SELLATHON
sellathon.org — Cohort 01 — Bangladesh

BANGLADESH'S FIRST SELLING COMPETITION

Anyone can build.
Can you sell?

A five-week sprint to take your product from first outreach to verified revenue. Real customers. Real money in the bank. Winners take home investment — not a trophy.

Dates TBD · Fully online · Grand finale live in Dhaka

5 weeksOne week of prep, four weeks of selling
100 seatsApplication-only. Companies, not ideas
100% backRefundable deposit — finish and it all comes back
1 finaleLive in Dhaka, investors in the room

This is not a hackathon.

Building has never been easier. Selling is the hard part — and the part nobody teaches. Sellathon is a competition where the only score that counts is verified revenue: new customers, sourced and closed during the sprint, with proof.

Verified revenue only

Bank, bKash, or Stripe proof — or signed contracts we can call and confirm. No LOIs, no promises, no cousins.

Quitters fund the winners

Finish every weekly milestone and your deposit comes back in full. Drop out and it rolls into the prize pool.

Investment, not a trophy

The champion takes real investment on published terms, awarded on stage at the Dhaka finale.

Five weeks. One motion.

You do the prep before the clock starts. Then four weeks of nothing but selling — every single day.

PRE-WEEK

Narrow

Lock your ICP, sharpen your offer, set your price, and name your first 50 prospects. Pick your channels: cold email, cold calls, showing up in person — any mix, your call.

Gate: approved ICP + offer + 50-prospect list + outreach plan. No submission, no leaderboard.
WEEK 1

Outreach

Volume. Hit your daily outreach minimum across your chosen channels and get into real discovery conversations.

Milestone: daily activity log + first live conversations
WEEK 2

Pipeline

Turn conversations into second meetings and demos. Understand the problem, qualify hard, book the next step.

Milestone: pipeline report — every deal, every next step
WEEK 3

Close

Discovery to decision. Proposals out, objections handled, price negotiated without folding.

Milestone: proposals sent + first closes
WEEK 4

Collect

Close week. No new lessons — office hours and deal surgery only. Get money in the bank before the cutoff.

Milestone: verified revenue, with proof. Leaderboard locks Sunday night.

Weekly live session

One 90-minute core session every week, plus optional deep-dives from the speaker lineup.

Daily office hours

Every day, Bangladesh evening. Bring a stuck deal, leave with a next step.

Public leaderboard

Every team's milestone status, conversations booked, and verified revenue — visible to everyone, all five weeks, at sellathon.org.

The deal is simple.

1

Apply free

Application-only. You need something sellable — a product, a service, a freelance offer.

2

Put down a deposit

A refundable commitment bond, not a fee. Amount announced with applications. We make nothing from participants.

3

Do the work

Clear the pre-week gate, then hit all four weekly milestones. Show your evidence. Stay on the leaderboard.

4

Get it all back

Full refund at the finale, in front of everyone. Winners take the investment on top.

What winning looks like

CHAMPION
Investment TBD

Real investment on published terms, awarded on stage at the Dhaka finale. Amount and partners announced with applications.

RUNNERS-UP
Cash TBD

Cash prizes boosted by every forfeited deposit, plus tools and credits from sponsors.

CATEGORY AWARDS
3 titles

First Close. Biggest Deal. Best Global Deal — for the team that sells beyond Bangladesh.

The Finale — live in Dhaka

The top teams present their verified revenue in person, investors in the room, deposits refunded on stage. Date and venue TBD.

Learn from people who actually sell.

Not consultants. Working sales professionals — account executives and sales leaders from big tech, startups, and Bangladesh's own market — teaching the exact motion they run every day. Lineup announced with applications.

AE

Account executives

Quota-carrying AEs from global tech companies on outreach, discovery, and closing.

VP

Sales leaders

Heads of sales and revenue who have built pipeline from zero at startups and scale-ups.

F

Founders who sell

Founders who closed their first hundred customers themselves — no sales team, no excuses.

BD

Bangladesh market

Sales leaders who know how deals actually get done in Dhaka, Chattogram, and beyond.

Are you an AE or sales leader who wants to teach a session or hold office hours? Tell us here — pick "Speaker / mentor."

Who should apply

Founders, freelancers, and small teams in Bangladesh with something real to sell. You don't need a polished product. You need the stomach to hear no fifty times and keep dialing.

You have a product, service, or offer that can take money today
You're a founder or operator based in Bangladesh
You can sell every day for four weeks, plus a week of prep
You'd rather be judged on revenue than on a demo

Questions you're about to ask

When does it start?

Dates are being finalised. Join the waitlist and you'll hear first — before applications open publicly.

Do I need an existing product?

Yes. Sellathon is about selling, not building. Enter with anything sellable — even rough. The five weeks are pure go-to-market.

What counts as revenue?

New, paid revenue — sourced and closed during the sprint — verified through bank, bKash, or Stripe records, or signed contracts our team confirms directly with your customer.

Is the deposit really refunded?

Every taka, at the finale, if you clear the pre-week gate and complete all four weekly milestones. No fine print. Forfeited deposits go into the prize pool — never into our pocket.

Can I sell to other participants?

No. Deals between cohort teams, or with related parties, don't count toward the leaderboard.

Where does it all happen?

Fully online — live weekly sessions, daily office hours, and a WhatsApp community. Only the finale is in person, in Dhaka.

Join the Cohort 01 waitlist

100 seats. Waitlist members hear first when applications open, and get first read. Selection is on merit — we read every one.

No spam. One email when applications open, then updates only if you want them.

NEXT STOP

San Francisco

2027 · COMING SOON

Same rules. Same scoreboard. Different city. Sellathon comes to the Bay Area in 2027 — join the waitlist and be first to know when applications open.

Photo: Rich Niewiroski Jr., CC BY 2.5