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In this conversation, Ben discusses the intersection of low/no code tools and AI. He shares his experience in the low/no code space and how it relates to the current trends in large language models (LLMs) and AI. Ben highlights the democratization of software development and the ability for non-technical founders to build functional products using low/no code tools. He also explores the suitability of different industries for low/no code tools and the potential for AI integration. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the creation of MakerPad using low/no code tools and the benefits it offers to individuals without coding experience. Ben Tossell discusses his journey of building Makerpad, a tutorial platform for no-code tools, and its acquisition by Zapier. He shares his transition to a lifestyle business and the launch of Ben's Bites, an AI-focused newsletter. Ben also talks about his investments in AI startups and the challenges startups face when competing with large organizations. He highlights exciting companies in the AI space.

In this episode, we discuss what happens after you sell your company. Ben sold his company to Zapier in 2021 for an undisclosed amount, but it was enough for Ben to retire from working. We discussed why he sold the company, what he did in the first year, and the wave of emotions he felt after selling the company. We also talked about how he spent the money and what he's investing in today. I also picked his brain on how he's building an AI Assistant. GUEST Ben Tossell writes an AI Newsletter, Ben's Bites, and invests in early-stage AI startups. He was previously the founder of Makerpad, a no-code education site, which was acquired by Zapier. He also just launched a new community called Acquired Founders. LINKS Ben Tossell Ben's Bites Acquired Founders PODCAST The Karnjanaprakorn Show is where I explore ideas across life, startups, and technology. As the former founder of Skillshare, I am now following my curiosity as I figure out my next thing. This show follows that journey, exploring topics like longevity, emerging technologies, living a fulfilling life, and more. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 12:49 Why Sell 19:16 First Year 25:07 Stay or Leave 35:19 Money, Spending, Investing 45:53 AI Executive Assistant

You can build and run a one-person internet business that earns half a million in annual revenue—with AI. Ben Tossell showed me exactly how in this episode. Ben is the founder of Ben's Bites—one of the best daily AI newsletters out there, which I love reading every day—and an investor in a number of promising early-stage AI startups. Ben is also an experienced founder whose no-code platform Makerpad was acquired by Zapier. I think Ben is really good at starting profitable internet businesses that are sneakily big, but don't require too many resources. Over the last couple of years, he's assembled a war chest of AI tools including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Lex, and Supernormal to help him do this. In this episode, we get into the weeds of how Ben has integrated AI into his workflow to find new business opportunities, run them well, and evaluate their performance. We get into: How to use ChatGPT as a business strategist Building your MVP with ChatGPT Turning interview transcripts into compelling articles Analyzing business data using AI tools How to generate persuasive landing page copy with ChatGPT Offload time-consuming tasks to AI This episode is a must-watch for anyone who is curious about using AI to bootstrap a profitable internet business. Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT. It's usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Links to resources mentioned in the episode: Ben Tossell: https://twitter.com/bentossell

