🔥 Raising $125,000 no-code funding + 😻 Paid Makerpad gig! + 🐋 Build a job board with Whalesync

Note from our founder, Ben:

Hey everyone, if you haven't seen already we're now on TikTok! Would love some support while we grow – give us a follow. Cheers!

Also check out the tweet at the bottom of this newsletter; I'm looking for a dynamic maker to help me create great content for Makerpad and it could be you 😄

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📚 Posts

🔥 Building Biyo with Bubble and raising $125k in funding

My name is Anita Kirkovska. I'm the CEO and co-founder of Biyo.

​Biyo was created to solve our own problem: showcasing our portfolio to new clients.

Marina (my co-founder) and I started working with no-code tools like Bubble and Webflow as freelancers, and we found it very hard to showcase everything that we’ve been doing – and we were doing a lot!

We never found the time to update our resumes or portfolios, because we were busy making magic for our customers. But to secure new ones, we needed the best way possible to showcase our portfolio and past projects.

A dynamic portfolio builder for creators

Biyo is a no-code solution that allows you to create a video-first dynamic portfolio that lets you introduce yourself, and showcase your projects in the best way possible.

You can integrate popular apps such as Product Hunt, YouTube, and Dribble, or you can just paste links from your products.

There is also a lot of customization so you can change your theme, add branding colors, highlight products, collect subscribers or add a welcome video.

Biyo is built 100% with Bubble – and we’re constantly surprised by the things we can do with no-code.

Test and iterate fast

We chose to work with Bubble because we were both experienced Bubble developers.

But, more importantly, we understand that we can test our hypotheses much faster. And when you’re building a startup it is crucial that you have the ability to move fast, test ideas and to find product market fit. No-code enables this for us.

Building a no-code tool with a no-code tool

We want to push the limits of Bubble. And since we’re building a no-code tool with a no-code tool, there are many challenges!

For example, right now we’re building a video element that will let makers record an “introduction video” that will be highlighted on their portfolios.

We've run into a lot of technical obstacles, but so far we've managed to overcome them.

We're proud to say that Biyo is also backed by On Deck. We recently raised $125,000 through ODX, On Deck's startup accelerator.

anita ✨ @anitakirkovska 📣We are so happy to share that Biyo is officially backed by @beondeck! #ODX has funded @Biyo_page with $125K to help makers build better portfolios & capital. 🚀 And yes, we're building with #nocode! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/qxKR7n54Dl March 22nd 2022 8 Retweets 205 Likes

​Read the full post.

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🛣 How a software developer switched to 'no-code first' for his clients

Here’s the story of how a freelance software developer with 40 years of experience switched to a no-code first strategy for all his clients.

​Read the full post.

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📺 Tutorials

How to build a job board with Airtable, Webflow, and Whalesync View →​

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💼 Jobs

​No-code workflow builders – Ace Workflow

​Head of Community (Founding Team) – Opsmate

​Nocode Tutorial Writer – Bannerbear

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🐦 Tweet of the Week

Ben Tossell @bentossell Looking for folks who love figuring this stuff out. Paid gig. How to build diff ideas. Reverse engineering diff companies. Coming up with ideas. Curious. Experimental. Tinkerer. Self motivated. Dm me with some examples. Current/future founders welcome! twitter.com/bentossell/sta… Ben Tossell @bentossell $600k+ per year as a one-person business. That's NomadList. You can do the same. This is what I'd do... Here's how I'd do it... April 27th 2022 6 Retweets 29 Likes

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😍 Want to see your own story featured in this newsletter?

If you have a great story to tell that you think the no-code community would be inspired to read, we'll publish it on our blog and feature it in this newsletter. Send us an outline.

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Cheers!
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Ben & the Makerpad team ✌️