August 2021 Summaries

Ataeum is an all-in-one platform that connects entrepreneurs and allows them to run startups in an automated, low-cost way, geared towards part-time entrepreneurs. The app offers features such as smart-vesting for co-founders, joint venture management, and a user-friendly interface to shape business ideas and onboard co-founders. Ataeum was built on the no-code platform Bubble due to its powerful point-and-click web editor and cloud hosting capabilities, allowing the team to explore functionality changes and modifications in a time and cost-effective way. The app has gained significant traction with an invite-only alpha launch and is currently accepting sign-ups for its upcoming beta release in September. With Ataeum's focus on helping aspiring entrepreneurs with the business side of entrepreneurship, it aims to lower barriers for businesses built using Bubble, ultimately contributing to the growth of the no-code community.

Tot Squad is a marketplace that connects new and expecting parents with health, wellness and safety services like lactation consulting and car seat installation, aiming to "help make parents' lives easier" by connecting them with experts virtually and in-person. The company's web app was developed using Bubble's no-code platform, which allowed for rapid delivery of a production-quality application quickly, affordably, and reliably. Tot Squad's app features an integration with Facebook that allows users to find vetted services and experts, and has since expanded to include more functionalities such as e-commerce stores for providers. The company has served thousands of parents and received recognition as part of the 2020 Techstars Accelerator cohort, which provided mentorship and capital to steer the business towards a technology company. With plans to expand its services to help with the more hectic parts of parenthood, Tot Squad is a major player in the market of parenting services.

Roast or Toast is a community platform for founders to receive actionable feedback from successful entrepreneurs, founded by Daniel France, a serial entrepreneur and full-stack developer. The app provides a simple user experience where users can submit their application/product for review by approved Roasters, who offer deep dives into products based on years of experience and success. Daniel chose Bubble as the no-code platform to build the app, wanting to understand the tooling better and having zero experience with no-code solutions himself. The app has already gained significant traction, with 50 sign-ups and 100 sign-ups closing in, receiving product submissions from users, and securing VC groups and founders with high ARR products. Daniel's next steps include growing the community, providing actionable feedback to build the best product, connecting founders with their first customers, Mastermind groups, mentorship, and a pitch contest.

UniAquire is a business acquisition marketplace built on the no-code platform Bubble by its founder Clayton Stiver, who works in mergers and acquisitions advisory roles. The app allows users to search for and start projects, create profiles, and upload detailed mandates to sell or buy businesses. It provides functionality for both buyers and sellers without requiring a steep learning curve, thanks to Bubble's point-and-click web editor and cloud hosting platform. With the help of no-code tools like Bubble, Clayton was able to build an MVP with needed functionality and is now planning bigger plans for his app, which has already gained attention from a strong community of builders and entrepreneurs on the Bubble platform.

Pravvas is a travel planning app that allows users to build their own personalized itinerary, with features such as booking flights, finding activities, viewing places to eat, tracking expenses, and receiving weather advisory alerts. The app was built using the no-code platform Bubble, which provided the right balance of price, learning curve, and features for the co-founders Sanup and Krishna Bhulawala. With a focus on user experience, Pravvas aims to be a personalized travel assistant that helps users plan their trips efficiently. The app has received positive feedback from friends and family and is planning to launch an iOS and Android app to expand its accessibility.

We asked Rebold AU founder, Gautier Favier, about building an app that helps you sell your old smartphone, tablet, or smartwatch at the best price available, while also reducing e-waste footprint. Rebold.com.au works with refurbishing partners across Australia to responsibly recycle devices, providing a sustainable alternative to traditional consumption. Users can choose to sell over 400 devices online and get the best offer based on device condition, with a prepaid eco-package sent for free. Gautier chose Bubble due to its powerful no-code platform, which provides an end-to-end experience with strong backend capabilities. Rebold's goal is to change consumer perceptions of electronics interaction, moving towards a circular economy where devices are sold or recycled after use. The app has seen success in integrating partners and receiving positive community feedback, with plans to expand into new areas such as buying refurbished electronic devices.

We asked Free Rooms founder, Corina Perjan, about building an app that offers virtual single and multi-player escape rooms with an immersive experience. `` Corina Perjan built her app, Free Rooms, using Bubble's no-code platform to create a fully functional website without needing to write code. The app offers online escape rooms with an immersive experience, including low-difficulty one-player games and high-difficulty 2-player multiplayer rooms. The multiplayer rooms allow for interactive videochat, making it easy to play together without external software. Each room has its unique story and at least 5 riddles to solve, requiring logical thinking and engagement to be solved. Corina built the app after discovering online escape rooms during the COVID lockdown, which became a great date night option for her and her partner who were in different countries. She chose Bubble because of its ease of use and functionality, and has since published 2 interactive games with over 100 players having successfully escaped. Corina plans to continue pushing the limits of Bubble's app, adding more intricate functionalities and interactivity options.

