B) Use cases
- Advanced and more UI-friendly excel
- Easily collect data using an intuitive form
- Neatly present the data on your website in intuitive layouts
2/ DB & Information websites (contd.)
C) Example
- To help individuals laid off due to COVID, we built a page listing those who could be hired: flexiple.com/covid-layoff-h…
D) Alternatives
- Tools like Sheet2site, Table2site work well with Airtable to make quick websites
B) Use cases
- Build beautiful custom layouts without Code
- Leverage its "CMS" to make numerous automated pages
- Use particularly if you are a designer and want to implement custom design to pixel perfection
B) Use cases
- Automate recurring manual effort
- Store data in CRM, send automated mails, integrate tools, etc.
- @zapier is more intuitive but costly, @integromat has a steeper learning curve but handles complex cases
4/ Automate workflows (contd.)
C) Example
- Almost all our dynamic flows are handled by Zapier or Integromat. User signup -> storing their data in our db -> sending them a mail
B) Use cases
- To convert your static website to have signups/logins and to also manage SAAS memberships
- Restrict content or pages to only paid users
5/ Login and membership systems (contd.)
C) Example
- We built a dashboard for new projects viewing, sharing invoices, etc. using the above set of tools:
B) Use cases
- Job-boards, marketplaces, internal tools => build varied applications using its "workflows" & database
- Quite self-sufficient and removes the need to depend on other tools
- Responsive design is a not the best
6/ Complex web-based product (contd.)
C) Example
- Our internal tool is entirely built on top of Bubble and saves ~160 human hours per month (has sensitive data, so can't share video)
D) Alternatives:
- Adalo, Glide: More suited for mobile apps (discussed next)
B) Use cases
- Build complex mobile apps with a simple drag & drop functionality
- Automate user actions with in-built workflows
- Use their own DB or even GoogleSheets to store data
7/ Mobile apps (contd.)
C) Example
- Not used these products myself, but a really cool example is of the apps made to help organise & share COVID resources with people: covidresource.glideapp.io
D) Alternatives
- No credible alternatives that I know of
That's it for this thread - start building great products!
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While founders aimed for unicorn status, Paras’s goal was to earn Rs. 50,000/ month from Wingify.
Today, Wingify: 1. Revenue = Rs 155 Cr 2. Profits = Rs 51.5 Cr
All with ZERO VC funding!
Here’s a masterclass in startup lessons by Paras👇
1/ Catching the entrepreneurial bug
When Paras was a kid, his dad bought him a computer. And, instead of games, Paras went straight to coding.
In 8th grade, he built and published projects on the web and set up a donation button.
Soon, he was earning 5-6k/mo 😮
2/ Learning by doing
Come college time, Paras chose Biotechnology - not Computer Science as one might expect.
Yet, he continued to buildd startups: 1. He'd come up with an idea 2. Spend sleepless nights building it 3. Publish it online 4. Then, he'd wait to go viral.