From idea to launch in 2.5 hours*
by nocodelifeI recently set myself a goal to launch 10 #nocode projects in the next year. My first, motimate.org, is taking a little while so I felt the urge to prove I could actually launch something,... anything!
My partner and I have a 1-year-old daughter and frequently lament the gender bias that still exists across all forms of media. We asked our Instagram friends for recommendations of books, films, TV shows, podcast, and brands which promote gender-equality and stories of strong independent girls. The response was so good I decided to build a website where people could submit suggestions and view a curated list.
Using airtable.com and table2site.com, both for the first time, I was able to build the site in just 2.5 hours on a Wednesday evening. The slowest part was waiting for my custom domain, feministparent.com, to link correctly to the website, hence the asterisk* in the title of this post. By Friday morning it was up and running, thanks to some helpful customer service from Maarten at Table2Site.
If I get enough signups for the newsletter then my vague monetisation plan is probably affiliate links and newsletter sponsors. If not, at least I'll know I've launched something with the potential for a small positive social impact.
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Thanks for sharing. I agree with the whole notion of "just do it". I feel like there is currently information overload on how to launch a startup, how to scale, and everything in between. You can spend hours, days, weeks, months just reading all the material and not actually getting anything done. A lot of times I have to remind myself to stop researching and "just do it".
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Thanks, I totally agree. It's easy to fall into the trap of consuming all the material and feeling like you're achieving your goals. I've listened to so many podcasts, which have been really useful, but very rarely launched anything. I picked this idea because I'd seen table2site and knew it would be quick and easy to launch, and just the launching gave me a small boost of confidence for the next project.
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I like the idea of trying to launch something in a single evening! That's what we're trying to enable people to do!
Are you an engineer at all or just wanting to avoid coding by all means?
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Yes, exactly. Overthinking and procrastination kills a lot of ideas, so if you can make it imperfectly in one evening then why not go for it! I'm not an engineer, I have minimal technical skills. Would love to code if i could.
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Would it be possible to please share the monthly costs for services being used to build/maintain this? (for example, do you need Airtable Pro to have a formatted input form like the one you're using)
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This is inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, that makes me glad!
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All the best!
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