Writier is an online writing tool that utilizes AI-generated sentence completions to help users create amazing content in seconds, making it easy to write long-form articles and blog posts without writer's block. The app provides a range of features, including managing and organizing content in 12 different languages, a unique long-form editor powered by NLP technology and GPT-3, and the ability for users to select a tone and pick from topics. Writier was built on Bubble, a no-code platform that enables quick prototyping and testing without requiring full-blown web application development. The app has achieved significant milestones, including partnerships with OpenAI, powering thousands of articles worldwide, and recently exiting public beta with positive user feedback. As an early-stage startup, Writier is planning to continue improving its product and service, scale up its team, and expand its product through a seed round of funding.

Jagdish Bajaj, a father, musician, and entrepreneur, channels his passion for technology as an expert Bubble Bootcamps instructor. He transitioned from working as a software engineer to becoming an IT manager before mastering no-code. Jagdish's journey with no-code began when he tried to learn how to code again in 2013 but found the learning curve too steep. He discovered Bubble in 2018 and spent weeks learning through tutorials, forums, and videos. Since then, he has built various apps, including marketplaces, CRM systems, and donor management apps, helping clients build integrations with Zapier and plugins. Jagdish enjoys teaching bootcamps, finding it satisfying to see students turn their ideas into apps in 8 weeks. He believes no-code offers several advantages for startup founders and businesses, including saving time and costs, maintaining control, reducing maintenance costs, and retaining critical skills. His advice to entrepreneurs is to keep moving forward, as all progress is valuable in inching towards goals.

I created Realife, a web application that allows users to organize outside group activities based on their interests and location. The goal is to reconnect people physically without commenting or liking. Users can propose activities, control tickets, contact other users, and discover pictures of the different activities organized. I chose Bubble as the no-code platform for its powerful tools and features, which allowed me to build a product quickly and efficiently. With Realife, users can define their geographical area, see all proposed activities, follow the evolution of registrations, and connect with others who share similar interests.

Matthew McGowan's journey from a planned one-month backpacking trip to a decade-long stay in Thailand highlights his evolution from an English teacher to an entrepreneur and no-code bootcamp instructor. Originally from the Northeastern USA, Matthew embraced Thailand's laid-back culture, leading him to start a backpacker hostel in Bangkok and eventually discover the no-code platform Bubble in 2018. Motivated by the lack of technical expertise and capital to build a tech startup, he turned to Bubble, which allowed him to create and sell templates, offer private training, and begin teaching bootcamps. Through his experiences in Thailand, he has balanced entrepreneurial ventures with personal life, caring for stray dogs and running a small pig farm with his wife. Matthew's story underscores his adaptability and passion for helping others achieve their goals, as illustrated by his contributions to the Bubble Forum and his teaching endeavors, all rooted in the advice he received from a Guru to "stop planning and just do it."

Kreatus is a no-code platform that enables content creators to coach their fans and generate additional revenue for a sustainable creator career. By transforming their passion and experiences into coaching services, content creators can increase engagement with fans and make their careers more sustainable. With Kreatus, content creators can create coaching pages, list services, share page links on social media, receive orders from fans, and get paid. The platform was built by Hyunghwan Byun, a UX designer at Adobe, who discovered Bubble through Indie hackers and chose it for its no-code capabilities, allowing him to build the app without writing any code. Kreatus has already achieved success with three video game coaches/streamers signing up, and its next steps include adding gamification elements to make the coaching experience fun. The platform is a result of Hyunghwan's side hustle, which was made possible by Bubble's user-friendly interface and learning curve that allowed him to build whatever he wanted.

Prograds is the first and only web application for graduate student progress, enabling grad students, faculty, and program administrators to update information about each student's status and progress in one place. The app has a progress page that shows students' stages, milestones, requirements, funding, employment, events, courses, and what they're working on. Faculty have a dashboard of all the students they supervise or are committee members for, while admins have rollup dashboards of all students, faculty, and funding. Prograds was built using Bubble, a no-code platform that enabled its founder, Fred Cutler, to build a fully-functional web app without writing any code. The app is currently beta testing in some departments at UBC and plans to conquer the market by signing up graduate programs everywhere, eventually translating it into other languages.

As a Singaporean entrepreneur and expert instructor at Bubble's No-Code Bootcamps, Tony Tan discovered the power of no-code web app building platform Bubble after his developer left his company, allowing him to continue his tech project on a budget. With Bubble, Tony realized his vision for product creation without relying on expensive coding knowledge, instead leveraging flexibility in developing both frontend and backend. Now, he helps others learn the power of no-code across Asia and the world, sharing his expertise and enthusiasm for the platform's capabilities.

The OrganicNearby app connects consumers with local farmers, vendors, and products, providing a platform for safe and healthy food options. The app aggregates information about fresh, local, and organic food sources, locations, and pricing within communities, serving as both a market place for health-conscious consumers and a resource for small farms to easily market their products. By utilizing the no-code platform Bubble, OrganicNearby was able to move forward quickly without relying heavily on technical expertise, allowing the team to launch the app efficiently.