What's up folks. This is part 2 of our deep dive into AI impacts on marketing jobs.In our last episode we introduced the topic and covered how fast AI could replace marketing jobs and what the transition might look like. It's not like our jobs are gonna vanish overnight, but the shift is happening faster than many of us realize. AI's no longer just a loosely backed buzzword; it's doing things today that we used to think were impossible. So, as marketers, we've gotta take this tech seriously.Next up, 2. Staying informed and keeping up with changes (today)3. Practical ways marketers can adapt for the AI-driven economy4. Find the top AI marketing tools and filter out the noiseOutlineHere are some of the topics for this second episode: Staying informed, who to follow, courses to check out In person events and networking Exploring new sources of income Here's today's main takeaway:  The impact of AI on the job market is difficult to predict in 5 years let alone 10. The only way to future proof your career and position yourself to thrive in an increasingly AI-driven economy is by staying informed and developing new skills.  We're going to double down on some of these in today's episode. Commentary/question on shiny object syndrome vs being an early adopter. As a marketer, it's our job to stay modern - it's true of any job, but marketing is on the next level We self propel change and create our own reasons to change things up.  We suffer a bit from herd mentality as well – I think we tend to rush the new trend, be it TikTok or ChatGPT and choose saturation instead of consideration I don't think the value of being an early adopter is being “first;” rather, it's giving yourself time to immerse yourself and begin to master the topic To learn a topic, you simply can't read 5 blog posts and master it; I firmly believe you need to get hands-on experience Shiny object - Try to make a buck, dispose of poor performer, invest in top performers; easily distracted by next objectEarly adopter - thoughtful approach to seeing new technology as part of wider trend; has playbook or process for learning and evaluating new tech, How marketers can stay informed and become AI fluentStaying up-to-date on the latest developments in AI and AGI is probably the top thing you can do as a marketer. Understanding capabilities as they are released or even pre-released. This allows you to get a leg up on others and see the potential impact on your company, industry and even job market as a whole. My goals would be to understand how AI works, its potential, and limitations. Most marketers don't have a great grasp on this at all. Invest in learning about AI, ML, deep learning, and related tech. Ultimately try to arm yourself with knowledge to position yourself as a marketing expert in leveraging AI tools to drive revenue.I think you and are very similar in our approach to this: learn from smart people, and then jump in and experiment and get hands-on experience. Phil, your research process is always fire: who are the smart people you're learning from? People and blogs to followThere's waaay smarter people that are tracking this stuff. Not all of these have a marketing lens but they often cover marketing aspects. These are my favorite folks to follow.We'll have links to all of their twitter accounts and their newsletters or podcasts in our show notes. Ed Gilhttps://twitter.com/eladgil https://blog.eladgil.com/ Ed is an awesome follow on Twitter, he's an investor and advisor in some of the most well known tech companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe and others. He worked at Google and Twitter after his company Mixer Labs was acquired. Aside from AI he's highly in touch with everything tech and startups. He doesn't post super often but he has a solid blog and he's the co-host of No Priors podcast that features long form chats with the leading engineers, researchers and founders in AI. Ben Tossell (tuh-sell)https://twitter.com/bentossellhttps://bensbites.co/ Ben's the Founder and CEO of Makerpad, one of the top sites to learn and work on no-code tools. He currently works at Zapier, focusing on AI after they acquired Makerpad last year. Before that he led Community at Product Hunt and later AngelList when they acquired Product Hunt in 2016. He runs one of the most popular AI newsletters called Ben's Bites, it's easily been my favorite daily way to stay up-to-date with the latest AI happenings. Sarah Guohttps://twitter.com/saranormous https://linktr.ee/nopriors Sarah's a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an early-stage VC firm specialized in AI startups. She made waves in SF during her time at Greylock, a top VC firm in the Valley, where she became their youngest general partner. She's the other co-host of No Priors podcast alongside Ed Gil. She has an extensive network, and her close association with Andrew Ng (ing), the co-founder and leader of Google Brain, persuaded her that a "deep learning revolution was coming".Natasha Mascarenhashttps://twitter.com/nmasc_ https://pod.link/equity Natasha is a senior tech reporter at TechCrunch covering startups and AI and is the co-host of the Equity podcast. She wrote a super interesting article that summarized the discussions that took place during the Cerebral Valley Summit earlier this month. Ben Parrhttps://twitter.com/benparr https://benparr.substack.com/ Ben Parr is a seasoned tech industry analyst, he's a journalist, author, investor, founder, and operator. Known for being Editor at Mashable and journalist at CNET, he's also the co-founder of Octane AI, developing AI products for ecommerce.His long time column The Social Analyst covers the intersection of technology, particularly AI, and its effect on society. He's highly entertaining on Twitter and doesn't shy away from predictions and hot takes like recently when he pleaded that people stop saying GPT-4 can't replace their jobs, he says “Yes, it can. It's only a matter of time”. So obviously on the AI enthusiast train. Shawn @swyx Wanghttps://twitter.com/swyx https://latent.space/ Swyx is one of my favorite twitter follows on AI, he's always on top of new releases with solid commentary and his newsletter Latent Space offers a fascinating thought provoking perspective on generative AI and capitalism. Melanie Mitchellhttps://twitter.com/MelMitchell1 https://aiguide.substack.com/ Melanie is an author and Professor at Santa Fe Institute and works in the fields of AI, cognitive science, and complex systems. She's a bit different from others on the list in that she's way closer to the science and is a lot more down to Earth when it comes to the fear mongering and doomer arguments about AI. Her newsletter AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans covers AI developments and she gives commentary on popular headlines. In her article Thoughts on a crazy week in AI, she argues that to address concerns and potential risks, there's a need for better AI literacy, transparency, and independent evaluation.Dan Shipperhttps://twitter.com/danshipper https://every.to/chain-of-thought Dan's the CEO and founder of Every, a newsletter on business, AI, and personal development. The publication is widely read by almost 100,000 founders, operators, and investors. He's got a couple banger articles but even better AI commentary on Twitter. He recently wrote a fantastic article explaining how AI models, like GPT-4, are more focused on reasoning capabilities than knowledge databases. Britney Mullerhttps://twitter.com/BritneyMuller https://datasci101.com/ I first discovered Britney during one of her talks on the stage at Mozcon in Seattle when she was a Senior SEO Scientist at Moz. At the time she was already doing amazing work at the intersection of SEO, ML and Data science. Since then, she's gone on to work at Hugging Face, one of the biggest AI builder communities. She's currently building Data Science 101, a fun & accessible data science resource. Her twitter feed is filled with practical insights on NLP and ML with a bunch of marketing applications. Kieran Flanaganhttps://twitter.com/searchbrat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Kieran's someone I've followed for several years, he's a former VP at Hubspot and is now CMO at Zapier. He runs a new podcast called Marketing Against the Grain and they've been on an AI binge for a few months now. He's worth highlighting here because he has a really good lens about how we can translate AI advancements and apply them to marketing. Rachel Woodshttps://twitter.com/rachel_l_woods https://news.theaiexchange.com/ Last but not least, Rachel is a founder and a former Research Data Scientist at Facebook who worked to bring cutting edge ML/AI to life in Instagram's ads products. If you run ads you've probably seen some things she's shipped. She spends most of her time these days decoding what's happening in AI with her awesome newsletter called The AI Exchange. It'll not only keep you up to date with the latest headlines in AI but provide you with practical discussion and trends to help you use AI. She's more active on TikTok than twitter if that's your thing.Okay damn that was a lot of people… let us know who we missed!AI Courses1. AI in digital marketing, https://mygreatlearning.com/academy/learn-for-free/courses/ai-in-digital-marketing 2. Diploma in machine learning, https://uniathena.com/lms/student-dashboard/view-as-learner/303/8266 3. Intro to Artificial Intelligence, https://learn.udacity.com/courses/cs271 4. AI for Social Good, https://ai.google/education/ 5. Find 2,500+ courses,https://classcentral.com/search?q=ai 6. Marketing AI Certificate Program at Cornell https://ecornell.cornell.edu/certificates/marketing/marketing-ai/ Alright so that's a ton of reading to keep you busy and informed, what else can you be doing?Network and collaborate Millions of people work remotely and obviously during COVID in person events took a huge hit. But they could become more important than ever. Peep Laja (Pep Laya), CEO of Wynter, founder of CXL, said it best: the level of noise coming is massive. Human connection and real relationships are going to go up in value. Attend more in-person events. https://twitter.com/randfish/status/1641573240467517440?s=20 JT do you remember the last time you attended a marketing event?Checkout Meetup.com for local events in your city. Ask your boss to increase the budget on conference attendance this year and give him a few AI + marketing recommendations. Conferences to check out: https://ai4.io/ in August in Vegas https://collisionconf.com/ in Toronto in June https://london.theaisummit.com/ in London in June https://databricks.com/dataaisummit/north-america-2023 in SanFran in June Explore entrepreneurshipThis one is risky if you're thinking of building a startup today on top of GPT because of the risk GPT might replace you with their next update… but finding an additional source of income is a great option if you're feeling uncertain about the future and it's the best way to learn. Yeah another route is just side hustles or starting to freelance.Diversifying your income is something you should always be thinking about, especially in the age of layoffs we're seeing these days. Take on side projects, invest in real estate, think about passive income… Consider mentoring. Growth Mentor plug: https://www.growthmentor.com/ Experiment and Play I think we need to talk about experimenting with AI I could ask you a ton of questions about the AI art generating you do on Midjourney – like it's so interesting to me and it's fucking dope – it'd be a good bookend on this episode Non-AI skills required I also think we should cover this a tiny but here but definitely in a future episode Like future-proofed for AI world I'd argue you need to be: Master strategist Understanding of the underlying tech I think technical skills will be a bonus ✌️--Intro music by Wowa via UnminusCover art created with Midjourney

