Want to build apps but can't write code? No problem!
In 2014, entrepreneur Tara Reed launched Kollecto, an app that recommends personalized art to users, which was a success. What stunned the industry was, she created Kollecto without even knowing how to write code. Many were interested in the idea of building apps without coding. Last year, she launched "Apps Without Code," helping non-technical people develop their apps. Here's how you can learn too.
What exactly is Apps Without Code?
"Apps Without Code" is a start-up school that trains applicants on building their own apps and making money. Tara Reed said: "We use cutting-edge tactics. If you don't have $10,000 to spend on a developer, you can build the app without code." She is the founder, CEO, and head instructor of the start-up school that offers one-on-one/group coaching, remote classes, and online tutorials.
Helping entrepreneurs build ideas into functioning businesses
Tara Reed says, "I am in the trenches - I roll up my sleeves and help people build." The 26-year-old entrepreneur was a former marketing executive for Squarespace, Google, and Microsoft. She built Kollecto as a side project while working for Microsoft.
Anyone can build their own app: Reed
Reed says just like people build their website, anyone can create their app if they have the right tools. Giving her own example, she said, "I built our app (Kollecto), our algorithm, our entire business and entire technology without having any technical people on my team…without writing any code." Apps Without Code now has four full-time and four part-time employees who work remotely.
Apps Without Code to generate $1mn revenue
Tara Reed currently offers free online tutorials and blog content on building apps without coding for entrepreneurs. However, those interested in gaining better experience can enroll themselves in the eight-week programme, starting at around $700. Reed said Apps Without Code started with only five students and kept growing. She expects the start-up school to generate $1 million in revenues in 2018.
Teaches people about creating businesses
Reed helps people not only in building apps but also in creating a business model. Addressing a gathering at a sustainable business conference, Reed warned entrepreneurs about the risks of venture capital investments that may sometimes have too many conditions/demands due to which entrepreneurs lose control of their businesses. She raised venture capital investments for Kollecto, but for not for Apps Without Code.
Reed on building sustainable, profitable businesses
Reed emphasized on how entrepreneurs should set price and market so that their businesses become sustainable and profitable. She explained how most entrepreneurs make a common mistake by creating an app to sell and quit their jobs. She says only a few, popular apps need full-time entrepreneurs. Reed also said another mistake budding entrepreneurs make is, not changing their enterprise/product when it's not working.
The business of launching apps
Reed says: "We are really holistically teaching the business of launching the app - actually creating the app is a small piece of it. There's also how do you price it. I think everyone will be building apps without code in the future."
