Nimisha Chanda@NimishaChanda
we hosted the world's first growth hackathon in bangalore.
now, we are doing it in mumbai.
tbh, i wanted to create a space where people don’t just talk about ideas - they test them, sell them, and validate them and that's what exactly happened.
in 48 hours, the room looked like this:
- a 16-year-old building their first product
- a 35-year-old shipping and selling alongside them
- people flying in from kerala, bhubaneswar, mumbai, tamil nadu, hyderabad, and more - just to be in that room.
and the outcomes were surreal.
- we got @AnthropicAI to do their first-ever hackathon in india
- a b2b startup building portable ev chargers closed deals with @bounceshare and @tvsmotorcompany and got inbound interest from @rapidobikeapp and other large operators - in a single day
- one team unlocked $150 in live revenue during the hackathon
- one founder walked into cafes around the venue and came back with 10+ paid users
- a healthtech startup took people out for a run and converted 20 paid users
- a team building an AI learning platform for blind children, closed pilots with 2 orphanages and ngos during the event
now, we’re bringing the growth hackathon to mumbai during the third week of january (final dates will be announced soon).
and for this edition, we’re looking for some partners who can help us with:
• venue/space
• food & beverages
• judges & mentors (founders, operators, investors, growth leaders)
if you believe founders should leave an event with users, revenue, or contracts - we should talk.