Ben Tossell writes Ben's Bites, a daily newsletter on AI that's read by over 15,000 others from Google, a16z, Sequoia, Amazon, Meta and more. He previously founded Makerpad, a no-code education side which was acquired by Zapier in March 2021. Important Links: Ben's Newsletter Ben's Twitter Show Notes: Ben's journey into AI The importance of ease of use How AI will impact our lives Ben's hackathon Balancing originality and usefulness Why Ben is wary of providing strategic advice Achieving ground-up change with AI Interaction between the AI industry and the governments How Ben wants AI to be used Following your curiosity Making the world more competitive MUCH more!

Chat GPT just became public - what does this mean for Google search? Ben Tossell joins Kipp and Kieran to dive deep into the world of AI and the newest updates that may give Google search a run for its money. Press play to find out how AI is going to change the relationship between publishers, the logistics of Google's monetization model, how AI will open peoples' creativity, and more! About Ben Tossell Founder of Makerpad, a software that teaches anyone how to build their ideas, without writing code. Tossell sold it to Zapier in 2021 and continues to run the company within Zapier. He runs a daily AI newsletter that's read by over 10,000 others from Google, a16z, Sequoia, Amazon, Meta, and more. Check out Ben's work! Twitter https://twitter.com/bentossell  Newsletter https://bensbites.beehiiv.com/  Website https://bentossell.com/  We're on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg  Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod  Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain! Don't forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934   If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends. We really appreciate your support. Host Links: Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar   Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat  ‘Marketing Against The Grain' is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Today, Greg is joined by Ben Tossell, the founder of Makerpad, which democratized software development through no-code. In this episode Ben and Greg talk about how writers should be using AI to become more creative, more productive, and more efficient. ►► Want more community? Learn more here: http://trwih.comA SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS►► This episode is brought to you by Retool.Retool is the fast way to build your own custom internal tools for your business. With a complete library of 100+ fully-featured, accessible UI components that you can drag and drop into any interface, Retool's platform lets you build the custom internal tools your team needs, 10x faster.Thousands of teams at companies like Amazon, DoorDash, and NBC collaborate around custom-built Retool apps to operate faster and better. Also, teams of up to five can build Retool apps for free. We're huge fans of the product! If you want to learn more, go to https://retool.com/►► This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens.AG1 by Athletic Greens is incredible and we have been starting every day with it for several years. It's just one scoop in 8-12 oz. of water each morning, and you're getting 75 high-quality vitamins, whole-food sourced ingredients, probiotics, and adaptogens to help you start your day right. It's one daily habit that supports gut health, supports the immune system, recovery, energy, and focus!Right now, Athletic Greens is giving you a free 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Take ownership of your health today by going to https://athleticgreens.com/wihLINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Ben Tossell: https://twitter.com/bentossellGreg Isenberg: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergProduction Team: https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.com/FIND US ON SOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/_trwihInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/_trwihTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@_trwihWeb: https://trwih.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6aB0v6amo3a8hgTCjlTlvhApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-it-happens/id1593424985SHOW NOTES:0:00 - Intro0:54 - Ben's take on no-code6:00 - Why creatives shouldn't fear AI9:00 - Ways creatives can use AI21:08 - How to integrate AI into your writing process32:52 - Social implications of AI40:00 - Ben Tossell peers into the crystal ball

