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Creating Apps Without Code

Great Mixergy interview with Tara Reed, the founder of Apps Without Code, which teaches people how to create apps without coding. There are big opportunities with no-code development now.

There is also a lot to learn from their business model of running paid ads to drive people to a 2-hour free training to upsell the premium course. A good sales funnel is a critical for most businesses.

Another link worth looking at is Zeroqode.com. There are many no code clones of popular sites like Udemy, Eventbrite, Kickstarter, Amazon, etc. that you can purchase and quickly implement. Most are less than $200.

Development is no longer a serious barrier to entry and it will only get easier over time. The ability to grow an audience and tell compelling stories is becoming more important than coding skills for many startups.

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Systematic Networking with VC Peter Boyce

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“How a top venture capitalist uses Airtable to track and widen his network.”

Here is a great article on how to systematically build your network by meticulously tracking connections. Networking is such a critical skill to success that I’m surprised how little work most people put into building relationships.

How much could you grow your business or career if you identified the top 100 or 200 people you should know and had a system for regularly connecting with them and adding value?

Another valuable aspect of this article is the demonstation of popular no-code tools, Airtable and Notion. If you are not familiar with those apps, here are a couple of use cases.

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I built a product for newsletter writers with no-code and earned >$35k, AMA

Newsletters, No-Code

“I created Newsletter Operating System, which I’ve bootstrapped to over $35k in revenue. It has helped more than 900 newsletter writers start, grow, organize and earn from their newsletters.”

Here is an AMA from Janel Loi mentioned in the previous link.

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Decoding the no-code / low-code startup universe and its players

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There are many opportunities to build apps faster and cheaper with no code or low code tools. This is a comprehensive market map of 145 startups across 12 verticals.

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Creating a Software Business Without Technical Expertise

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Dan Andrews, of the TropicalMBA, interviews Alan VanToai of CrewFire.com, a brand ambassador and influencer management platform.

“Alan has limited technical expertise, but that hasn’t stopped him from creating and exiting from multiple software ventures.”

This is a great story of a non-technical founder hustling to do customer interviews and pre-sales to attract a technical co-founder and start the business.

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The Ultimate No-Code Tool Guide in 2021

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“Choosing the right no-code tools is overwhelming. In this guide, I break down each tool’s benefits, drawbacks, and give my ultimate recommendation on the best tool for what you want to build.”

Big Idea: It’s getting much easier to build online applications with no-code tools. Check out the no-code ecosystem in this guide.

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The Power of the Right Idea at the Right Time

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Must Read: Never underestimate the power of having the right idea at the right time. This story epitomizes the value of product/market fit. LaunchMBA has gone from zero to over $3000 in 6 weeks from a Twitter thread. The basic idea is to join a community to help you launch 12 startups in 12 months. The first 20 members paid $99, after that it’s $499. It’s a simple, yet brilliant idea that has gotten lots of promotion online.

It’s takes trending ideas like the “no code” and “open startup” movements and it combines it with Pieter Levels’s 12 Startups, 12 Months project that received a lot of press. Add in a great name that effectively communicates the idea, “LaunchMBA” and it’s a recipe for virality. If any of these startups in the first cohort start making serious money, I can see this community getting very big. Multiple newsletters have promoted the venture already so the idea definitely has traction. I love it!

Business Opportunity: What trending ideas can you mash together for a new business? Make sure you keep up with what is new and take the time to step back and think how the ideas can be combined.

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Opportunities with no-code web development

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The Trends.vc newsletter covers no-code tools this week.

“No-Code tools help you solve well-understood problems. Blogs, online stores, games, marketplaces, mobile apps, and more can be built without writing code.”

It’s getting much easier to build everything online. Tools like Bubble, Webflow, Glide, Airtable, Zapier, IFTT, etc. allow you to build applications and automate online tasks without deep coding skills.

To see what is possible, check out these tutorials on cloning popular sites like AirBnB, EventBright, and Instagram with Bubble.

Instead of hiring expensive developers and spending months to develop a complex app, it is very likely a professional and working application can be built with no-code tools in less than a week.

Business Opportunities:

No-code agencies: I’m seeing more consultants and agencies focusing on no-code app development and Zapier integrations. This is a rapidly growing area that will become even more popular as businesses start to understand they don’t need expensive developers as much.

Re-do SaaS apps with no-code tools: Maintaining and improving various software apps is expensive. There is a big opportunity to shift many SaaS projects to no-code tools to greatly reduce on-going costs.

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