no-code

James and Adrian content creation, from starting YouTube channels to building communities. Adrian highlights the secrets he’s learned in building a private community and some of the bleeding edge technology that he’s excited about.

Show Notes

[00:00:00] Introduction

[00:01:20] Content creation and community building.

[00:05:09] Image generation in AI.

[00:08:09] AI models evolving in design.

[00:12:13] Low-code, no-code tools.

[00:16:03] Website building efficiency with Wix.

• Wix

[00:20:32] Discord community interactions.

• Merge Web Dev

[00:21:34] AI creating a teams of AIs.

[00:26:18] AI converting photos into 3D.

• YouTube video on Gaussian Splatting

[00:29:20] Creating 3D Models from Photos.

• Luma AI

[00:32:26] AI art and no code.

• Codex Community
• Adrian Twarog YouTube Channel

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EPISODE CREDITS:
Music by Darren King on Soundstripe

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.

Today's episode features a sneak peek of a Fireside Chat we had in our Build In Public Podcast Fellowship on the theme of podcasting and asking great questions. We were thrilled to have Danny Miranda share his insights on this topic.

Danny Miranda is the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast (top 1%), and has talked to the world's greatest entrepreneurs & thinkers like Gary Vee, Seth Godin, Alex Hormozi etc. with over 400 episodes in his channel.

In this interview, Danny and KP delve into all things podcast specifically topics such as:
●     Intro (00:00)
●     Danny’s current content and value-add (02:51)
●     Huge internal struggles as a beginning podcaster (04:30)
●     Realizations that led to start with podcasting (06:12)
●     On consistency and putting in the work (07:43)
●     What do great podcast questions look like (10:20)
●     Bad questions and how to avoid them (11:25)
●     Danny Miranda’s research process, then and now (12:50)
●     Interview prep for celebrity guests (15:00)
●     Keeping the passion (21:10)
●     Dealing with metrics and going beyond them (23:33)
●     Danny’s podcast guest that changed the game for him (27:16)
●     What to do when a guest does not match the energy (31:00)
●     Audio only versus Audio-video podcasts (33:27)
●     On niching down (38:04)
●     Podcast growth analysis (41:12)

Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.

Share your thoughts about this episode.

Thanks for listening!

Links:

Danny’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 

The Art Of Interviewing: https://www.artofinterviewing.com/

Danny’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/dannymiranda

KP’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_

KP's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarthikPuvvadaKP

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.

Today's episode features Tyler Denk, CEO of the multi million dollar start-up Beehiiv - a newsletter platform that helps creators launch, scale, and monetize their newsletters.

He and his co-founders were able to grow Beehiiv to $4M in annual revenue and raise tens of millions of dollars from top-tier investors.

In this interview, Tyler and KP talks about a wide range of topics covering tips, tactics and insights such as:
●     Intro (00:00)
●     Lessons from Tyler’s move from Morning Brew to Google (00:17)
●     What made him take the leap to Google (6:06)
●     On Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief’s relentlessness and leadership traits (10:06)
●     Beehiiv’s origin story (12:06)
●     The behind-the-scenes of building Beehiiv (17:33)
●     Beehiiv’s MVP and its killer features (21:41)
●     Barriers met and insights from building in a saturated category (24:39)
●     What makes Beehiiv different (31:03)
●     Other possibilities for Tyler if it were not building Beehiiv (36:21)
●     The most underrated aspect about newsletters (39:52)
●     Rapid Fire Segment with Tyler Denk (48:08)
●     Steps Beehiiv took in becoming a VC-backed startup (49:41)

Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.

Would love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks for listening!
 
Links:

Tyler’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/denk_tweets
Beehiiv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beehiiv
Behiiv website: https://www.beehiiv.com/
KP’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_

KP's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarthikPuvvadaKP

Matt has lots of momentum on his new blog about render.com and is publishing articles with a goal of shipping a free product.
Marc has taken control of the financials of his company and is doing his own books, and is finding it fun.
The guys talk about financial operations when doing business, difficulties with it and an idea Matt has around bookkeeping.

Mentions:

• PowerImporter
• MemberRow
• dashdashHARD

Marc's Twitter
Matt's Twitter

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.