In this episode, I chat with Michelle Marcelline, co-founder of Typedream, a no-code website builder that is ideal for first-time founders, solopreneurs, and digital creators. The company raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Y Combinator, ex-Sequoia Capital partner Timothy Lee, Makerpad founder Ben Tossell, WordPress executive Aadil Mamujee, and Twitter founding engineer Blaine Cook.If you like our podcast, please don't forget to subscribe and support us on your favorite podcast players. We also would appreciate your feedback and rating to reach more people.We recently launched our new newsletter, Principles Friday, where I share one principle that can help you in your life or business, one thought-provoking question, and one call to action toward that principle. Please subscribe Here.It is Free and Short (2min).

What do you do when it all hits the fan? Today, disaster strikes in AutomationTown. We talk through how to hire an expert when things break,  or just…when you want to make cooler stuff. When to DIY, when to outsource, all on this week's, AutomationTown.SHOW NOTES:—------------------------------------------Upwork: https://jo.my/upworklinkFiverr: https://jo.my/fiverrlinkHeep.so: https://jo.my/heepso Makerpad: https://jo.my/makerpadNoCodeFounders: https://jo.my/nocodefoundersCode Meets No Code: https://jo.my/codemeetsnocodeNocode North: https://jo.my/nocodenorthZapier Community: https://jo.my/zapiercommunity Indie Hackers: https://jo.my/indiehackersAUTOMATIONTOWN SOCIALS:—------------------------------------------Twitter: https://t.jo.my/twitterWeb: https://t.jo.my/automationtownRSS Feed: https://t.jo.my/rssABOUT HOSTS:—------------------------------------------Jason StaatsTwitter: https://t.jo.my/jstaats-twitterYoutube: https://t.jo.my/jason-youtubeChad DavisTwitter: https://t.jo.my/chad-twitterLinkedIn: https://t.jo.my/chad-linkedinAUDIO PRODUCTION:—------------------------------------------Paul O'Mara - https://t.jo.my/paulomaraSPONSORS:—------------------------------------------Want to sponsor an episode? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact 

Ben Tossel created Makerpad, which seeks to teach that you don't need to spend years learning to code or spend 100s of thousands of dollars on expensive engineers to start a business.A core part selling educational content online is that platform. Whether it's Youtube, a multi-million dollar site filled with custom functionality, or somewhere in-between, you'll need ways to share your content to your learners.You can also avoid spending a lot of time and money on your platform by researching the UX other platforms have implemented and repurposing it for your own needs. They have already done the R&D so you don't have to. But, make sure that you are repurposing the features and making them your own and not just copying one-to-one. It's very important that you do not steal.The point of all this is to say that you don't need to build something completely custom. It's tempting to think that you need something that can't be found anywhere else, but more than likely this part is used as a means of procrastination from actually launching a course.Shipping and iterating on your content comes first.No-code can take your business to the point of several million dollars of revenue even. When it comes time to build your platform, ask yourself what you actually need out of your app. More times than not there will be an existing solution!Show Notes and SocialsTwitter - Ben TosselWebsite - Ben TosselMakerpad

In 2019, Ben Tossell was a frustrated entrepreneur, launching products nobody bought. His contacts showed little interest in his concepts but were curious about how he built his online offerings – especially because Tossell admitted he didn't know how to code.

Helen and Justin talk about the importance of customer support for indie SaaS companies. 1:08 The hardest part about podcasting is doing it every week 1:38 We just launched the new podcast website themes feature. 2:24 Getting feedback, or seeing people use your product, is fuel for indie makers 6:08 Helen's experience doing Customer Success for other companies: education, ConvertKit, MakerPad. 8:53 Justin's tweet: "Customer Support is the most under-appreciated role in SaaS." 10:00 The different forms of customer support: pre-sales, in-depth bug fixing, answering questions. 12:45 How does the Transistor team differ when we do support? 14:39 What Justin's learned from Helen in terms of giving better customer service 17:25 People expect us to be bots 17:45 The number of tickets we get each week: it's about ~100 conversations per week: 60-70% of those are new conversations, 30-40% is us responding to existing threads. 18:55 How we manage live chat so we can answer people fairly quickly 29:10 More tips for indie hackers who are doing customer support What should we talk about next? Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @jsonpearl, and @helenryles Leave a review/comment on Podchaser; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts. Email us: support@transistor.fm Thanks to our monthly supporters: Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit.com.au Marcel Fahle, ​​wearebold.af Alex Payne Bill Condo Anton Zorin from ProdCamp.com Mitch Harris Kenny, Intro CRM podcast Oleg Kulyk Ethan Gunderson Chris Willow Ward Sandler, Memberspace Russell Brown, Photivo.com Noah Prail Colin Gray Austin Loveless Michael Sitver Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis, Fathom Dan Buda Darby Frey Brad from Canada Adam DuVander Dave Giunta (JOOnta) Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com Want to start a podcast on Transistor? Justin has a special coupon for you: get 15% off your first year of hosting: transistor.fm/justin★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We discussed no-code one year ago with Ben Tossell, from Makerpad, a few weeks before he sold his company to Zapier, in what would become the first Zapier acquisition ever.One year later, we decided to bring an expert in the subject, Nile Frater (Director @ NoCode.Tech) to bring us an update on the state-of-the-art of the no-code/low-code/less-code/wtf-code industry.We discuss at length the myths and legends of no-code and the conversation turns into a career plan for non-technical people, to repurpose themselves into pseudo-technical profiles who can build software, thanks to the progress of no-code tools.Also, we discuss how big corporations can build teams of no-code people to replace the need for engineers for everything. Sometimes, some automations and a landing page will do, and you can do that by combining Typeform, SquareSpace, Stripe and Zapier, for instance.We discuss this, and much more, with Nile, who comes all the way from Scotland and now resides in Barcelona, but we'll discuss weather on another episode!

