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Last updated: 25/3/2023
No-Code Cheatsheet
Founder's Guide To No-Code on how to build products without needing a technical co-founder.
It's important to do everything you can to increase the odds of your success. One way that I've found to guarantee success for any new software product is to start with a no-code MVP.
So basically, it goes like this;
You have a great idea. And now you ask, What should I do next?
In old days, you'd record all of those ideas, hand those over to a development team who would then spend a year or two to create your product, and then give it back to you and it may or may not work. One of the problems with this approach is that your priorities that change over time, that's a big, awesome feature that you're so passionate about, in the beginning, may not be that valuable once you actually get the final solution and another problem with this approach is that it's so expensive, you have to invest a ton of money upfront to pay all these developers and then you also have to invest all of your time.
“ We're talking about months and months of meetings and works for us to try and finish this product.” But those two compare things to the biggest problem and that is that you have no idea if this product is actually going to be a success.
It is like you essentially are going into a casino throwing down 10s of 1000s of dollars, if not hundreds of 1000s of dollars and placing a bet will others like the products will it make you any money you don't know? Well, I'm here to say don't do that start with an MVP, and MVP is the most basic form of your product.
There are two criteria that I have for this it needs to be useful and unique. To help determine what should be in your MVP. You can ask a question like this,
what is the one thing that your app must do and what makes your product different and more useful than other solutions that are already out there? With this very focused version of your app, you can quickly test the hypothesis of what other people are looking for and quickly pivot based on their feedback. But the most powerful part of starting with an MVP is that you are guaranteeing yourself success by investing a small amount of time and money upfront to validate your idea. You're creating for yourself a win-win scenario. You see if your MVP flops and nobody uses it. Well, then you can learn from that experience and take all the money that you saved and invest that into another project. That is a win. And if your MVP is a hit, then you can invest more into the project with confidence, knowing that you're making a smart financial decision. That's another winner.
So starting with an MVP guarantees your success and creates this win-win scenario. But having gotten to the best part, you can now create your MVP faster than ever with no code. No code platforms allow you to launch your product without ever having to touch the code. This is a beautiful thing because it's doing two things. One is removing the barrier to entry so anyone can go to these new platforms and build and launch their own product all on their own to its making it faster than ever to launch these products. I regularly leverage these no-code tools to launch MVP.
How no-code can help you in building your MVP?
Have you ever had an idea or a feature in mind, and wanted to create an MVP to gather user feedback, and then show your team and investors its potential. But you couldn't because of challenges like;
- Budgets are tight
- Limited Resources
- Developer not free
By using No-Code to build MVPs, you can solve these challenges as it is not only fast and easy but also now you are able to get immediate feedback on your hypothesis and get a better understanding of customers and the product-market fit at a minimum cost. But How?
- No dependency on developers With No-Code tools you will be able to build applications simply by dragging and dropping software components and bringing MVPs to life. You won’t need to be dependent on the technical teams to build or develop the MVP.
- Hypothesis testing By doing hypothesis testing, you can experiment and get immediate feedback. Validate your assumptions and quickly discover whether the solution is helping to solve the customer's problem.
- Launch MVPs Faster MVPs can be launched in a week instead of taking 4 to 6 months with minimal features. These reduce the risk of building everything, feedback can be gotten more quickly. Once the feedback is received, actions can be taken.
- Complete Control over MVP You have complete control over the MVP as there is no dependency. You can learn more about your customers and analyze if the problems are getting resolved using the MVP.
- Learn about your Customer The idea is to understand the market and whether there is a need for such a product. You learn more about end-users. You know what they want, how they use these products and how to improve the concept.
- Saves Time Save a lot of time by not having to write complex lines of code for a pilot MVP of your product/service.
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With Stacker, you can build custom tools, internal tools, custom CRM or partner apps.
If you are entering the no-code space today, it can be extremely overwhelming with tools and platforms adding to the list every day. Today, there are many tools that look similar, offering similar services addressing the same problem and audience. This can be discouraging to new founders and turn them away from no-code.
"Please consider this as a 101 towards building your venture/next venture or side hustle in a new visual way of doing things"
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Building no-code MVP: From Idea to Venture without writing a single line of code.
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- How to build your MVP with no-code tools?
- No-code tools to Build, Launch and Scale your Start-Up 🚀
- What and How Startups can “Automate” to scale?
