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How to Build a Real Business with AI

Name: How to Build a Real Business with AI
Start: 2026-09-16T09:30:00-0700
End: 2026-09-16T11:00:00-0700

Learn how to build a real business with AI, no code, live with founder Kees Wouters.

Date

Sep 16, 2026

Time

09:30 am - 11:00 am

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Somewhere on a dirt road in Rwanda, 1,000km into a bike ride through villages that had never seen a tourist, Kees Wouters decided his ten-year corporate career was over. What he did next is why this event exists. He joined the Founder Institute, the world's largest AI-native company builder, defined his product properly, and then built the whole thing himself on Lovable. No development team, no technical background. Today Legendary Rides runs self-guided cycling adventures across six destinations, with 30+ riders on the road and a 5/5 rating.

Your host is Kasia Sadowska, Director of Founder Institute Austria. She has vibecoded her own products and guided more than 100 founders from idea to working MVP, so before Kees takes over she will show you, live, how building with Lovable actually works: what it handles well, where it stops, and how to brief it properly.

Then it is Kees's evening. The ride that started it, the moment he quit, the first booking, and what broke along the way. Open Q&A to close, ask him anything.

AGENDA

18:30 Meet and greet

18:40 Meet the world's largest AI-native company builder

18:50 Building with Lovable, a practical intro

19:10 Kees Wouters on Legendary Rides, from idea to booked tours

19:35 Q&A

20:00 Close

Bonus: Every participant will receive 100 Lovable credits and hands-on vibecoding guides.

Speakers

Kees Wouters

Legendary Rides

Kasia Sadowska

Founder @ FutureHabits.Tech

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