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Soft Launch — the who, what, when, where, and why. Erica and Brian talk through how you can use it to set your new community up for success. Community Industry News: Orbit raised a $15m Series A StackOverflow Sold for $1.8B Commsor announced 5 new integrations Celina Zamora joined Makerpad as Head of Community Willa Tellekson-Flash was promoted to Director of Community at Public.com Austin Grimes joined Flexera as Senior Digital Community Manager Bailey Richardson joined Substack as Head of Community Ryan Sloane joined Facebook as Community Programs Manager Joe Miller joined Incorta as Sr. Director, Community & Customer Enablement Shannon Emery joined Alteryx as Manager, Community Recognition  Kristie Preston joined Inherit Learning Company as Digital Community Manager Piper Wilson joined Grazitti as a Community Manager Soft Launch: Community Launch Guide: Soft Launch Bar Rescue Sponsored By: Higher Logic partnered with Community Roundtable on this year's State of Community Management report. Go download the report today! Commsor knows that no two communities look the same, function in the same way, or have the same needs. Which is why they announced new integrations to enable Community Managers to bring all their members together in a single dashboard — no matter which platform those members engage on — and connect the dots between them.

Videohttps://youtu.be/d2jUY_jQK14Links 29:25 Personal Leverage: How to Truly 10x Your Productivity 32:55 Zapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition 42:01 Pirate Bay Founder Thinks Parler's Inability to Stay Online Is Embarrassing 43:21 Twitter signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud

Ben Tossell is the founder of Makerpad, the leading online community for No Code.  His company was recently acquired by Zapier, a $5bil+ tech company. Ben is also an educator + investor in the no code space. In this conversation you'll learn about: what it was like to get acquired by Zapier developing the maker muscle by starting + launching projects what it takes to build a paid learning community + knowing when to monetize 80/20 of learning no code evolution of learning + membership models Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ONh66pmDUwk Get every episode + giveaways sent to your inbox: https://www.creatorlab.fm/subscribe/ Let us know what you think on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bzaidi​ https://twitter.com/bentossell Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Snippet + What We Cover 0:01:12 - Sponsor Break 0:02:00 - Ben Intro + Time In China 0:06:21 - Getting Acquired By Zapier 0:13:06 - Before Makerpad - 50+ Projects 0:17:11 - Knowing When To Move On From Projects 0:21:26 - Role Of Fear 0:25:02 - Motivation, Parents + Buying A Yacht 0:29:20 - Zapier - Expectation vs Reality 0:33:02 - Working With Someone Who Built A $5bil Company (Wade) 0:36:00 - No Code + Paid Learning Communities 0:39:57 - Size Of Makerpad + 10k Community Success Stories 0:46:12 - Reforge + Membership Models 0:48:21 - Evolution Of Learning 0:50:44 - Shishir (Coda) + Unbundling 0:51:58 - Masterclass, Edutainment + Netflix 0:54:03 - Paid Products - Make You Money Or Save You Time 1:02:36 - Knowing When To Charge 1:04:16 - Other Projects Ben Considered 1:07:16 - Types of entrepreneurs 1:16:09 - 80/20 of growing Makerpad 1:19:06 - Paid Acquisition 1:19:44 - Hiring Good People 1:22:17 - Working In vs On The Business 1:25:09 - Starting In 2021 - What Would You Do Differently 1:26:05 - “Hope No Code Isn’t A Thing In 5yrs” 1:30:15 - 80/20 of learning no code 1:33:31 - What’s Missing In No Code Thank you to our sponsors: Space - the easiest way to engage your team over audio: http://www.JoinSpace.co Micro Acquire - the largest startup acquisition marketplace, join 50k+ others and buy or sell your startup: http://www.microacquire.com