Today's episode features Lloyed Lobo, an entrepreneur, podcast host and community builder, who experienced the Gulf War as a young refugee in Kuwait, witnessing the strength of communities in evacuating the population to safety.

He is currently the founder of Boast AI -  a software that integrates financial, engineering, and project data to increase the speed, accuracy, and size of eligible tax incentives.

In this interview, Lloyed and KP share their profound thoughts and opinions on various topics such as:
●     Intro (00:00)
●     The Dubai tech scene (01:06)
●     Realizing the power of community (04:42)
●     Company vs Journey vs Destination (10:22)
●     Appreciation for companionship (11:42)
●     How to Build relationships and network (13:50)
●     Advice to first time founders (17:31)
●     How to overcome trust deficit and build customer confidence (21:04)
●     The framework of leveraging community-led growth (21:57)
●     Two kinds of community (27:52)
●     Why a lot of people struggle with consistency (21:01)
●     Finding your purpose as key in community-building (43:35)
●     How to cold pitch for an influential speaker (45:05)
●     What’s next for Lloyed (56:19)

Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.

Thanks for listening!

Links:

Lloyed’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo
Boast AI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoastCapital
From Grassroots to Greatness website: https://www.lloyedlobo.com/
KP’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_
KP's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarthikPuvvadaKP

Today's episode​ is a summary of our top advice on becoming a non-tech founder in this developer-dominated world.

We also cover an update on Laura's WordCamp EU experience and share some news about the future of this podcast. 

We cover:

• Laura's first WordCamp EU experience and overcoming fears about public speaking
• Why Laura thinks non-tech founders should go audience first when launching a product
• Nathan's tips on the importance of finding product-market fit and testing EARLY 
• Our views on bringing on a technical co-founder vs. going it alone
• The question of building a product based on an existing company (e.g. an extension) and whether it's worth it
• Some news about the future of this podcast

This episode is an off-the-cuff one where we decided to do an update on both Nathan and Laura's current state of affairs. We ended up talking about a couple of really interesting topics ranging from managing your time to making your first full-time hire.

We cover:

• How Nathan's doing after his move into a new apartment
• The challenges that come with managing your time when you're in different seasons of life (spoiler: every season has its own issues!)
• What time-boxing is and how Nathan is going to experiment with it to see if he can balance client work with growing his business
• Laura's big update: how she hired her first full-time employee (!)
• Musings about why in-person everything seems to work better – even for introverts

I (Laura) mentioned a couple of episodes of the Diary of a CEO podcast. If anyone wants to give them a listen, here they are: 

•  No.1 Habit & Procrastination Expert: We've Got ADHD Wrong! Break Any Habit And Never Be Distracted 
•  10 Life-changing Lessons From The Longest Study Ever On Human Happiness 

In this episode we delve into finding product market fit as a solo, non-tech founder – preferably as early and with as little up-front investment as possible. 

We cover: 

• What exactly product market fit is – and how we define it
• The three stages to determining product market fit (market research, creating an MVP, and looking for signs of traction) 
• How we think about product market fit for Client Portal and Feature Flux 
• Subtle signs that might indicate that you don't have product market fit (even if everyone is saying that you do) 
• Key considerations that every solo founder should keep in mind when determining product market fit
• The least risky (but not necessarily fastest) way to build a SaaS with product market fit

In this episode Nathan and Laura talk about setting goals (and why they’re so important), splitting your work into sprints, and taking regular time off. 

We cover:

• Why goals are so important – and how to set them correctly 
• How many goals should you have at a time? And how do you accurately measure a success or failure? 
• How sprints have changed my (Laura's) business for the better 
• How I set up my sprints and track them with my goals 
• Taking sabbaticals: why you should even if you don't feel like you can

The guys talk through the incredible innovation that is ChatGPT and what it means for emerging software engineers.
When everyone has a calculator, should we bother learning long division?

This episode is all about running a business at home with kids: how to balance work life with home life – when they're both in the same physical space. 

