From No-code To Getting $100K From Jason Calacanis
Hey,
We're launching our first code version of Orapa on Product Hunt today: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/orapa-2-0
Here is our Journey:
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I launched Orapa on August 2020 (alone). I first tried to sell the thing before even thing of building (note: I have a sales background). So I guess it was fairly easy for me.
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We won the Pioneer Tournament in October. (any fellow Pioneers here?)
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In November my CTO and cofounder joined. And he started to work full-time on getting the code version to the market. (tip: VCs still want to see real tech aka code)
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In November - started fundraising. This is hard!
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In December, I cold email Jason Calacanis - the legendary angel that investing in Uber, Calm, Robinhood,
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In January we got a check from Jason.
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congrats!
sounds like a good "how it started/how it's going" tweet :-)
That's really great, Congrats. Can you share the details of the email you sent?
Did you use a template? Did you include a deck?
Thanks
That's awesome, congrats! I've been a long time listener of Jason's This Week in Startups podcast.
Well done!
Awesome work @stanrym! Congrats on the raise and well done! I would love to tap into your insights speak interview you for a no-code project I am building myself. Can you commit 30min of your time over the next couple of days?
Amazing journey so far, super inspiring! I've just completed my own MVP no-code app (a few more testing iterations to go) and am trying to figure out what is the next best step.
From your own experience of building a no-code to "real" code, was this decision purely because of funding or were there other reasons? I'm currently assessing if my app should stay no-code or not.
Nice job Stan! Way to go!