Private communities are being built across India and globally as traditional communities built around religion, physical location and trade are being disrupted. New age digital first communities focused on hobbies and learning interests are gaining traction.Leap.Club is one of those exciting private communities that is shaping the landscape of India. Only a year after its founding, Leap.Club has 1000 paying members and more than 8000 people in the waitlist. But this is not a one-off phenomenon.The Quorum, a Members Only Club in Gurgaon, has more than 700 members paying them Rs. 75000 per year. Makerpad, an online paid community of No-Code enthusiasts was recently acquired by Zapier for millions of dollars.Private Communities NewsletterLeap.ClubRagini Das, Co-Founder Leap.clubWell, to dig deeper into the world of Private Communities, we have Ragini Das, Co-Founder of Leap Club, a Private network for Women. An Army Kid, Ragini traveled the length and breadth of the country before starting her career at Trident. She then went on to work at Zomato and was part of the team that conceptualized Zomato Gold. Last year, she co-founded Leap Club and has had an interesting journey scaling Leap Club to 1000 Paying members and with 8000 more members in the waiting list.We talk to her about the workings of Leap and the opportunities in this space.Please follow us on Spotify and Rate us on Apple Podcasts. 

2:21 - Webflow launched a Merch Store3:50 - Webflow order manager now available in the Designer4:12 - Adalo launched a tutorial on their QR Code Scanner4:39 - And Adalo released new single use in-app purchases!4:50 - Adalocado launched from Parker!!6:47 - Airtable launched an engineering blog7:30 - Airtable also has a Gantt view now9:20 - Airtable also added remote fetch10:43 - Zapier bought Makerpad!13:04 - Veronica (8020)15:30 - Sebastian (8020)17:03 - Zapier adds Bubble and Tally17:30 - Flutterflow launches on Product Hunt (Built on top of Flutter)19:04 - SAP acquires Appgyver20:54 - Baseboosters lets you use Airtable as a backend for your website (Thread)23:28 - Tally added some new features, then launched on Product Hunt24:34 - Softr lets you add and remove users (tutorial on employee portals)24:55 - Glide has lots of updates! Redesigned app builder, tablet preview, and a data tab25:58 - Burger King really stepped in it, then Hunt, Gather made Burger Queen in Webflow29:22 - UI Flow is in beta and you can request early access30:35 - Wix Editor X had a big event and launch!32:11 - Coda rolling in with so many new updates!33:20 - Pixelgeek used a small amount of code to replicate fullpage.js with a Webflow slider35:21 - Jetboost announces better pricing and advanced pagination37:21 - Notion launched an API.......finally?!?39:49 - Integromat's Search Filter42:31 - Lacey's tweet about database or UI first

0:35 - Dan unveils I Paid The Most!1:50 - We explain, and then rip on, NFTs8:40 - The history of I Paid The Most, and how it's being built.12:13 - What's next for Nodewood, and for Dan?19:25 - Steven's hitting his stride!21:15 - Concerns about scaling in AWS and preventing abuse.30:30 - Steven's plans for an alpha for Browse Me Later.31:20 - Talking about attending Microconf Remote, and if their latest attempt to make up for in-person socializing will work.39:55 - Zapier buys MakerPad, and the future of NoCode.

This week I'm chatting about feedback why you need it and where to get it. Shout out to Makerpad https://www.makerpad.co an awesome #nocode community where I am a Creator In Residence. Have questions on a no code tool you can't quite figure out? Let me know in the comments and you might just get your very own tool path! Sign up to pre-order my Podcast Ops package here: https://www.saranosocks.com/products/podcastops --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talks-with-saranosocks/message

If you're anything like me it can be hard to turn off that internal pressure to always be working. Case in point, this past weekend when I unplugged for a whopping 6 hours. Let's open up the discussion how to take time off, connect with your family, friends and recharge. How do you learn to calm the internal voice? Did you know I'm a Creator in Residence for Makerpad (https://www.makerpad.co)? I'm building tutorials and tool paths to help you discover how to make all that you can with no code tools. Have something you can't figure out? Send me a tweet and you just might get your own tool path! Pre-order Podcast Ops today: https://www.saranosocks.com/products/podcastops Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0L-W0fIy-vc Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/saranosocks/e/12912 Apply to be a guest on the show: https://www.saranosocks.com/talks-with-saranosocks Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saranosocks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talks-with-saranosocks/message

0:22 - Episode begins1:27 - Webflow launches it Enterprise program1:50 - And with it a new wing within Experts: Enterprise Partners3:39 - Webflow launched a new feature – nested symbols5:36 - Webflow is launching a new 21 day course5:59 - A great guide on how to make your Webflow site more accessible6:40 - Airtable now has script templates7:40 - Also, Airtable is hiring!7:54 - Zapier now has an integration with Circle App8:47 - We didn't talk about it last time, but it now connects with Amazon Honeycode too9:50 - Circle app crossed 1k+ paying communities within their first year10:56 - Jetboost now integrates with Outseta for setting favorites11:57 - Chris also brought in Sarwech from nocodelytics12:36 - Makerpad now has Creator Grants13:50 - Mackenzie Child working on accessibility friendly color palettes13:57 - It will be a part of his Super Mega Webflow Pack15:30 - Softr announced some December updates16:05 - Bubble has a new series teaching the end to end process of building an app18:10 - Bubble also had an Immerse Digital Demo Day showcasing no-code Black entrepreneurship18:47 - Coda launched a doc detailing their review of 202018:55 - Ben rebuilt Things 3 with Coda19:51 - Is anyone out there using Firetable?21:54 - Stacker sent out an email about connecting other apps (e.g. Stripe, Intercom, etc.)22:32 - Ycode coming for that

