Help early-stage founders discover, learn and execute the first-round investment #buildinpublic

@makerpad 🏆 T30-Challenge #t30

Today I start the @makerpad 30-day challenge to build Smaller.Events, a tool for anyone to run a distributed Meetup event to comply with local group gathering restrictions. Backstory, MVP demo and feature roadmap here: grid7.com/2020/08/introd… #t30 #nocode #buildinpublic

The FOMO was strong so the other day I signed up for the @makerpad #T30 challenge to create an online product in 30 days.

🏗 Inspired by @thisiskp_ @MarkMagnuson and @JanelSGM I am going to #buildinpublic.

As is often the case, things didn't start so well...

@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 3

#buildinpublic #nocode - cycles.so

🎨 App UI Kit
🐦 Twitter button
💾 Data Collection Setup
➕ Project & Cycle Lists
🐌 URL Routes & slugs
🙋 Q&A from yesterday's thread

Tools I used today: @bildrHQ @twitter

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@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 4

#buildinpublic #nocode - cycles.so

✅ All Tasks View
🏗️ Task Create & Edit
🟠 Statuses
🏷️ Tags
✍️ Task Comments

Tools I used today: All @bildrHQ 🔥

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@makerpad #T30 challenge - Day 5

📢 4 days of #buildinpublic
📈 26 signups for cycles.so

Feeling grateful for this #NoCode community 🙏

@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 5

#buildinpublic #nocode - cycles.so

🔭 Views for Tags & Statuses
✍️ ❌ Messages ✅ Comments with replies
⏫ Task File Upload

Tools I used today: All @bildrHQ ❤️‍🔥

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@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 6

#buildinpublic #nocode - cycles.so

📂 Cycle File Viewer
⬇️ Download Files
⏫ Save "view" to user profile
🔍 Add Search to Comments
🙋 - 💧 Drag & Drop Tasks
🙋 - 🐦 Tweet Button

Tools I used today: All @bildrHQ

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@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 7

#buildinpublic #nocode - cycles.so

🐦 Tweet Button in thank email
🐦 New Twitter @workincycles
💾 Data caching
🏷️ Add Tags to task row
💸 Stripe setup
🙋 Components in Bildr 🧩

Tools I used today: @bildrHQ & @sendgrid

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@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 8

#buildinpublic #nocode - cycles.so

💸 Continued the @stripe integration
💧 Cleaned up the drag & drop between statuses
🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Team View

Tools I used today: 💖 @bildrHQ 💖

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UPDATE on @makerpad #t30 challenge: 🚨

We're working on a newer LetterDrop (v2)

Built on @bildrHQ by @truedrewco

What's new?

✅ It's mobile-responsive (finally!) 🎉
✅ Allows you to bookmark/save
✅ Daily vs All-Time drops

Soon to launch to public 👀

#buildinpublic

LetterDrop: Two Methods of Relating Data
@makerpad #t30 #buildinpublic

@letterdropio has two similar-but-different actions for each newsletter drop: "upvote" and "save for later."

Here's a look at two different methods I used to build each in @bildrHQ...

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Update on @makerpad #t30 challenge🚨

This week I'll be working on the below items for @shoutoutso_:

- Setting up @bubble
- Apply for a Twitter developer account
- Complete login with twitter module
- Research on how to use twitter embed

shoutout.so

#buildinpublic

@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 9

cycles.so -- #buildinpublic #nocode

↕️ Add order to statuses
💸 Stripe - Prices & Billing Portal
🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Continued Team View

Tools I used today: @bildrHQ + @stripe
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Semi - #buildinpublic / #T30 - Day 10 - @makerpad

I really enjoy setting up the design system. #nocode but not no-design. VenturesList is going fresh 🥳

Update on the @makerpad #t30 project:

✅ Named it makerdesign.tools
✅ Created a basic signup page in @carrd
➡️ This is just to get the concept out + gather interest
➡️ Next will work on making it more designed, along with branding
#buildinpublic

Here's the sneak peek of the beta landing page for @shoutoutso_ 👇🏽

I'm using @bubble, twitter OAuth plugin and obviously @pablostanley's open peeps ❤️

CC @makerpad

#t30 #buildinpublic

LetterDrop: Sign Up / Sign In
@makerpad #T30 #buildinpublic

Today I'm sharing the Sign Up / Sign In process we built for @letterdropio.

loom.com/share/1f6f4477…

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@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 10

#buildinpublic #nocode - cycles.so

🧹 Cleaned Up task row display
💸 Continued the Stripe integration
🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Finished Team View
🌪️ Started on advanced filtering

Tools I used today: 🕺 @bildrHQ + @stripe 🕺

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@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 11

#buildinpublic #nocode

@workincycles

🎪 Full Project Canvas
🌪️ Custom Savable Filtering w/ how-to

Tools I used today: @bildrHQ

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@makerpad #t30 challenge -- Day 12

#buildinpublic #nocode

👉 @workincycles 👈

🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Team Filters
🌪️ Advanced Filtering

Tools I used today: @bildrHQ

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Semi - #buildinpublic / #T30 - Day 14 - @makerpad

Is it too late to start a waitlist?