We cover:

• Does age matter? What are the different challenges between an infant/toddler vs. an older child? 
• How to fit work around extracurricular activities
• Is having a lifestyle business setting an unrealistic expectation for your child? 
• How to ruthlessly prioritise your schedule with sprints
• Why regular 'sabbaticals' are even more important when you're juggling work and kids

This week we talk about building and running a SaaS during a recession: what you can do and how you can not only survive but thrive.

We detail a popular Twitter thread by Patrick Campbell (who built – and sold –  ProfitWell ). This thread is basically the blueprint for what I'm (Laura 👋) working on with Client Portal, so it seemed like a good idea to run through some of the ideas and how we are implementing them in our businesses. 

We cover:

• Why you should focus more on existing customers than new customers and some simple strategies to increase your profits.
• How offering a lower discount can actually prevent churn and make you more money.
• The benefits and drawbacks of freemium – and who should consider it.
• Why you should focus on building a community and helping people – even if they're not ready to buy.
• Should you go after your competitor's customers? 
• Playing the long game. How you can plant the right seeds now and harvest them later.

This week, Nathan and Laura deep-dive into the topic of Education as Marketing.

In the age of #buildinpublic, good old-fashioned marketing seems to have gone the way of the dodo. Is there still value in this tried and tested method of attracting customers?

We think there probably is... but we could be wrong.

Client Portal
Badass: Making Users Awesome
Nontechpodcast (Twitter)

In this episode of the podcast, Laura and Nathan delve into the topic of launching a new SaaS (Software as a Service) and discuss important considerations around timing, product readiness, and generating interest. They explore questions such as, "When is the right time to launch a new SaaS?" and "How polished does it need to be before launch?"

Client Portal
Feature Flux
The Transistor Journey
The Lab

Today’s episode is the first in our ask an expert series. This is a bit experimental but the idea is that for some episodes we will bring in experts on specific topics to essentially co-host the podcast with us. This week we chatted with Brennan Dunn. Brennan is one of the brightest minds when it comes to email automation. He's successfully built and run multiple businesses using email automation as the backbone for growth.

So, if you want to learn how to get started with email automation or grow your business further, check out today's episode.

https://createandsell.co/
https://palladio.dev/
https://rightmessage.com/
https://twitter.com/brennandunn
https://convertkit.com/
https://client-portal.io/
Feature Flux

Corey shares some learnings on startup taxes. Chris shares how the recent growth of the Jetboost team is going and what he’s learning from that. They also discuss SaaS team account architecture, user onboarding email sequences, churn trends in 2023, and of course, they have to talk about ChatGPT.

Ask us a question →

Notable mentions:

• Andrew from FlowPhantom
• Pieter Levels tweet on Google fumbling AI
• Derrick’s blog: Ship Small, Ship Fast
• MusicLM
• More podcasts for bootstrappers

Learn more about their businesses:

• Default Alive Ventures
• Swipe Files
• Jetboost
• SwipeWell

Follow them on Twitter:

• @coreyhainesco
• @c_spags

Show Notes

Show notes and a full transcript of this episode is available at opsy.work/podcast.

Connect with us

Are you an opsy person in tech? Join our community at Opsy.work.

Caro Griffin is on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Kelli Smith is on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Being a non-technical founder brings its own unique set of struggles. And one of the areas that we always seem to struggle with is hiring a good developer.

Today Laura and Nathan talk about their experiences in hiring developers. They share their thoughts on some best practices you can follow and how to get the most out of your time with your new hire.

If you have any additional tips, send them to us on Twitter. 

Forefront Agency
Client Portal
Feature Flux

A special shoutout and thank you to Yoren Chang for showing Laura what working with a fantastic developer looks like. 

Is it possible to build a product business while working full-time? What about while freelancing? Both are possible, but both have their pros and cons. Laura and Nathan go in-depth on how they built their products while working full-time, going freelance, and growing a family. 

They look at partner accountability, going it 100% alone and how to put in the hours without going insane.

Does age play a part in how you build a product on the side? Are you capable of working 12+ hours a day? Or do you only have an hour here and there? Listen in to find out how we did it and continue to do it.

ps. Laura has a great suggestion on how to plan your week if you're a freelancer!

Links.

Nusii
Rob Walling
Feature Flux