Today marks 5 years in #nocode & 8 years in startups.
Here are 10 reflection points.
Disclaimer: no sales or ask at the end.
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1/10 - Customers don't care about your tech stack. They just want an easy and frictionless experience.
To this end, they expect industry level UX.
2/10 - Investors don't care about your tech stack either. They are more interested in you, your team and your track record.
3/10 - Even if you're a coder, using #nocode tools such as @bubble is the smartest way to test new ideas. The golden triangle -> fast, cheap & good is actually attainable with this strategy.
My advice > prove your idea via whatever metric makes sense by reverting to previous tweet. This will probably take you months.
In 5 years, I've come cross 0 instances of scaling issues.
5/10 - The no.1 problem I see in the #nocode community today is people releasing idea after idea without actually trying to build a sustainable business. "I've released 25 products this year" is not a badge of honour.
Less is more in this regard. Give yourself a bit more time.
6/10 - Cognitive bias can skew ill researched ideas.
Rather than "I have a brilliant idea" find a niche set of people & let them tell you if it's "a brilliant idea" or not. This excludes family, friends & coworkers
Startup life is hard. That's what makes is cool.
7/10 - I have the utmost respect for #coders. They build our tools and enable our livelihoods. I see a world where tech teams are 1/3 coders and 2/3 nocoders working together to build the future. 🙌
R e s p e c t
8/10 - If you're just getting started in #nocode, congrats and welcome to the startup scene. Ideally you're bringing across some domain experience. If so, start there.
9/10 - Not all products need to launch on Product Hunt. You need to define who your customers are & how to reach them directly.
If you can't define this, you might encounter a distribution problem. That might require ad money & investment. Build this into your plan.
10/ 10 - Being early in any industry or movement presents outsized opportunities.
With that in mind, start dabbling in Web 3. Mass adoption is around the corner. Ignore the press in this regard, they are usually not experts.