Manchester Hackathon
Creator Business Manchester Hackathon
Build a working app in an afternoon. No code. No prior experience. Just you, Lovable, and a problem you've been meaning to solve for months.
This is the fun one. Four and a half hours, a room of creators vibe coding their way to something real, and a prize pot for the best three apps at the end of the day. You walk out with a product, not a notebook full of ideas you'll never get to.
How the afternoon runs
12:30 start. We open with thirty to forty-five minutes on what vibe coding actually is, how it works, and a tour of real apps that have been shipped this way. Then fifteen minutes to get set up. Three hours of building, breaks when you need them. We close at 4:30 with show and tell: you demo what you made, the room votes, and we hand out prizes for the top three. Out by 5.
Bring an idea
The best ones tend to be the things you keep almost building but never finish. A few that work well for solopreneurs and small teams:
A sponsorship tracker that holds every brand conversation, what stage it's at, the rate, the follow-up date, and what was agreed last time.
A lead capture quiz that asks a few smart questions, segments people by their answer, and drops them into the right email sequence.
A client onboarding portal that takes a new customer from "yes" to first call, with intake form, contract link, and welcome video in one place.
If you turn up without one, we'll help you find one in the first hour, i've built 15 apps in the last 6 months.
No coding experience required
If you can write a sentence, you can build a product. Lovable does the heavy lifting, you steer it. The intro at the start of the day gets everyone skilled up and ready to go, whether you're experienced or have zero skin in the game, i'll get you started just fine.
Prizes
Top three apps walk away with a prize, voted by the room. Details on the day.
A note on food
Lunch isn't provided. We start at 12:30, so eat beforehand or grab something on your way in. Coffee is on us.
About Creator Business
Creator Business is a community for people creating. Monthly meetups in Manchester, London and Leicester. Monthly roundtables. Weekly sessions on AI and YouTube. Dinners and hackathons throughout the year.
No theatre, no LinkedIn voice. Just the people you want to be sitting next to when you're working something out.
Why is this a paid event?
Two reasons. Your space, coffee and the prize pot are covered by the ticket. And it keeps the room curated, creators who actually show up and put the afternoon in, not a free RSVP list that empties by 1PM.
Disclaimers
By signing up for this event, you will also be subscribed to the Creator Business newsletter for future event updates.
This event will be photographed and filmed. Creator Business and partners reserve the right to use photos and video from the event for marketing and communications purposes. By attending, you consent to the use of your image for these purposes.
Event location is subject to change. Final venue details will be shared with approved guests ahead of the event.
If you buy a hackathon ticket, your ticket for the creator business meetup in the evening is included (registration required, you'll be sent a coupon code)