Episode 642 | The Pros and Cons of Building a No-Code MVP

In episode 642, Rob Walling chats with Tara Reed, who is the founder of Apps Without Code. We talk about her journey getting into no-code, bootstrapping Apps Without Code to $5M ARR, and the decision she made last year to throttle growth to become more profitable. In our conversation, we also cover some of the pros and cons of no-code tools, along with some entrepreneurial mindset shifts that new entrepreneurs need to make.

Topics we cover: 

• 1:46 - How Tara came up with the idea for Apps Without Code
• 3:56 - Why Tara deliberately scaled the business back from $5M to $3M in ARR
• 5:35 - Tara’s approach to building the Apps Without Code Team
• 6:04 - Two ways that Apps Without Code makes money
• 10:50 - The biggest no-code limitations today
• 16:29 - Using no-code tools to build MVPs and internal apps
• 19:07 - Tara’s preferred no-code platform
• 20:24 - The biggest positives of building with no-code tools
• 22:40 - The biggest drawbacks of building with no-code tools
• 26:56 - 3 entrepreneurial mindset shifts that new founders need to make

Links from the Show:

• Tara Reed (@tarareed_) I Twitter
• Apps without Code
• MicroConf 2023 Accountability Challenge 
• MicroConf Connect 
• State of Independent SaaS Report 
• Glide 
• Episode 14 I Overcoming Fear 

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