No-Code MVP

Back in November, I launched a fun project called "Road to Scale" (roadtoscale.com) that I built without code. Using Carrd, Zapier, Airtable, Google Sheets & Gmail. My goal was to drive leads to No-Code MVP. 6 months and 20K users later, a Silicon Valley VC acquired it from me.

Also see: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/my-no-code-project-got-acquired-by-a-vc-firm-from-sf-6d46392791

I launched a No-Code marketing product as a way to gather leads for No-Code MVP. "My Startup Name" (http://mystartupname.com) is a free and simple framework to name your next project, startup or business. Launched on Product Hunt and other online groups. Got 6000 visitors and 1000+ downloads (= leads) for the naming guide. Happy with another successful "side-product as marketing" experiment. :)

"My Startup Name" (http://mystartupname.com) is a free and simple framework to name your next project, startup or business.

I was introduced to this simple naming framework a few years ago and decided to include it as a guide in my course.

Now sharing it for free as a side-product to see if I can use "engineering as marketing" as a tactic to have more people discover my course.

The website and file delivery are of course made without code ;)

One of the funnest challenges after making a thing on the internet: the hustle to get some exposure - hello Business Insider 👋

I've signed up to HARO (https://www.helpareporter.com) and replied to a request asking for recommended side business tools. I replied with my 2 favorite #NoCode tools: Carrd & Zapier. Ended up being featured! Not expecting lots of sales but it's a good backlink to my website 🙌

https://www.businessinsider.com/tools-running-side-business-gig-recommended-by-entrepreneurs

Got lots of amazing support and exposure on Twitter the past 2 days (30K+ views on this tweet https://twitter.com/bramk/status/1206991160889270272) and lots of new followers for @nocodemvp - a bit vanity of course but still fun to see the interest - you can't capitalize on everything from day 1 :)

After working on it for a year I'm finally launching my course today! Did about $8000 in pre-sales and just opened it up to everyone. Now it's time to promoted it through my Internet friends, Makerpad, Newsletter and Podcasts - let's see how it goes!

Also about to hit 1000 Twitter followers for it (super vanity but still fun ;) )

With 5 videos left to edit for my course I decided to start an early access pre-sale, offering a 50% discount (or €134.50 instead of €269). Just sold the final seat through Podia and also had 2 Paypal sales for a total of €3630 (or $4000) - super happy!

👋Today I launched a fun side project called "Road to Scale" (roadtoscale.com) that I've built without code. Using Carrd, Zapier, Airtable, Google Sheets & Gmail.

It’s a curated knowledge library with 300+ content items for every stage of your startup journey. So whether you're just starting out with your idea or scaling like crazy, Road to scale has got your back with insightful, practical and useful knowledge you can apply to your startup.

My goal is to use it as a marketing tool for my upcoming course - let's see how that goes :)

I hope you like it, thanks for checking it out 😎🖖

I'm looking to launch my course No-Code MVP (nocodemvp.com) in Q4 and just passed 2500+ pre-launch subscribers. I started building my list at the end of 2017 (featured on BetaList). Shortly after that, I became a father and decided to be a stay-at-home dad because my GF has a very busy job. Did that for a year, and 6 months ago I picked up all the work for this course again as my kid is going to daycare 3 days a week :) Creating the content and videos is a lot of work but I'm really looking forward to put it out there!

Next to BetaList I've built my list through Reddit, Twitter and Linkedin posts. My next goal is to finish all of the content (6 out of 8 chapters are finished) and then put my launch plan into motion. When it's time I'll definitely do a write up here!