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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
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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
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