La Boutique is a no-code app built with Bubble that aims to make shopping local easier by providing consumers with convenient access to local stores and equipping retail businesses with the tools they need to thrive online-offline. The app allows users to discover shops in Amsterdam, search for local stores using a map feature, create profiles, favorite stores, and browse different local stores. La Boutique's mission is to support small businesses and provide consumers with the ability to shop local and support their community. The app's first release includes features such as store information, opening hours, and user accounts, while future plans include launching a marketplace where users can shop for products from multiple retailers. La Boutique was founded by Stephane Kattie, who is familiar with no-code tools like Google Sheets and Airtable and chose Bubble due to its versatility and capabilities.

Babson College is ranked #1 for Entrepreneurship in the USA, empowering students to create sustainable social value. The all-new Babson No-Code Startup Studio Program allows anyone to enroll and learn how to build a software-based venture using Bubble's no-code platform over 10 weeks. Students will rapidly build, test, iterate, and deploy their own product while learning entrepreneurial skills and receiving access to top-tier mentors from the Babson network. This program is open to anyone, cutting the learning curve of creating software applications in half, giving businesses built on no-code a strategic advantage. The program is taught by Rob Roberts, a Serial Entrepreneur and Management Consultant, who has used Bubble with numerous clients, including Dunkin' Brands, and Sebastian Fixson, Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Innovation at Babson College.

Levin Sites is an agency that empowers small businesses to use the power of the web by providing professionally made websites and graphic design services, as well as digital presence training. Leveraging Bubble's no-code platform, Levin Sites offers a simple sign-up process for clients, a custom-tailored signup process, and a central place for all client communication. With Bubble, Nathan Sessions' team can complete projects faster while ensuring client satisfaction, allowing them to focus on their business and clients. The agency was founded by a web developer who discovered the benefits of no-code tools like Bubble after building a project in the platform. Levin Sites is now expanding its services and features, including Google Analytics insights and digital presence training, with plans to showcase its app on Bubble's website.

I built Follow the Weather as a web app that lets you search holiday destinations by weather conditions, using Bubble's no-code platform which enables quick progress and user testing without significant time investment. The app is simple to use, allowing users to select continents, month, and adjust sliders according to their weather preferences, with locations meeting those criteria marked on a map along with city lists. I chose Bubble because of its ability to quickly build prototypes and test products with users, which helped me gather feedback and iterate the product in just two days and two weeks respectively. The app has generated significant traffic after launch on Hacker News, and my next steps include integrating Skyscanner for flight cost information, building a strong community around Follow the Weather, and potentially being showcased by Bubble.

MySafe Chimney is a DIY virtual chimney inspection web application that aims to help homeowners identify hazards in their fireplaces and eliminate risks associated with unsafe fireplaces. The app, built using Bubble's no-code platform, offers a simple user interface that guides users through a 12-point questionnaire and generates a report on the safety of their fireplace. With over 7 million homes using fireplaces in the USA alone, mySafe Chimney plans to grab a large market share of the fireplace inspection niche virtually, eventually creating an analytical-based app that offers a comprehensive solution to reduce the risk associated with unsafe chimneys.

No Code Founders is a community platform for founders building startups using no-code tools like Bubble, providing opportunities for networking, content sharing, and resources. The app was built by Joshua Tiernan, who discovered the power of no-code after successfully launching an app on Bubble and wanting to connect with others in the no-code space. Tiernan chose Bubble due to its intuitive building process, flexibility, and scalability, allowing him to quickly build a fully functional web app. Since launch, No Code Founders has gained significant traction, including $20k in revenue within six weeks, three acquisition offers, and is on track to hit 10,000 members. Tiernan plans to expand the community, add features for beginners, and increase awareness of no-code tools to reach more entrepreneurs.

Help! is an app that connects students with tutors for single-question tutoring, allowing students to take a photo of their question and receive an answer and explanation within minutes, while tutors can swipe through questions and prices to find ones they're interested in. The app uses AI to match questions with tutors based on subject, difficulty, and price. Help! was built using the no-code platform Bubble, which enabled rapid launch, fast iteration, and compatibility with the app's API. The app has been recently launched and is currently available for use by students and tutors in the US, with plans to expand into new markets and develop a fully automated question answering AI.

Qinvoice is a no-code web app that helps freelancers track their time spent on each client and task, generating invoices automatically each month. The app was built using Bubble's point-and-click platform, which offered Bert Gybels, the founder, the tools and support needed to overcome its steep learning curve. With Qinvoice, users can easily sign in, update company information, add clients and tasks, and track time spent on projects, with invoices generated automatically each month. The app was created by a digital strategist who wanted to build an app without high software development costs, and has since achieved significant milestones, including launching the app and receiving excellent support from Bubble. The founder plans to continue improving the product based on customer feedback and translating it into more languages.

In a few short years, Cathlyn Liew transitioned from an average engineering job to becoming a self-starting entrepreneur, co-founding Scaleup Technologies and leveraging Bubble's no-code platform to aid her operations. She mastered the use of no-code and joined Bubble's team as one of their Bootcamp instructors, sharing her expertise with others who are interested in entrepreneurship and innovative technologies. Cathlyn's journey highlights the benefits of embracing no-code, which offers a more accessible and time-saving alternative for entrepreneurs without prior coding experience. Through teaching Bootcamps, Cathlyn enjoys interacting with students from diverse backgrounds and cultures, while also improving her own skills and understanding common challenges faced by entrepreneurs.