He is a founding fellow of the On Deck No-Code Fellowship.
Projects
No Code Coffee
No-Code Coffee is an email list. Each day, Michael shares a new no-code tool, a new maker and a new product.
After his first day, the product got 620 signups via nocode.coffee. It was also #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt with 267 upvotes.
It passed 1200 subscribers on February 4. By February 8, he had over 1,450 subscribers.
He also shared his stats
He started offering the newsletter as a weekly digest in late March. He shared the open and click rates for the weekly subscribers.
He shared the tools he used to automate this newsletter at Youtube. He also created a Twitter thread about the setup.
Get Cuppa
Cuppa is a service that offers 1-1 virtual coffees with curious minds from Twitter. Michael was the technical co-founder. KP, the other co-founder, shared more about the products creation on Twitter. You can read more on his profile.
The product merged with Cafecito at the end of 2020.
Products
Maker Minions
Maker Minions is a collection of digital workflows, integrations, and hacks designed to help busy creators and professionals save time and develop highly efficient processes that elevate your work.
He launched the product in April, 2020. It was #5 Product Of The Day on Product Hunt. He created it using Airtable, Bubbl and Grammarly.
Nearly 50% of those who bought this product are also subscribers of No-Code Coffee. He hit 700 copies sold on Maker Minions on June 30 2020.
Integreat
Integreat is a live directory of over 21,000 integration functions for over 3,000 apps.
Michael launched the product in June, 2020.
Michael returned to Twitter in January, 2020. He gained 120 followers in 24 hours.
Threads
- The case for working on many projects at once.
- 7 simple ways to increase your interactions on Twitter
- A few keys to being a highly-productive maker
- Lessons Michael learned from a few of his failed startups
- What it was like when his son was born in the midst of a pandemic
- The Creature Method: A method Michael uses to cut through the noise of all the ideas
Interesting Facts
In 2020, Michael submitted a game to the Crayta Sci-Fi Jam. It took him 3 days. You can see his entry here.
In 2020, he sold a no-code domain name for $3,500
Employees at his business were allowed to dedicated 20% of work time to side hustles.