Vibe Coding for Founders: Build a Protoype in 2 Hours
You have the idea. You've been sitting on it for weeks — maybe months. You keep telling yourself you'll "find a technical co-founder" or "learn to code first."
What if you could ship a working product before dinner tonight?
"Vibe coding" is the fastest-growing way for non-technical founders to go from idea to deployed product — using AI tools that turn plain-English prompts into working software. No syntax. No bootcamps. No waiting on anyone's roadmap.
In this hands-on, 2-hour workshop, Suha Tirmizi walks you through how to go from idea to live product using Lovable — one of the leading vibe coding platforms — while showing you where tools like Cursor and Claude Code fit in your stack. Suha has personally built and shipped five products on Lovable, including FeatureLab, FounderSafetyNet, PartnerUp, and AI4Kidz. She doesn't just talk about building — she ships.
What You'll Build & Learn
From idea to live product — How to go from a napkin sketch to a working, deployed app in a single session using AI-powered vibe coding tools
Prompt engineering for product builders — The specific prompting techniques that turn vague ideas into functional features, with real examples from Suha's five shipped products
Design without a designer — How AI handles UI/UX so you can focus on the problem you're solving, not pixel-pushing
Where vibe coding fits your stack — We'll use Lovable to build live, and we'll show you where tools like Cursor and Claude Code fit in your workflow
Ship and iterate the same day — How to deploy live and start getting user feedback before you leave the room
Common pitfalls and shortcuts — The mistakes first-time vibe coders make and the patterns Suha learned building five products
Who This Is For
Pre-seed and seed-stage founders who have an idea but no technical co-founder
Non-technical operators who want to prototype and validate faster than waiting on a dev team
Technical founders curious about AI-assisted development workflows
Anyone who's heard "vibe coding" and wants to actually try it — hands-on, with expert guidance
What This Is Not
This is not a vendor pitch. This is a build session — you'll leave with something you made.
Format and Logistics
Format: Hands-on workshop with live building exercises
What to bring: A laptop with a free Lovable account (sign up at lovable.dev before the event)
Interaction: Live coding, guided exercises, 1-on-1 help, and group Q&A
Venue: SVB, 920 5th Ave Suite 300, SeattleTicket: $25 (Free for Spring 2026 Cohort founders)
About Suha Tirmizi
Suha Tirmizi is a Lovable Ambassador, product builder, and mom advocate. Through the Lovable Ambassador program, she educates and inspires founders and non-technical communities to build with AI. She has built a growing suite of products on Lovable including FeatureLab, FounderSafetyNet, PartnerUp, and AI4Kidz. She writes about AI, parenting, and building at her blog AInChai.
Presented by Founder Institute Seattle
Led by Nicole Doyle and Aniket Naravanekar
Founder Institute Seattle's Spring 2026 Cohort launches April 21.
Applications are open now at fi.co/seattle
This event is part of our public founder series