The NoCode SaaS Podcast

In this episode we discuss:

• Updates on our projects
• Why Kieran voluntarily switched Yep from a legacy price plan to one of Bubble’s new plans
• Ways to optimise workload units
• Why James has enjoyed doing a bit of freelancing
• UI kits are good
• James’ plans for the future of Userloop
• A new SaaS idea Kieran’s building
• AI chatbots and fine tuning GPT3.5
• Bubble’s new reusable elements feature

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This week we talk about exciting upcoming events in the Bubble & NoCode ecosystem. We also discuss why you should consider using a UI Kit to build your app in Bubble.

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Sadly Glenn has had to take a break from the podcast due to other commitments so in this episode you're just left with James and Kieran discussing their updates.

• James talks marketing, including updating his marketing site, adding a new product category, and launching new features.
• He also goes into detail about how he thinks about marketing, tracking its impact, and the analytics he uses.
• Kieran bemoans his lack of product-market fit and talks about potentially launching some more products.
• He discusses the sectors he's been looking at and how he's approached doing research.
• Kieran also talks about Bubble freelancing and how he manages to get clients.
• Finally we discuss upcoming no-code events in Paris and New York!

What we're working on:

Glenn (on hiatus) is working on NoCode Kids, a learning management system to teach kids about no-code, built on Webflow.

• James talks about escaping Shopify platform risk and diversifying his app with an embeddable version.
• We talk about learning and overcoming the fear of new things.
• Glenn announces the launch of his new project!
• Kieran gives an update on his price increase and talks about a voice-powered AI site builder he built.

What we're working on:

Glenn's SaaS is NoCode Kids, a learning management system to teach kids about no-code, built on Webflow, and

In this episode:

• James talks about partnerships and how they're helping him to grow Userloop
• We discuss the Bubble pricing change at length, and how it affects us.
• Glenn talks about his new project.
• Kieran talks about increasing prices on Yep.

What we're working on:

Glenn's SaaS is NoCode Kids, a learning management system to teach kids about no-code, built on Webflow.

In this episode James announces his big news as he reflects on the past 5 years and how he got to where he is today. We also discuss B2C vs B2B and how people like Pieter Levels (@levelsio on Twitter) and Danny Postma (@dannypostmaa on Twitter) have managed to crack the code with B2C using AI to great advantage but is it worth the risk chasing that big win?

Whilst mentioning Simon Høiberg (@SimonHoiberg on YouTube) we talk about how the best use of AI is fast becoming the role of an assistant in your app and so NoCoders are keenly jumping into the new ChatGPT API to see how they might add some killer features to their apps. James states how important AI will become in his SaaS product moving forwards with some really juicy early insights from his experimentation from which we can all learn.

Another drop-the-mic moment from James comes in the form of Tiny Bird and how it has transformed James's ability to process vast amounts of data in his NoCode solution. Definitely one worth learning about for anyone recording 100's of 1000's, even millions of rows of data in a database, but one which you need to query in a performant manner.

Kieran tells us about his experience with website/app roasting-as-a-service which he found very useful despite his reservations and so maybe more of us should be hiring roasters to help us to see the woods rather than the trees?

And, naturally, Kieran has started to delve into ChatGPT too and is considering how he could leverage it inside Yep.so

Glenn mentions an organisation called Big Change who are supplying grants to early stage ideas which are aiming to bring about transformation in the British education system and so, naturally, he has applied for recognition for his work he is doing with NoCode Kids. Let's see if they appreciate his ideas on teaching NoCode to kids in the school setting - watch this space.

What we're working on

In this episode James is away but Kieran, and Glenn talk about what they have been working on since the start of 2023. Note: this episode was recorded on 21 Jan 2023 and is late to be added (Glenn apologises for its lateness!).

After a long month of heads down work, Kieran reveals that he has launched his new course for people wanting to REALLY level up their Bubble skills. He takes his students on a journey from a blank screen to having a fully featured SaaS app which they could use to run a business if they so wish. We discuss who this course is intended for, why it packs so much value into it, and how the course + the accompanying Bubble app you can get with the course can be used in so many ways.

Glenn then discusses his very positive experience with using Wized v2 to launch the second version of his MVP for NoCode Kids. Overall, he's very impressed and pleased with his choice of tech stack for now and for the future of NCK. He then goes on to introduce his idea for a community he is building and why he believes it is so important based on his own experiences of being "in community" online. Watch this space for more details on that one but he's very excited about its potential for impacting NoCoders anyway 😉

What we're working on

In this episode James, Kieran, and Glenn meet for the first time ever (!) in a swanky recording studio in SOHO, London. We talk about our respective experiences of 2022 by doing a quick year-in-review but we also express how grateful we are for our customers, for the people with whom we have worked, collaborated and met along the journey.

In this episode James, Kieran, and Glenn talk about going full-time as a no-code maker at a time of economic uncertainty, James discusses his experience playing around with Xano as a potential external database, and we ponder Twitter's existential crisis.

What we're working on

In this episode James and Glenn talk about building in public, James talks about using code to escape platform risk, and Glenn gives his updates on NoCodeKids with thoughts on subscription models and using Xano as an external database.

What we're working on

In this episode Kieran talks about his new SaaS MVP and the terrible concept of domain-first ideas, James talks about his recent focus on high-touch product demos and sales calls with potentially huge customers, and Glenn discusses the recent big news for Webflow users.

What we're working on

In this episode Glenn is away, so James and Kieran give their updates and discuss a variety of topics including:

• Reducing early customer churn
• Learning from your customers
• Freemium plans or free trials?
• Pricing experiments
• Do people care about validating their ideas?
• Potential pivots
• Marketplace functionality

What we're working on

In this episode we give updates on our progress since the last episode and discuss different types of marketing from in-app marketing to content and SEO.

What we're working on

In this episode we give updates on our progress since the last episode and discuss platform risk in the no-code space.

What we're working on