I Built a Software Startup in 24 hours (i'm tired)

I have 24 hours... to build a Startup.. with NO CODE in Bubble 😲

After a month of creative tutor the experiment was shut down. Here is the email I sent out to everyone that signed up :) thanks for being a part of it! You learn A LOT when you DO.👇

AMAZING Blender / 3D artists
Killer Blender artist who does renders of unreleased tech
Absolute masters in Davinci Resolve
Expert in Web Development

✨if you're curious, here are some observations from the experiment✨

MOST of the 170+ that signed up wanted to be a tutor. Marketplaces can be tough since you need to find harmony between both buyers and sellers as well as pricing. I wanted to keep the tutors heavily curated but it turns out most people don't need the absolute best of the best for tutors since that comes at a higher cost. When it comes to learning technical skills many "students" rather buy a course that they can move through at their own pace or book a tutor at a $20-$50/hr rate.

However, since I promoted this to my audience I had a lot of great tutor sessions with you all! Biggest shocker for me - many didn't actually care about the technicalities of video editing. Even though I feel like I can offer A LOT in that department, people were more curious about my thoughts on their NoCode startup, the biggest pain points for working creators, reviewing their YouTube channel and general branding advice. They also said they would have paid much more for the 1 on 1. My initial assumptions were honestly WAY OFF.

The whole "consulting" world might be on to something huh.. I guess don't knock it til you try it right? I thought I gave some decent advice and I had fun! I probably learned as much myself as the "students".

I am still a BIG BELIEVER in seeking out experts when you are first learning a skill. Starting a new project by just googling things can sometimes hit a wall. So the key is to make sure you have specific questions for the expert to answer. What you might learn in months can be condensed into an hour. I will still be DMing random creatives asking how much I can pay them for an hour of their time on Zoom (lol).

No matter HOW you learn I'm just glad yal are out there learning and putting creative work OUT!
- Sara

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[al-asadi]

as a developer I am cringing, but as a person who is always learning new things this is actually a great idea/tool, good luck!

[yytambaya]

To people that want to start their career in tech, software engineering is more than learning a programming language. We have many aspects that are not programming
1. Data Structures and Algorithms
2. UI/UX Design
3. Design Patterns
4. Programming Paradeims
5. Design Principles
7. System Design Architecture
8. Programming language

So, you can see how even knowing a particular language doesn't make you a software engineer talkless of learning a no-code tool. No-code is just a way to start learning one of these 8 or even more software engineering concepts

[ArturoJReal]

I’d watch a whole season of these 24 hour challenges! They’re so well-paced and inspiring!!

[VanessapPT]

low-code/no code has been the worse experience I ever had in software. I was obligated to use it for healthcare for 5y and putting apps into production and it's not reliable at all. you end up taking way more time to do something that could take you a week with normal code (plus the wrist pain you will get from all the drag and drops and clicks, etc). It does not scale, breaks easily between new updates, you will always be dependent on the vendor, you need to learn how their invented implementation logic works, and the tool developers don't even know what the tool can do at some point because the complexity will increase exponentially and stuff breaks in between. nothing will assure you these tools will still exist in 2-3y due to the complexity of use and maintenance and you will very likely lose your work. I call it more of a management dream (those who don't even touch it) and a developer nightmare. These things have a huge tech debt in the background. if you use it for simple things, like a personal page, tools such as Wix without much logic are fine or use WordPress, otherwise, you're just putting yourself in a hole of problems without necessity. Instead of investing time in learning these low code stuff, take the time to learn proper logic and programming, will be way more useful and better for you.

[priultimus]

5:56 "You can't just learn one language and you're good to go" I imagine javascript right now glared at you very hard.

[marcellkovacs]

4:30 the universal gesture of fixing tech issues 😂

[bob_kazamakis]

No-code solutions should be avoided if your company gets any traction and you start gaining a considerable customer base. You wind up just creating a lot of technical debt and you rely way too heavily on tools that aren’t designed to scale well.

Feel free to design a MVP in one to show the engineer what you want functionally and to get feedback, but you set yourself up for a ton of failure when they stop supporting their no code app, change pricing structure, or you can’t scale to your needs.

Source: SE that has had to rewrite A LOT of no/low code solutions for customers into something real because they just don’t scale or work forever.

[designthedays]

Bubble seems to be an awesome solution for initial testing and launching an MVP!

[mflotron]

This is awesome! I freaking love that you made a video on No Code! I launched a business last year using Bubble and am currently working on developing my 2nd, a SaaS in the livestream space. It is so powerful once you learn enough it’s crazy!

[WilliamComartin]

As a Software Developer, Bubble looked super cool, but Sharetribe is not actually a "No Code" tool, it seems a lot more like a CMS (Content Management System) which is fine but its not in the same space.

[carloscampo]

Wow. Your sponsors are top notch big companies Sara. Congrats.

In all reality, a startup cannot function without proper IT -to create new features, make custom adjustments and pivot fast if needed.

However, for testing, iterations and small size MVP for the initial hundreds or even thousands of customers, no code solutions could work.

[SimonHoiberg]

Absolutely loved this 🤩
We all had to go through this struggle!

[illuminated]

Lovely. Very lovely!

And Sara, don’t sit in a dark room lit only by your monitor, it is bad for your eyes. Turn a light on!

[chidorirasenganz]

I would recommend framer over Webflow or Bubble for building a website or web app. Much easier learning curve and better layout engine

[codeSTACKr]

Great idea and problem solving skills! That is exactly what programming is all about.

[michaelch]

What a great idea! Hoping CreativeTutor Takes off!

[ono]

you did a great job, if you want to be an entrepreneur then you should care too much about coding and care about iterating and producing mvp fast and then with the revenue or series A fund you can hire a team to take care of the stuff .
you did a really great job, well done

[ZachShurtz]

I REALLY like this series Sara, it's enjoyable to watch and motivational to help all us creatives try to learn new things because that's what we all do all the time as creatives! haha good work Sara looking forward to the next challenge you do!

[michaelmuller]

Absolutely love that you're doing so much cool stuff

[Avalanche]

Sarah is pushing me to look at bubble again and now I must build my idea.