How I Started a Profitable Company Using No-Code

And you can too

Joe Procopio
5 min readSep 16, 2021
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Last year, I founded the Teaching Startup project using only no-code tools, just to prove it could be done. Within a month, it was profitable, growing, and yesterday, the app was named Bubble’s App of the Day.

No-code is no joke.

No-code tools have quickly become powerful building blocks for both technical and non-technical creators alike. They’re especially helpful for quickly and inexpensively standing up web-based or mobile applications.

But can a non-technical founder use no-code tools to create an entire tech-based startup? It seems the answer is unequivocally yes.

Earlier this month, I wrote an article calling for teaching no-code over preaching “Learn to code.” I got a lot of feedback asking for a broader overview of no-code options.

But rather than just write up a list of vendors and links, I’ll provide some insight into how I created a product and a startup without writing a single line of code.

Why build a company using no-code?

You might not have the coding skills, and those skills are expensive to hire. However, that’s not the only reason or even the best reason. I’m a software developer from way back, and I’ve built…

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Joe Procopio

I'm a multi-exit, multi-failure entrepreneur. NLG pioneer. Building TeachingStartup.com & GROWERS. Write at Inc.com and BuiltIn.com. More at joeprocopio.com