Episode 25: Using No-Code Apps to Get to Market Faster with Lola Ojabowale

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Sponsor: We want to thank Cyber City Circuits (https://shop.cybercitycircuits.com/discount/HELLOBLINKSHOW) for sponsoring this episode! Cyber City Circuits is an electronics shop and contract manufacturer based in Augusta, GA. Use the coupon code HELLOBLINKSHOW to receive 10% off your order of electronics or mention that you heard about them on the Hello Blink Show for a 25% discount on the assembly costs of manufacturing. Overview: In this episode of the Hello Blink Show, Harris and Shawn welcome developer Lola Ojabowale to the show. Lola shares her insights in no code development to listeners. Whether you have a new product idea or business project, listeners will appreciate hearing her experience with developing and building software applications. Lola is involved in the Atlanta tech startup scene, where she currently runs Lunch Pail Labs, a digital product studio and consultancy. Her insightful remarks range from being a solopreneur to the trends in risk capital investments. One Powerful Quotation: * 30:35: “I think the rise of the almost solopreneur I think we’ll see more of in this decade enabled by some of these tools that just enable you to do so much more with your time like the automation tools as a one person business.” Key Topics: * 2:01: Harris opens the show by asking Lola about no code development. * 3:27: Lola shares use case examples of no/low code and internal business productivities that can be automated including web flows and domain sites. * 6:02: Shawn asks Lola about cross app development tools. * 7:21: Shawn further inquires with Lola about API integration for hardware. * 8:48: Shawn and Lola discuss custom, no code solutions that have integrated tools for transferring data. * 9:53: Lola shares her background and the inspiration behind her business, Lunch Pail Labs. * 11:42: Lola explains how she runs her business and acquires clients. * 14:42: Lola digresses on this year, how remote work and networking help her succeed, and her thoughts about what it means to be an entrepreneur. * 18:40: Harris asks Lola about her client base and their type of use case needs. * 23:07: Lola talks about being a venture scout at Indie.VC and explains the difference of risk capital. * 27:00: Lola responds to Harris’ commentary on venture capital and the idea behind the “power law” compared to independent risk capital. * 29:19: Lola adds to Shawn’s remarks that there is a gap in raising capital. One of the trends has been the exchange for equity in business by providing human resources they need to grow and scale their business. * 32:32: Lola shares another trend in revenue sharing type agreements that invest in people that want to develop and create. * 34:06: Shawn and Lola talk about networking and how she became involved in the startup scene. Lola highlights how early connections can help shortcut your business growth and create partnerships. * 37:08: Shawn and Lola further extrapolate on how these partnerships facilitate finding clients/customers. * 39:27: Harris inquires with Lola about considering building her own product. * 40:14: Harris wraps up the show and asks Lola to share her contact information. List of Resources Website – Lunch Pail Labs (https://www.lunchpaillabs.com/) Website – MicroConf Community (https://microconf.com/) Website – Zapier (https://zapier.com/) Website – Integromat (https://www.integromat.com/en) Website – Elementor (https://elementor.com) Website – Wordpress (https://wordpress.com) Website – Squarespace (https://squarespace.com) Website – Wix (https://wix.com) Website – Indie.VC (https://www.indie.vc/) Website – Adalo (https://www.adalo.com/) Website – Bubble (https://manual.bubble.io/) LinkedIn – Robert Walling (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robwalling/) Website – TinySeed Investment Thesis “Power Law” (https://tinyseed.com/thesis) Website – Steve Case’s “Rise of The Rest” (https://www.revolution.com/entity/rotr/) Website – Intro CRM: Harris' new project, built with no-code (https://introcrm.com/) Guest Contact Information* Website – Lola Ojabowale (https://www.lolaojabowale.com/) LinkedIn – Lola Ojabowale (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolaojabowale/) Twitter – Lola Ojabowale (https://twitter.com/ojabowalola) Website – Lunch Pail Labs (https://www.lunchpaillabs.com/) Host Contact Information: shawnhymel.com (https://shawnhymel.com/) kennyconsultinggroup.com (http://kennyconsultinggroup.com) LinkedIn - Shawn Hymel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnhymel/) LinkedIn - Harris Kenny (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harriskenny/) Twitter - Shawn Hymel (https://www.twitter.com/ShawnHymel) Twitter - Harris Kenny (https://www.twitter.com/harriskenny) License Information: “Hello Blink Show” by Kenny Consulting Group, LLC and Skal Risa, LLC is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Intro and outro song is “Routine” by Amine Maxwell is licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Special Guest: Lola Ojabowale.