about this event
This is a full-day hackathon that lets you ship and build a new onboarding experience that helps users reach their activation moment faster and understand value immediately. You'll get Lovable to help you ship and build the end-to-end onboarding journey. Also, you get the product context, design system, existing onboarding experience, and the right tools, including Mobbin and Build for Mars. Your job is to research and decide what should change, build it, and ship a working solution with Lovable.
Who Can Join: Designers, engineers, PMs, founders, growth people, data people and curious builders. You do not need to know how to code. Build solo or with a team of up to three. Coming alone? We'll help match people into teams on the day.
The hackathon is supported by Lovable, the primary sponsor and core build platform for the event. Participants will use Lovable to build and ship their working solutions during the day. Supporting tools and partners include Mobbin (access to product and onboarding design references, plus three months of Mobbin Pro for every participant), Build for Mars (access to 1,000+ onboarding case studies and behavioural psychology principles), ElevenLabs (AI voice capabilities participants can explore as part of what they build) and Dori (use synthetic users to test your live onboarding experience, identify where users may drop off or experience friction, understand why, and iterate on your flow before the final presentation). The challenge is set by Perlego — participants will work on a product onboarding challenge, following the design system, brand guidelines and relevant product context.
Why Join: Build with AI using Lovable to ship and build; get access to great tools including 3 months of BFM+ free (£50 value), a 1-month subscription to Eleven Labs ($22 value), 3 months of Mobbin access, and access to Dori for research. Ship something real — go from problem to working product in one day with Lovable, working with real constraints, existing products, design systems and business context. Meet people who make things and work alongside designers, engineers, founders and product people. Get your work judged by experienced product, growth, design and engineering people.
Judging: A panel spanning growth, UX and engineering will evaluate the final builds against a clear set of criteria, including problem understanding, onboarding effectiveness, usability, originality and quality of execution. Judges include Peter Ramsey (Founder, Built for Mars), Samuel Faroun Amin (Founder, Dori), Olamide Jegede (Lead Product Designer, Perlego) and Ibrahim Zayan Musthaq (Engineer, Harlow Group).
Prizes: 1st place wins a 1-year Mobbin Pro prize — to be eligible, your team must show that you used Mobbin during the hackathon. 2nd place wins 3 months of Eleven Labs Scale tier (worth $990).
Schedule & Venue: Saturday, September 19, 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM, in person in central London. 10:00 Welcome; 10:30 Introduction and challenge reveal; 10:50 Team formation; 11:00 Build begins; 13:00 Lunch; 16:30 Submissions; 17:00 Announce winner; 17:30 End of the event.
What to bring: your laptop + charger, headphones, and curiosity. Photos and video will be taken throughout the event and may be used to document and promote the event, including on social media, websites, future event materials and event write-ups. By registering and attending, you consent to being photographed and recorded.
Food & allergies: Food and refreshments will be provided during the event. Food may contain or come into contact with common allergens, including gluten, dairy and nuts, and separate allergen-free preparation cannot be guaranteed. If you have a serious allergy, intolerance or specific dietary requirement, please plan accordingly and bring anything you need.
Community & event guidelines: This is intended to be a respectful, inclusive and collaborative space. Participants are expected to treat others respectfully, give constructive feedback, respect privacy and other people's work, and behave honestly. As this event is a Lovable-supported community event, participants are also expected to follow the Lovable Community Code of Conduct. Participants using Lovable during the event are subject to Lovable's Terms & Conditions and Platform Rules. Lovable age requirement: you must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, to use Lovable. If you are under 18, you must have permission from a parent or legal guardian.
This hackathon will take place at Ramen Space, a coworking space and community for SaaS, AI and tech founders building alongside each other. It brings together founders at different stages to work, share feedback and keep building. If you're building a product yourself and would like to experience the space, Ramen Space also offers a free trial day.
when
Customer Onboarding Hackathon
10:00 Welcome; 10:30 Introduction and challenge reveal; 10:50 Team formation; 11:00 Build begins; 13:00 Lunch; 16:30 Submissions; 17:00 Announce winner; 17:30 End of the event
◍ Ramen Space, central Londontickets
| tickets | price | Fee | Status | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Admission | Free | TBA | Available | Free registration for the full-day hackathon |
prizes
| # | PRIZE | price |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1-year Mobbin Pro subscription | To be eligible, your team must show that you used Mobbin during the hackathon. |
| 2nd | 3 months of Eleven Labs Scale tier | Worth $990 |