Whopathon: Start a Business with AI
Start a Business with AI!
With this session, you will build an online business step by step with AI and define your go-to-market strategy.
No idea is necessary; it is open to any student and recent graduate, and no team formation is required beforehand.
Whop is a platform where people build, launch, and sell digital products and communities — paid communities, courses, memberships, services, and more.
You will use the Whop platform to package your skills into a real business within hours!
It is a fast, hands-on event where you build real businesses with AI. During the event you will choose an idea, build a website and start getting customers.
What a Whopathon Delivers:
💡Teach you how to ideate, validate, and package a service, software, digital product or community offer.
🌐Get teams to create a live business with a live website and a clear MVP concept.
🎯Surface projects ready to launch after the event.
The Structure:
💡Choose a business idea - Pick a business model that fits you
🌐Build Your Website - Use Whop AI to build a high converting website
💳Choose your Price - Create checkout links and accept payment from customers
🛠️Build your product - Build software, find a supplier, create a service or make a community
📣Get Your First Customer - Run ads on social media and automate your outreach
What’s included?
💡 3-hours of practical activities led by a Whop expert
🤝 Network & work with students from different disciplines and backgrounds
🎨 The opportunity to develop an idea
🎤 The chance to pitch your idea
🍽️ Pizza provided!
Who can take part?
Whopathon is for students and recent graduates who are:
💭 Curious about entrepreneurship
💡 Interested in ideas, innovation or solving problems
🤝 Open to working with people from different backgrounds
🚀 Interested in exploring whether entrepreneurship could be for them