From building & selling my VC-backed SaaS to becoming a micro saas solopreneur (currently
@morningpagesxyz
). I tweet abt my journey & learnings along the way. ✨
Nothing beats the moment you get your first paying customer.💯
Except the moment when you get your second paying customer 3 days later. And they want your product for the entire company. 150 people. Mind blown.🤯
What a gooood way to end the year.💯
I'm more than excited to announce our 1.2M€ pre-seed funding round led by
@btovpartners
and amazing angels!
We are one step closer to fulfilling our mission to make
#remotework
more human and connected. 💫
As a female founder, I couldn't be prouder. 👨🚀
MORE ON THE ROUND 👇
📢
@bubble
developers📢
@join_remi
is growing! We're looking for a great
@bubble
developer to join our team freelance for the next few months - start immediately🤞
Requirements: recurring workflows, advanced dashboards, API integrations.
🙏Twitter, do your magic💫
#nocode
Starting to get deeper into
@bubble
and I'm just in awe of what's possible with
#nocode
tools.
As someone from a non-tech background, it's pretty incredible to just go ahead and build something.
Can only begin to imagine what our world will look like 5 years from now...
📢
@bubble
devs!
I'm looking for a Bubble developer who can help me grow Morning Pages into an awesome thriving startup!
Requirements:
- Available 3-5 hours a week & on short notice when something breaks 🫠
- Successfully built Bubble apps before (and proof)
-
Congratulations to
@rebeccagoerres
(ODNC1) on her €1.2M pre-seed round for
@join_remi
!
Remi's mission is to make remote work more human and connected through a culture-building platform.
💫The magic of
#nocode
:💫
1. I first heard about the term
#nocode
in Dec 2020.
2. I taught myself tools like
@figma
and
@bubble
and it got me into the final at
@beondeck
Demo Day.
3. I became part of a lifelong incredible community that’s out there rooting for me 💜
Very excited to announce I’ll be part of the first
@beondeck
No-Code Fellowship 🥳 Super excited to build and join an incredibly talented community 🎉 Thank you
@thisiskp_
@beondeck
🙏🏽
#nocode
Product is still considered an elite discipline, accessible to a mostly male, elite class of tech builders.
I've been told multiple times that I'll have a hard time breaking into product because of that.
So I founded Remi and built a product from scratch.
Unexpected but 🔥 turn of events:
Building with
@bubble
has actually improved my
@figma
skills.
I’ve decreased my design production time and am shipping iterations of our visual prototype faster.
💫 the virtuous loop of
#nocode
💫
Super excited to chair one of
@beondeck
Berlin's Nocode Roundtables on Thursday!
Thrilled to host alongside some of the most prolific builders & enablers in the European nocode ecosystem:
@mariam_hakobyan
,
@Accel
's Varun Purandare, Torben (
@rows
), Thomas (
@coleapio
). Let's go!
Things I stopped / started doing in 2020/21:
Stopped:
✅quit job
✅smoking
✅ideas mindset
Started:
✅daily Yoga
✅
#nocode
with
#odnc1
✅builder mindset
I also ate more candy, continued overthinking, and didn’t call my mom enough.🤷🏻♀️
But I’m stoked for what’s next😎🙌🏼
A lot of our success needs to be credited to
@beondeck
. Thanks for continuously inspiring, invigorating and supporting us along the way - I can’t want to join the next program! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Congratulations to
@rebeccagoerres
(ODNC1) on her €1.2M pre-seed round for
@join_remi
!
Remi's mission is to make remote work more human and connected through a culture-building platform.
Another typical day of joy in
@bubble
:
When you're a bit nervous because you need to set up
@mixpanel
and aren't sure how and if it's gonna work...
And then you set it up within 15 minutes, data is flowing in another 15 and it was almost too easy🤔
🤗Time to get data geeky🤗
I'm thinking of starting a side project, but I would much rather do it with a collaborator.
- It increases accountability
- You have a constant sounding board
- It's more fun
Still, I'm surprised to see so many solo builders and so little collaboration.
Why? Thoughts?
Started building our mvp for
@meet_remi
with
@bubble
and it's so much fun.
Such creative freedom and ability to stretch the brain.
This doesn't feel like work I should be taking seriously.
#nocode
#thejoyofbuilding
In a
#remote
setting, especially in
#asyncfirst
, it’s easy to forget that there’s a human being behind the screen who has experiences that shape how they interpret the world.
They might interpret what you say different than you.
So: Gentle nudge to communicate with compassion.
Wow. What a week.