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No-Code Tools
| Name | Tags | URL |
|---|---|---|
Allo | Project / Product Management | |
Taskade | Project / Product Management | |
Clickup | Project / Product Management | |
Miro | Project / Product ManagementProductivity | |
Trello | Project / Product ManagementProductivityAutomationData + Analytics | |
Docparser | Project / Product ManagementData + AnalyticsProductivity | |
Calendly | Project / Product Management | |
Mailparser | Project / Product ManagementData + AnalyticsProductivity | |
Notion | Project / Product ManagementProductivity | |
Obviously AI | Project / Product ManagementData + Analytics | |
Coda | Project / Product ManagementData + AnalyticsProductivity | |
Airtable | Project / Product ManagementData + AnalyticsOperationsProductivityAutomation | |
FormStack | Project / Product ManagementProductivity | |
Array | Project / Product ManagementMobile App BuilderProductivity | |
Testimonials.to | Operations | |
Shoutout.so | Operations | |
Feather | Operations | |
Name Checkr | Operations | |
StreamYard | OperationsProductivity | |
Notioninvoice | OperationsData + AnalyticsProductivity | |
Notionlytics | OperationsData + AnalyticsProductivity | |
NotionMetrics | OperationsData + AnalyticsProductivity | |
Substack | OperationsEmail MarketingMarketing + Growth | |
Ko-Fi | Operations | |
Buy Me A Coffee | Operations | |
Linktree | OperationsMarketing + Growth | |
Buffer | OperationsProject / Product Management | |
Wavve | OperationsMarketing + Growth | |
Unsplash | Operations | |
Ghost | OperationsProductivitySalesMarketing + Growth | |
Casual | OperationsAutomationData + Analytics | |
Passbase | Operations | |
Paragon | Operations | |
Zoho Suite | OperationsProject / Product ManagementProductivityEmail MarketingAutomationSales | |
Google Suite | OperationsProject / Product ManagementProductivityEmail MarketingAutomation | |
Glide | OperationsWeb App BuilderMobile App Builder | |
Autocode | OperationsAutomation | |
Parabola | Operations | |
Bubble | OperationsMobile App BuilderWebsite BuilderWeb App Builder | |
Clay | Operations | |
X.ai | Operations | |
Adalo | OperationsWebsite BuilderWeb App Builder | |
Kissflow | OperationsProject / Product ManagementData + Analytics | |
TillyPay | Operations | |
Retool | OperationsProductivityCustomer Support | |
Weglot | Operations | |
Zapier | OperationsAutomationProductivity | |
Billflow | OperationsPayment Processing | |
AwesomeTable | OperationsData + Analytics | |
Stacker | OperationsData + Analytics | |
Flatfile | Data + Analytics | |
Stastout | Data + AnalyticsOperations | |
Pirsch | Data + Analytics | |
Clearbit | Data + Analytics | |
8base | Data + Analytics | |
Coinfu.io | Data + Analytics | |
Stackby | Data + Analytics | |
Documate | Data + Analytics | |
Internal | Data + Analytics | |
Intersect Labs | Data + Analytics | |
Rows | Data + Analytics | |
Moosend | Email Marketing | |
Mailchimp | Email MarketingMarketing + GrowthOperations | |
Typeform | Email MarketingData + AnalyticsProductivityMarketing + Growth | |
Email Octopus | Email MarketingMarketing + GrowthCustomer Support | |
ConvertKit | Email Marketing | |
Outseta | Email Marketing | |
Revue | Email Marketing | |
Involve.me | Email MarketingProductivity | |
Vev | Email Marketing | |
MailerLite | Email Marketing | |
YAMM | Email MarketingProductivity | |
Pico | Email Marketing | |
Triggre | ProductivityOperationsWeb App Builder | |
Visme | ProductivityOperations | |
Yac | Productivity | |
Integromat | ProductivityAutomation | |
Vokal | Marketing + GrowthOperations | |
Coverr | Marketing + Growth | |
Abyssale | Marketing + GrowthOperations | |
MemberStack | Marketing + GrowthMemberships | |
JotForm | Marketing + GrowthCustomer Support | |
Hubspot | Marketing + GrowthData + AnalyticsEmail MarketingCustomer SupportSalesWebsite Builder | |
MemberSpace | Marketing + GrowthMemberships | |
Tally Forms | Marketing + GrowthCustomer SupportEmail Marketing | |
Luma | Marketing + GrowthProductivity | |
Active Campaign | Customer Support | |
Joonbot | Customer Support | |
Landbot | Customer Support | |
Drip | Customer Support | |
Shopify | SalesE-Commerce | |
Chargebee | SalesPayment Processing | |
Reply.io | Sales | |
GumRoad | SalesPayment Processing | |
Stripe | SalesPayment Processing | |
Heyflow | SalesMarketing + Growth | |
IFTTT | AutomationProductivity | |
Pory.io | Web App BuilderWebsite Builder | |
Softr | Web App BuilderWebsite Builder | |
Umso | Website Builder | |
Squarespace | Website Builder | |
Bildr | Website BuilderMobile App BuilderWeb App Builder | |
Swipe Pages | Website Builder | |
Instapage | Website Builder | |
Dorik | Website Builder | |
Unstack | Website Builder | |
Umso | Website Builder | |
Carrd | Website Builder | |
Webflow | Website BuilderWeb App Builder | |
Unicorn | Website Builder | |
Potion | Website Builder | |
Super | Website Builder | |
TypeDream | Website Builder | |
AppSheet | Mobile App Builder | |
Draftbit | Mobile App Builder | |
Thunkable | Mobile App Builder | |
Shoutem | Mobile App Builder | |
Gravit Designer | Design | |
Snappa | Design | |
Big Commerce | E-Commerce |
The best part of using the no-code tool is you can still test and use most of the traditional software development principles and ship your product in record time without writing a single line of code.
Real-life use cases
Best real-life use cases can be explained through "productised service".
What is productised service?
How to build productised service using no-code?
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