That you really don’t need a lot of time or money to validate a market. FounderGigs was sparked by a tweet. I couldn’t let the opportunity pass me so I stayed up super late one night building it and when we launched we had around 800 sign ups within 72 hours.
I spent 1,000+ hours talking with 150+ No-code Founders, who have generated millions of dollars with their businesses without actually writing code.
How are they doing it?
I spent years researching and building on what they do. I wrote The Lean Side Project so you can build and launch your product.
FounderGigs is a job board and talent marketplace for founders or early startup employees to find part time and hourly roles with other startups.
That you really don’t need a lot of time or money to validate a market. FounderGigs was sparked by a tweet. I couldn’t let the opportunity pass me so I stayed up super late one night building it and when we launched we had around 800 sign ups within 72 hours.
Reference links of how to build in public:
Step 1 https://twitter.com/heyalexfriedman/status/1436766681402126336
Step 2
https://twitter.com/heyalexfriedman/status/1438231197486825474
This is a video about #172: Foundergigs - How to go from idea to app in 5 hours
14 Things I learned going from idea to launching an app to product market fit in 48 hours.
00:00 #173
This is video is #173 No-code Teardown:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vprq3FdafRg
01:00 Intro to the Maker Alex Friedman
02:00 How to build in public and why would you want to do that? Momentum is a massive lever to use when building. No-code helps you pull that lever.
03:00 Why I believe prototyping is dead. Get higher fidelity off feedback and actually build the thing
04: Using no-code + build in public is an unbeatable combo. It allows you. to market your product and be the builder at the same time.
06: Stack of no-code tools used to create this job board and web app
06: Preview of Softr.io and what types of products that you can build with it
06: How does the backend CMS work for building a basic webapp with Softr.io? We preview Airtable.com
07: The third part of the stack is Typeform to take in information and automate workflows from it
07: What. is Founder Gigs and what problem does it solve? How did Alex discover this problem?: https://twitter.com/heyalexfriedman/status/1436766681402126336
08: Landing page teardown.
09: Product management opportunity. How could we increase conversion for our app? What element I think is missing to do A/B test to see if it increases conversions. How do you find a way to increase conversion?
10: Using a dynamic filterable list with Softr.io
13: How to use Typeform.com to drive the workflow of your app and better to use than a native form builders that come standard with most website builders.
16: How can you apply no-code automations to your product setup. I talk about how to setup automations using Typeform, Airtable and Softr.io to rapidly decrease your operational time spend to manage your product.
19: What happens when a large audience + building in public + no-code all come together.
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