- Launched
@meet_remi
's waitlist
- More than 200 signups in 48 hours
- Inbox exploding😬
And for the first time "building the plane as you fly" makes utter sense to me.😂And it's oh so much fun.
Ending this week on the highest note.😍
I'm super excited because we're launching a major product update: our new team feed!
This is a big deal to us. Because we built all of this using
#NoCode
, specifically
@bubble
, making us incredibly fast, nimble & user centric. Super proud of my team.
Proud moment: When you're seeing the
@join_remi
retention curve smile after a 6 week pilot with you first set of teams, you know you're onto something. 😀😀😀😀😀😀
We're just learning the ropes of this and what it means for our next steps, but I'd say it's a pretty good start.
I’m so excited to share that we are hiring for ! 🚀
Our roles:
🚀 (Senior) Backend Engineer
💅🏽 (Senior) Frontend Engineer
🦸🏻♀️ (Senior) Product Designer
🥁 Growth Manager
🧚🏼♂️ Community & Content Manager
Join us to shape the future of work💫! Role details👇🏼
It’s time to push the boundaries of how culture is built, lived and practiced in the new era of
#remote
and hybrid work 💫 be part of the founding team of
@join_remi
.
Check out our open positions 🎢
I am so stoked and deeply humbled that
@meet_remi
was selected as one of the finalist no-code projects that gets to present at
@beondeck
's Demo Day this Friday.
I've been surrounded by amazing builders who've set the bar high, so this is incredible.
Come watch us pitch!! 👇
The first cohort of the On Deck No-Code Fellowship will conclude with a public No-Code Demo Day!
After a series of internal showcase sessions, the cohort’s top 12 fellows will present on Friday, March 26th.
Excited to share that
@beondeck
ODNC where I'm an alum has announced their 3rd cohort 🎉
I loved!!! being part of the program & the world-class community. If you're looking to level up in no-code & build in public, apply at cc
@thisiskp_
@JanelSGM
I used to feel guilty when I’d stop work an hour earlier.
Now I know that my best ideas come when I’ve let my mind rest and expand in the background.
Ideas need passive incubation to become really good.
What are the best nocode / builder / solopreneur communities where people can actively engage and support each other?
I'll start:
-
@beondeck
ODNC Slack
-
@bubble
forum
What else?
Whew, what a response to our news on Remi being acquired. What a wonderful community this is.
Now that the cat's out of the bag, watch this space my learnings on taking Remi from 0 to 1 to acquired.👀
Things are moving quickly, so here's a little preview of our
@bubble
mvp for
@meet_remi
:
✅Created user profile functionality
✅Added sliders for personality traits & some other snippets to add show individuality
Still working on responsiveness✌️but one thing at a time...
To all the awesome ladies out there: Happy international women's day!
We feel incredibly humbled and energized today, because
@meet_remi
got featured as Startup of the Day by Deutsche Startups - on International Women's Day😍
We're so excited!
I'm so excited to be selected to receive a sponsorship for
@lolitataub
's newsletter. Thanks so much for doing this important work to foster diversity and equality - so needed.🙏
Oh and the content is really good - curated actionable resources for founders & funders👌👌👌
New year, new website! 🥳🥳🥳
People told us last year: "Sounds interesting what you do, but how does it actually work?"🧐
We heard you! And made some important changes to make the product more tangible.
Check it out and let us know what you think 👉🏼
Why I love being a founder:
We've had super intense weeks: fundraising, building product, onboarding customers, all at the same time.
It still takes me MUCH less time to recover than in all my other jobs.
At its essence, founding is the most energizing thing I've ever done.
We're looking for our new team member: a product intern 🧑🎓
If you're interested or know someone who wants to shape the
#futureofwork
with us, DM us 📲😃
More info on the role:
This may not seem like much, but to us this is big:
We made a huge bet with
@join_remi
: Build a product that doesn’t exist yet in a market that doesn’t exist yet.
We had a clear vision to make remote work more human and connected, and we stuck to it. That’s now paying off 🤩👇🏼
That moment when you feel that the value you've been trying to create with your product, is the value you just experienced when using it yourself.
It's a glorious feeling. Something that clicks in your gut.
We are far from perfect, but we are on to something with
@join_remi
👩🚀
#nocoders
! We’re hiring a Growth Manager for !
The best part:
One of your key responsibilities is to become our
#nocode
and
#automation
evangelist.
Meaning you get to work with
#nocode
and
#lowcode
. A lot.😍
Go apply👉
How do you emotionally connect your users to your product? ❤️🔥
Only few products get this right. Humans are driven by emotion, but how do you design for emotion?