1:16 - Webflow Cyber Week sale on templates!2:00 - Have you been watching Webflow's Design Monday's2:50 - Bravo has HTML & Markdown styling now3:22 - No Code Jac is looking for some Zapier and Integromat pros4:04 - Carrie Craver has the No Code Coffee Club to connect for free4:46 - We need more women in no-code7:25 - WINC7:43 - Buildbox has a guide out on how to make a 3D game with no-code8:20 - Outseta now has SSO Integration with Circle App and Affiliate integration with Rewardful10:40 - Sheena from Inside No-Code is giving away paid subscriptions in December11:16 - Glide has a guide for building a Google Analytics Glide App14:29 -  Adalo + Metaranx = MAGIC16:22 - Metaranx also sent out a big batch of closed beta invites16:32 - Adalo also has a horizontal chip list now!16:47 - Softr now has web app functionality!!20:20 - Pory has some cool updates for November20:49 - Zapier has a live workshop this week on getting started with their amazing tool21:29 - Stacker development has not slowed down at all22:45 - Salesforce purchased Slack for 27 BILLION?

0:22 - Episode begins02:47 - Webflow now lets you organize assets with folders03:32 - Webflow has a load more backups button in the Designer now04:17 - You can import multi-reference items via CSV in Webflow now!

Corey Haines, former Growth Marketer at Baremetrics, joins us to talk about how he's building out Swipe Files. If you've dipped your toe into the #nocoded movement, undoubtedly you've come across the Makerpad community + tutorials staring back at you. Now, picture Makerpad but for marketing processes — that's what Corey's building. You'll love the multiple streams of income and micro products + services he's stitching together to make this all a reality. I hope you enjoy today's episode, and if you do, please say thanks to Corey and our sponsors! ⚡️ Say THANKS to our Sponsors! ⚡️ Do the Woo podcast — Looking for a podcast that is dedicated to the coverage of WooCommerce?! Check out BobWP's latest venture! MalCare — Looking for a great way to protect your client's WordPress website? Don't deal with the hassle of cleaning out malware or infected plugins, turn to MalCare! Blog posts mentioned https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/ 1,000 True Fans? Try 100 ★ Support this podcast ★

Mubashar is the co-founder at Founderpath, a platform that helps SaaS Founders get capital without selling any equity. Mubs has been tinkering with computers since he was about 8 years old and  started building websites in 1995. He loves making many things, a perk that led him to be selected as ProductHunt's maker of the year for 2016, runner up in 2015 and 2017. At the beginning of his career he worked mostly with Internet startups in San Francisco and New York. Now he's been trying to help others to make more products and most recently he's been building SaaS Businesses in just one hour a day. For the last nine years he has been living in New York's TechValley with his wife Robin and his 2 daughters. During this interview we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01:15 -  Mubs Background & Launching Founderpath  03:06 - SaaS In An Hour a Day Project 04:49 - Is One Hour A Day Feasible For Any Founder To Build a SaaS? 07:17 - Playbook from validating to building your product  14:03 - Initial Costs Bootstraping Your SaaS Project 15:38 - Useful & Practicals Tools When Building a SaaS 19:39 - SaaS Funding Without Giving Up Equity 21:56 - 96 SaaS Businesses so Far instead Of Focusing On One 25:13 - Product-Market Fit as Quick As Possible 27:14 - Quick Balance Between Growth, MVP, Soft Launching & Promoting 28:35 - Least Effective & Failed Growth Experiments 31:01 - Partner With  Like-Minded Experts out of your Skill Sets 32:23 - Advice & Tools For Non-Technical People That Want To Make a SaaS 37:25 - What Does Success Means To Mubs Today Mentions: https://founderpath.com/ (Founderpath) https://onehoursaas.com/ (One Hour SaaS) https://www.pingdom.com/ (PingDome) https://podcastping.com/ (Podcastping) https://laravel.com/ (Laravel PHP Framework) https://forge.laravel.com/ (Forge) https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/ (SubReddits) https://www.indiehackers.com/ (Indie Hackers) https://webflow.com/ (Webflow) https://www.makerpad.co/ (MakerPad) https://bubble.io/ (Bubble) Terms: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/what-is-an-rss-feed/ (RSS Feed) People: http://book.nathanlatka.com (Nathan Latka) Get in touch with Mubs: https://twitter.com/mubashariqbal?lang=es (Twitter)  Tag us & follow: https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ (Facebook) https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (Instagram) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYvpqdVVSlSMunWiEwlMjzw (YouTube) More about Akeel: Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber) LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar) More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast) 