🥳 Major updates:
✅ Published ventureslist.com @carrd
✅ Decided to use @emailoctopus
✅ Started to work on the skeleton
✅ Created a few social visuals

#nocode #opendoodles

Well ... lots of sweat but the mobile webapp is breathing!!! #t30 #nocode @makerpad @bubble #buildinpublic

community.makerpad.co/c/t30-challeng…

Day 27-32 of #100daysnocode #t30 #buildinpublic

⭐ I have been tweaking Goalio.co and have reworked some of my strategies for incentives + pricing
🔥 Goalio was featured on the @makerpad newsletter!
🥰 Had a great chat with @pheedbackco and got some cool insights

LetterDrop: Responsive List Rows
@makerpad #T30 #buildinpublic

Thought I'd do a quick one on how the responsive list rows are set up in @letterdropio.

The concepts in the video are really CSS, but here's how you get it all done in @bildrHQ!

loom.com/share/82631865…

@Bubble form-builder adapted to new UI and working! - Qontroles - A workspace to follow up on operations. #t30 #nocode #buildinpublic

share.getcloudapp.com/E0un0GyE

Update on @makerpad #t30 challenge 🚨

Having a great time working on @shoutoutso_'s beta 😇 Some updates:

✅ Custom URLs
✅ Dashboard setup
✅ Twitter embed integration
✅ The "Wall of love"
✅ Profile page

S/O @thegarrettscott for helping me with bubble stuff

#buildinpublic

Iteratively adding more visual detail to the makerdesign.tools website.

This is a list the database categories (designed to look like the ones in @airtable) added in @carrd with a little simple CSS.

If anyone wants how-to details I'll share.
#buildinpublic #t30

Semi - #buildinpublic / #T30 - Day 20 @makerpad

Coffee. Work. Sleep. ☕️🏹😪

🤓 Major updates:
✅ Reached 61 sign-ups on the waitlist
✅ Product 78% (don't ask why hee hee)
✅ Busy in UI/UX, content, marketing, #nocode stack

Be the first to read: ventureslist.com

It is rewarding to #buildinpublic Thanks to @makerpad #t30 for helping me start this habit.

I will start posting more often about what am doing with #NoCode

Worked on a website proposal using @NotionHQ-
- Easy to explain the process and set goals
- Built-in comments

Finally the MVP is ready for feedback! Comments welcome 😀 #buildinpublic @makerpad #t30 @bubble Qontroles - A workspace to follow up on operations.

community.makerpad.co/c/t30-challeng…

newqontroles.bubbleapps.io/version-test/

LetterDrop: Custom Attributes and Publishing
#T30 #buildinpublic @makerpad

2 quick videos today with more behind-the-scenes @bildrHQ as I build out @letterdropio.

Notice the new "social proof" feature in this first one: 👀👀 loom.com/share/678c9a1b…

I know I know. I'm super late. Day job has been crazy and still gotta be daddy/hubby. I finally figured out what I want to build for @makerpad #T30 #nocode challenge. For the first time I'm going to #buildinpublic by posting hrly updates for the next 12 hrs (1pm - 1am). Let's go!

2PM update:
- Define the product ✅ (A database of Caribbean participants for remote UX research studies)
- Competitive research ✅
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

3PM update:
- Create to-do list ✅
- Lunch ✅
- Website and app IA (in progress)
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

4PM update:
- Dashboard and website IA ✅
- Homepage content (first draft) ✅
- Why am I really building this? ✅
(reason below)
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

5PM update:
- Product name (CaribUser) ✅
- Purchase domain name ✅
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

6PM update:
- Spend some time with my 2yr old mini me✅
- Eat dinner ✅
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

7PM update (not much):
- Visualization explorations (my weakest design skill)
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

8PM update:
- Designing homepage
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

9PM update:
- Homepage ✅
Yo. These hrly updates are tense 😅. Why did I do this to myself?
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

10PM update:
- Designing dashboards
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

11PM update:
- Wireframe onboarding flows ✅
- Eat some food ✅
- Hang with wifey ✅
- Still designing dashboard
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

12AM update:
- Company dashboard progress
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

1AM update:
- Login screen design ✅
- Sign Up flow design ✅
- Tester dashboard design ✅
- Company dashboard in progress
Phew! It's over...for now! A few more things to design tomorrow, then build and connect. ✌️
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

Only just getting to start unfortunately, but let's see what we can do. Finished flows and designs earlier today. From now till 12am I'll focus on hrly updates for building in Webflow. Starting a new project now. See you in an hr.

#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

8PM update:
- Web style guide in Webflow ✅
- Building homepage in progress
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

9PM update:
- Homepage built ✅
- Dashboard pages in progress
I'm clearly not going to make this deadline!
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

10PM update:
- Tester dashboard main page ✅
- Company dashboard main page ✅
- Rest of dashboard flows in progress
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

11PM update:
UGH running behind!
- Almost done with dashboard flows. Hoping to jump to onboarding soon.
If you wanna check out just the homepage caribuser.webflow.io (not responsive)
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic

12AM update:
- Still working through some complex CMS flows

Calling it a night. If you hung with me, appreciate it! Hopefully I'll have enough done to submit for the competition tomorrow. Does anyone remember the deadline time?✌️
#makerpad #T30 #nocode #challenge #buildinpublic