Three tips by the awesome
@rahulvohra
of
@Superhuman
that we live by at
@join_remi
:
I just hopped aboard Ship 30 for 30 from
@dickiebush
and
@Nicolascole77
!
Can't wait to learn the fundamentals of digital writing & start publishing every day alongside hundreds of others in the community.
Check it out!👇🏼🚢
4 reasons why building a sense of belonging in
#remote
teams is so important:
- It makes employees more satisfied and engaged
- It increases their psychological safety & trust
- It makes them significantly more productive
- It makes them stay longer, and churn less
From finding the courage to quit my job, to switching from an idea to a builder person through
@beondeck
, to raising €1.2m:
Thank you
@beondeck
for letting me share my journey to launching
@join_remi
🙏😍
Here’s a few of the insights: 🧵 👇
What does the
#futureofwork
have to do with
- Foucalt’s
#panopticon
- our mission at
@join_remi
to make remote work more human & connected
- psychological safety?
🧵👇🏼
After 6 internal Showcase Sessions and over 70 pitches in the last 3 days 🤯
Here are the finalists moving to
@beondeck
’s 1st ever No-Code Demo Day
It is less of a contest but more of a celebration of the hard work from fellows & a showcase of what’s possible with no-code 🎉
Lean branding lesson on choosing a name for your (
#nocode
) product:
Don't overthink it. Don't let it cost you hours.
A name is just one of x interactions. As long as it doesn't hurt you, use it.
Prioritize the experience you provide instead.
#nocode
#branding
#leanbrand
The key to entrepreneurial success, as discussed and agreed with my great co-founder
@valeriekraemer
on our weekly morning walk ritual:
- Speed in decision making
- Grit
- Unwavering belief in our success
- Flexible thinking / creative problem-solving
Just grabbed a virtual coffee ☕️ w/
@rebeccagoerres
(
#ODNC1
fellow) & recorded a
@racket100
🎙
As a non-technical founder, she didn't accept any excuses. Pursued the no-code path, built an MVP, found a CTO, & raised $1.2m € for
👇🏼
@bubble
&
@slack
Integration Progress 😎😎
Loosely translated:
Hi this is a message from the universe via Bubble to Rebecca. HEELLOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
„If code is no longer the barrier and making products is democratized...
...then distribution is the key.“
-
@coreyhainesco
dropping some truths on
@beondeck
👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Ways to know you have strong founder-market fit:
When your customer tells you there’s a special energy between you and your co-founder, and she loves working with you for *that* reason especially.
👉
@valeriekraemer
💜💫💜 couldn’t agree more.
Need to share something I am proud of this week:
@rebeccagoerres
and I have built our first ever prototype! 🤩🎉🎉
#nocode
or tech background needed.
No reason to not start and try!
Let’s get going fellow aspiring
#femalefounders
!✨
We are proud to share that we're featured in
@Pitch
's collection of decks from
#FemaleFounded
Startups for
#IWD2022
💃🏽
This is a free resource of pitch decks to help push towards an entrepreneurial ecosystem with equitable funding distribution.
👉🏼
One thing that particularly resonated in
#ODNC1
onboarding was
@thisiskp_
talking about switching from idea person to builder.
Most of this is about mindset. And that's a big hurdle. But I'll just be here to move steadily and celebrate my
#tinygains
.
A little appreciation shoutout: We have the privilege of working with some of the best
@bubble
developers out there:
@bubbletiplister
and
@d_wintermeyer
.
I honestly wouldn't know what to do without you! Thanks for your continued support and ingenious problem solving!
On Thursday we’re launching the second version of
@morningpagesxyz
and I couldn’t be more excited.
It’s been a transformational journey to get here.
Here are two major reasons why.
1. I found clarity about my Ikigai
When I started working on Morning Pages, it was just a side
One of my key learnings of 2021: Follow your intuition.
1. You're most likely right
2. You're more confident in your approach
3. You make decisions faster
If you make decisions faster, you learn faster, you improve your intuition faster. And the virtous loop continues.⛵️
I’m proud of this. It’s so good to see that investment pays off.
And it’s so nourishing for the soul to see wins. 🥰
Gives me energy to keep going even when the road is long.
Only 1 more follower until my first 1k 🚀🚀🚀
shoutout to
@alexanderisora
and
@unicornplatform
- another awesome
#nocode
tool that I absolutely love working with:
Super simple & intuitive website builder, beautifully designed, just a joy to use😇
Our vision for Remi is to help make
#remotework
more human and connected✨, so that companies can use
#remote
as an opportunity, not a threat.
