How to build a startup as a non-technical founder?

Eli B
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I’ve recently launched a SaaS platform to help non-tech founders launch their SaaS easily and efficiently. Here is how the idea came to life and how it solves different non-tech startup founder problems. Many people in my community are non-technical, but they often come to me with web app ideas. I used to suggest they try website builders like WIX, WordPress, or Squarespace. However, they typically give up after a week or two, frustrated with the results and ending up with poorly designed landing page with bad colors. These individuals often have creative ideas that go beyond what a website builder can handle. They need specific integrations or custom logic that just isn’t possible or straightforward with the limited customization options of those platforms. One example is a fitness trainer and gym owner who wanted a simple website with a leaderboard that tracks how many reps their clients complete. The gym would donate money to a cause based on the number of reps. The more reps performed, the larger the donation. The leaderboard would display each client’s name, the number of reps completed, and the corresponding donation amount. I wanted to develop a product that would make it easier for non-tech individuals to launch their product starting with an easy foundation to build on, get software engineering support for their core features and have no scalability limitations. How does PagePalooza do this?! - Generate your web-app foundation with a 90% ready landing page from a single prompt. This is similar to standard web-editors where you can add pages, sections and change colors and text. - Create and manage custom software engineering tasks. You can create a task with the “Pushup Reps Leaderboard” and input detailed information about this feature. - A software engineer will review the task request and convert it into a quote. - Review and discuss the quote with the engineer in-app. - Pay a one-time fee for each task. - Scale at your own pace and budget task by task. - Your website, your rules with no scalability or customization limits. - Own the customized code. One of our clients is a platform that offers courses in subjects students typically don’t encounter, like Politics, Coding, and Astrophysics. Another client has a platform that automatically calls and checks appointments for various services on behalf of users. This demonstrates that the possibilities are limitless — you can build a complete, customized system to meet any need. Startup founders usually have a SaaS idea centered around a core feature. For example, if you’re launching an “Online Pet Business,” your core feature might be a custom “Mobile Grooming Price Calculator.” With PagePalooza, you can easily kick off the project by creating a task for this feature. For a one-time fee, typically ranging from $50 to $500 for front-end features, you can get this developed by a professional and launch. You’ll be able to collect user feedback, enhance the tool since you own the code, and scale to additional features as needed. Did we solve the problem for non-tech founders? Why would you not use such a business model for your startup as a non-tech founder other than being broke?
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