How these 12 open startups performed in April 2020 I thought it would be fun to see how some people did with their businesses over the last month. I've added profit where it's available. Lots of entrepreneurs are sharing
Open startups report for No CS Degree - April 2020 Revenue: $1,465 (up 46.5% from March)Costs: $165Profits $1,300 I had a really tough start to the month and had only made $45 two weeks in. Still,
I have now made $10,000 with my No CS Degree website I've made this money from a variety of income streams and it's generally pretty good to not be reliant on one source of money. Here's a quick breakdown: Newsletter sponsorshipThis
Learning about databases to use with Django for Bootcamp Index 2.0 I've been learning today a bit more about databases and which ones to use with Django. Django comes with a built-in database called SqLite which is a small file which
Ask for advice and act on it It's easy to ask advice when you are secretly just wanting praise. It's harder but better to ask for what someone really thinks and then act on it. I got
Showing images dynamically from a database in Django My good friend Austin, who makes Financial Toolbelt, was kind enough to go over this with me today. I had been missing a url path. Now I can show images
Launching Bootcamp Index on Product Hunt So today I finally put Bootcamp Index on Product Hunt! It's a list of all the best coding bootcamps arranged in a Nomad List -style way. 😀 I've put a lot
My plans for No CS Degree 2.0 I've been frustrated recently with doing lots of outreach to get newsletter sponsors this month. (If you do want to sponsor my newsletters, you can email me at pete@nocsdegree.
The importance of avoiding perfectionism I've decided to put Bootcamp Index on Product Hunt on Friday and stop trying to make the perfect launch. I have been working on making a revamped version with Django.
Learning how to add a modal in Bootstrap 4 to Bootcamp Index I'm a big believer in doing the hardest thing first in the day so it's over and done with! Today's task was to add a modal to my Bootstrap cards
I get by with a little help from my developer friends Developers are incredibly helpful from my experience. I was stuck on a problem today with the re-making of Bootcamp Index. Yesterday, I got the information for each bootcamp back from
Displaying info from a database for the first time! Woooo, I managed to get data from Django admin into my html page! I have been following a few Youtube tuts and I got some help from Twitter when I
The first day of making Bootcamp Index with Django I had a really productive day! I started the process of moving Bootcamp Index on to a site I'm making with Django. This will allow me to reduce my costs,
Giving Django another go I've decided to have another go at using Django to make a full-stack web app. I've got things like my job board and my bootcamp guide, Bootcamp Index which I
Talk to your customers I just got off a great call with a bootcamp. I won't go into details but it's a reminder of the importance of talking to your customers! I have so
I appeared on the Tech4Humans podcast to talk about No CS Degree A quick note to say a podcast interview a few months back just got released! It's actually the very first episode for a new podcast from NYC, Tech4Humans by Rahat
How not to do a giveaway as a startup At the end of 2019 Pieter Levels did a really successful Macbook Pro giveaway on Twitter. He got 9,000 followers simply by asking people to follow him and share
March open startup report Revenue for March = $1,007March was an ok month for revenue - not the best (in February I made $2,337) but not the worst (in January I made $225)
What you can learn from Andrey Azimov making $10k in March Today's post about a maker, Andrey Azimov from Ukraine who just made over $10k in one month! His project, Sheet2Site allows anyone to make a website using a simply Google
What entrepreneurs can learn from the beginnings of Airbnb Far from the polished success the company is now, Airbnb started off with very humble ambitions and nothing like a masterplan for world domination. I've recently been re-reading an excellent
Why you should start an online business in a recession It's likely that there will be a recession this year due to the Corona virus. So why not be independent and start your own business? (I live-streamed this if you
A belated look at February revenue - my best month yet! So in February I actually had the best month of revenue so far for No CS Degree: $2,328! I'm glad to have reached a new peak in my quest
My monthly costs as an indie hacker are $95 I try to keep costs down as much as possible and under $100. As long as you charge someone, be it users or advertisers, you should make some profit if your costs are only $95. So here is my bare bones list of things
Some of my favourite Indiehackers interviews I thought to mark the occasion of getting interviewed on the Indiehackers podcast I would run through some of my favourite interviews so far. I've been reading and listening to
I did three weeks of cat sitting in Berlin for $87 I got it the house sit from a website Trusted House Sitters which costs £69 (about $87) for a year's membership which I wrote about before (you get 25% off