We are fully committed to doing our part in shaping the
#futureofwork
and can’t wait for the next steps! Onwards and upwards! 🚀🚀🚀
These are some of the principles we use to design , and they’re are fundamentally important to us - especially as it’s our mission to make remote work more human and connected.
How do you design for emotion and human touch?
I'm looking for a super simple Tweet queuer, scheduler and thread creator. I don't want to pay more than 5 EUR/m.
I haven't found anything that fits this description.
Ideas?
Two weeks ago, I started dreaming about learning to code to build my own SaaS products.
Last week, I signed up for a coding course.
Today, I wrote my first line of code.
Might not seem much but this is what chasing your dreams looks like.
Let's do it!
Employees with high levels of belonging have up to 34% higher intent to stay than those with low levels.
Yet 46% of employees feel less connected to their company than before the pandemic.
A simple explanation for the
#GreatResignation
. And our reason for building
@join_remi
.
💫💫
@bubble
and
@SlackHQ
integration coming along nicely💫💫
But it wouldn't be possible without the AMAZING team at
@Pathfixhq
- I've literally never had such great customer service and effort by a team to help me get my flow to work - you guys are awesome.
Introducing Morning Pages: A clean space to journal, write and reflect - with insights, powered by AI and the latest in psychology research.
We're super excited to launch very soon - sign up now, first 100 users get it for free 💫
#journaling
#morningpages
#Mindfulness
SUPER excited and proud to announce that
@FrancoGotusso
is joining us as technical co-founder!🥳
He brings tons of experience leading software teams, most recently at
@typeform
. We couldn't ask for a better co-founder!
Want to learn more about us?
👉
3. 🌟Define emotional goals per user journey stage: every part of the journey has different goals - and should also elicit different emotions e.g. curiosity in onboarding, pride when finishing a task.
Help needed:
I'm trying to up my
#nocode
game by learning from the best.
Who are the most inspiring
#nocoders
I should follow?
*Feel free to name yourself.
2. 😍Design for emotion, but go deeper: Superhuman uses the Junto Institute emotional wheel to define precisely what emotions the design should elicit in the user
An MVP is not a discreet thing.
We think of it as a number of steps on the MVP mountain that we gradually climb
OR
A number of risky assumptions that we systematically remove through validation.
#startups
#validation
#mvp
My goal for the next 60 days: become a really great online writer.
Currently deciding between
@thedankoe
's writing course and
@dickiebush
' Ship 30 for 30
Which one should I go for?
Nocode SaaS Builders: What tool / dashboard are you using to keep track of signups, conversions, payments, growth? Ideally free but quality first. 🙏
#nocode
#buildinpublic
#microsaas
Where is Waldo?
When you make it into a software landscape overview with
@join_remi
for the first time (and your logo is not that tiny), it's a good day😊
Thanks
@sebastianjanus
and ScaleupLab!
Product management for me in a nutshell:
"Wisdom is finding the right balance between having confidence in what you know and leaving enough room for doubt in case you are wrong."
*Borrowed from Karl Weick via the wonderful
@ttorres
Last year, I grew my twitter from 0 to 800 within 2 months, without any structure or consistency. I just wanted to get to know this community.
I got so much inspiration, new perspective, and made meaningful connections.
I'm now going to double down on this.
🔥🔥🔥Countdown: We’re accepting the last 30 teams to our closed beta before we officially launch into open beta!
Want to help your
#remote
team stay connected?
Claim your waitlist spot now 👉🏼
Sign up until March 15th to be considered 🍀
I’m so stoked for this.
@robfitz
’s Mom Test has been one of our go to resources for validation. One of the most useful tools out there for early stage startups 👌🏼👌🏼 can’t wait for this
@beondeck
fireside chat. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Y’all. I’m freaking out. I just saw that the
@beondeck
fireside chat tomorrow is with
@robfitz
, author of The Mom Test. I think this is the
#1
book I recommend to both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. So pumped! Ahhhhh! Yay
#ODNC1
!
Proud moment: Look at this beautiful map!🤩
This is how distributed the
@join_remi
users are. We are truly building a product for a global community of
#remote
workers! 😍
Very proud to do our part to make
#remotework
more human and connected! 🌍🧑🏼🤝🧑🏾💫
A (sort of) Haiku:
The most meaningful thing to a product manager (or me)
is to see the light in a user's eyes
when they tell you
that what you've built
created a magical moment for them.
😍
So excited that
@join_remi
got selected as one of four finalists at the
@RunningRemote
Startup Contest! 🚀🚀
'Out of all applications we received, we think that your service will make the most difference for the future of
#remotework
.' 🤩
Pls keep your fingers 🤞🏼🤞🏼 for us!🍀🍀