0:22 - Episode begins1:35 - Webflow Mini Lessons are here with Grimur1:49 - McGuire Brannon3:26 - First, Last, Even, Odd Styling is here in Webflow for CMS Items4:16 - E-commerce Discounts are out of beta5:30 - FoxyCart, Shopify6:47 - Webflow Customer Support Team won an award! (S/O to Ben!)7:48 - Finsweet poaches Raymmar Tirado (NoCodeVideo, CloneComp)9:20 - NoCodeDevs Newsletter was on Product Hunt10:09 - Episode 2 of The Flowmingo Show is here (by Mackenzie Child)10:48 - Glide Update: The math column can now do calculations with date and time11:19 - Chris Messina launched an Alfred custom search directory with Pory and Airtable11:58 - Alfred App13:20 - Keyboard Maestro, StreamDeck14:42 - Unqork hits $2B valuation with new fundraise16:57 - Adalo Update: Sign in with Google is here!17:30 - Adalo also offers annual pricing17:39 - PixelGeek's No-Code Awards18:00 - Makerpad's T-30 Awards21:02 - Memberstack Updates22:20 - Parabola Updates23:55 - Ben's cloneable to encourage people to vote — get it here!27:57 - Tweet at us! @visualdevfm28:20 - Discussion begins28:39 - Lacey's underrated features32:31 - Matt's underrated features40:10 - Ben's underrated features

0:22 - Episode begins1:07 - Zapier tweeted out their Fastest Growing Apps of 20201:44 - ClickUp, Webflow, Zoom, Netlify2:09 - Webflow surpassed 100,000 customers2:47 - Webflow Update: You can set now set global Canonical Tags4:13 - Airtable Update: Airtable has a new view sidebar5:00 - Airtable's blog post: How to Schedule Google Calendar Events right from within Airtable5:20 - Adalo's blog post: 14 Resources We Use When Creating No Code Apps6:17 - Glide Update: Add deep links in your app6:51 - Glide Update: New event picker for dates7:18 - Lacey's now running the Indie Hacker's no-code community group8:16 - Rosie, Head of Community for Indie Hackers9:10 - WINC9:47 - Pory: Turn your Airtable into a Website10:58 - Sam, the founder of Pory12:28 - Makerpad's 30-day Challenge12:53 - Makerpad is teaching you how to build a community13:19 - Zeroqode Conference: Register here13:56 - Google released an Airtable Clone... Tables14:15 - Episode begins: Google Tables14:20 - Matt's take on Google Tables (Mentioned: Honeycode, Stackby)18:00 - Lacey's take on Google Tables (Mentioned: Killed by Google)21:00 - Ben's take on Google Tables (Mentioned: Pricing page, Templates, Google Material Design)21:21 - Area 12028:49 - Killed by Google35:19 - Appsheet40:16 - Google Colab, Google Data Studio41:34 - Building a website in Google Sites45:50 - Building with Google Tables: Official Tutorial

This week it's a solo episode where I give an update on SaraNoSocks LLC and a few tips to some new business owners. The bulk of the episode chats about the importance of building in public and why shipping quickly is the key to success. Special thanks to MakerPad for their #T30 challenge during the month of September to finally get Helping Creatives off the ground. This episode is for you if you want to learn about building a business, building a product in public and hear more about why I am re-inventing how you hire. Need a NoCode and Webflow community? Come join us on PixelGeek.Community! We'd love to help you!! Connect with Sara: See Helping Creatives in action, free currently for beta testers: https://helpingcreatives.webflow.io Let's chat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saranosocks Watch Webflow Tutorials on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhre2AtdwJ-a70igsRoA4g Buy a template or step by step Webflow tutorial on Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/saranosocks Hire Her to build your Webflow Site:https://www.saranosocks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talks-with-saranosocks/message

In this episode, we talk to Chris Spags about his entrepreneurial journey. From being an employee to launching product after product, we cover his mindset and process that lead to the success of his one-person SaaS, Jetboost.io.We also discuss how to get "lucky" and the future of NoCode.In the interview, we cover where the idea for Jetboost.io came from and where he thinks it is going next. Chris is on the front lines of the next big marketplace on the Internet, Webflow's Add-On Development. As that marketplace becomes more centralized, Jetboost will be uniquely positioned to play a leading role.Some Quick Facts about Chris: Has been a software engineer for over a decade. Is a passionate NoCode proponent, having attended the first NoCode convention in 2019. Uses NoCode tools like Parabola and MakerPad in his own workflows.Check out Jetboost.io.If you would like to follow Chris and his journey, follow him on Twitter.If you would like to reach out to us, the best way to do so is on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.If you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to subscribe!Last, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show.Thanks for listening!

In this episode, we dive into new things from Glide, Webflow, and Makerpad in our no-code roundup. Then, Lacey has a great talk with Mariam Hakobyan about her no-code tool Softr and her career in tech.

Ben Tossell is the founder of Makerpad, a website that teaches you how to build apps and websites without writing a single line of code. The Show Notes Makerpad Makerpad Tools and Tutorials Product Hunt Earnest Capital Airtable Bubble Glide Typeform MemberStack Webflow Zapier Lambda School Ben on Twitter Omer on Twitter Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? Join SaaS Club Plus: our membership and community for new and early-stage SaaS founders. Join and get training & support. Join SaaS Club Launch: a 12-week group coaching program to help you get your SaaS from zero to your first $10K revenue. Apply for SaaS Club Accelerate: If you'd like to work directly with Omer 1:1, then request a free strategy session.

Al Chen discusses the no-code movement and tools to help makers build products without code with Ben Tossell, the founder of MakerPad and the Head of Platform at Earnest Capital. When does no-code make sense? What is the future of no-code? Listen for answer to these, and more. Sponsored by Blockstack.