school for people who would rather build a company than study one - launching in 2027. Students spend a year building a profitable business, supported by experienced entrepreneurs - no lectures and no exams.
This weekend is the smallest version: two days, same rule, it only counts if someone pays you.