The Non-Technical Person's guide to building products & apps

Learn how to launch your business idea quickly and affordably without coding or a tech partner. Ideal for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small business owners.

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Brief Summary

This course teaches you how to take your idea from thought to launch without needing to code or partner up with a technical guru. It's all about self-sufficiency in the startup game, packed with practical steps!

Key Points

  • No coding needed to launch your ideas.
  • Learn to pre-evaluate ideas quickly.
  • Effective use of landing pages for validation.
  • Wireframe like a pro with Balsamiq.
  • Get your app designed for cheap and negotiate rates.

Learning Outcomes

  • Quickly validate ideas with multiple techniques.
  • Create a low-cost landing page that attracts users.
  • Understand how to communicate effectively with designers and developers.
  • Gain skills to negotiate better rates.
  • Leverage your work to attract future partners.

About This Course

Go from Idea to MVP with no CTO and no coding. Launch your business, app, or product idea cheaply, quickly, and easily.

What do Pinterest, Snapchat, Amazon, and Alibaba all have in common?

          They were all started by non-technical founders who couldn't code and didn't have a CTO.

          Nowadays, anyone who has an idea is told that they have to "learn to code" or "find a partner," but learning how to code isn't realistic; it takes years to get good at and forces you to neglect your other skill set. Plus, finding a technical partner is insanely difficult because everyone is trying to do it, and if you do find someone, it's going to be really expensive.

          If you have an idea you don't need to learn how to code and you don't need to sacrifice half of your vision to someone "technical." As an entrepreneur, a freelancer, or even a small business owner you need to learn how to independently test and launch your ideas - without anyone else's help. This course will show you how. 

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I'm Evan Kimbrell and I'm the founder of Sprintkick, a full service web application studio based out of San Francisco. Over the last 4 years I've personally overseen the launch of over 100 apps all the way from concept to deployment. I have no idea how to code and I've never had a technical partner. I created this course to teach you how you can launch your idea without spending years learning how to code, having to recruit a partner, and without breaking the bank along the way.

This course is divided into six easy-to-follow sections that comprehensively cover all you need to know to take an idea from napkin to launch. This course isn't theory; it's 100% application.

  What we're going to cover: 

  • 5 easy ways to pre-evaluate your idea before you spend a dollar - in less than 1 hour.

  • The most effective way of using a landing page for validation purposes with Launchrock.

  • How to wireframe like a pro with Balsamiq (in exactly 39 minutes).

  • How to determine the best route for designing your application. 

  • How to get your app designed for as little as $9.

  • How to get designers to compete for your app with no money upfront. 

  • Navigating the designer relationship and how to save as much money as possible.

  • How to find and validate the best contractors. 

  • How to negotiate rates and guarantee on time delivery.

  • How to bug hunt on both web and mobile with free tools. 

  • How to streamline communication throughout your project.

  • Ways to save considerable money and time when working with a developer.

  • How to leverage what you've built to recruit going forward.

  Why you should take this course:

- Over 22+ hours of content and direct access to me, the instructor, as a guide.

- You'll learn essential and repeatable skills like ten-minute validation, rapid wireframing, and effective contracting. 

- Being able to identify an idea, test it, and launch it will be an invaluable tool even if you never pursue your idea. There will be unlimited opportunities to implement these skills in your life.

- Learn a skill set that will make you a more well-rounded entrepreneur, freelancer, marketer, business owner, or sales expert.

- Lifetime access to abbreviated summaries of each lecture, called "cheat sheets."

- Follow along and collaborate on a joint project. Watch me take an idea all the way through the process taught in this course and into deployment.

I've packed together everything I know from:

- 3 years being a solo, non-tech founder building a mega app with no in-house tech team (that I raised several million dollars with).

- 1 year working directly with 50+ non technical founders as a venture capitalist in Silicon   Valley.

- 4 years as Director of Sprintkick, overseeing over 100 apps from concept to launch, for small startups and big Fortune 100 companies.

  Also included in this course

- Free access to hand written legal documents. These documents cost over $5,000 to get made, and our Udemy students will get them for free.

  I know the frustration that someone feels when they have a business idea and they can't act on it. If you have an idea it's not going to get more valuable by sitting on it. Let me show you how to turn the idea quickly (and cheaply) into reality. Empower yourself with this immensely valuable skill set and join the course.

  • Quickly validate your ideas using five different techniques

  • Build a landing page that converts with Launchrock

  • Run validation campaigns through Facebook and Google

Course Curriculum

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Evan Kimbrell

Hi, I'm Evan Kimbrell. Thanks for checking out my course.  **My courses have been featured in Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessInsider, BuzzFeed, Mashable, TheNextWeb, The Daily Beast, & Techcrunch**        Currently, I'm the Founder and Director of Sprintkick, a full-service, referral-only digital agency based out of San Francisco. Over the past four years I've overseen the development and launch of over...

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ui-avatar of Michael Harrell
Michael H.
4.5
1 year ago

interesting

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ui-avatar of Miguel Angel Jimenez
Miguel A. J.
2.5
1 year ago

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ui-avatar of Brenna Harker
Brenna H.
5.0
1 year ago

Right off the bat, the course and info given within a short timeframe makes one think about the project they may have in mind and the avenues may may need to get from idea to real world.

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Itplf T.
2.5
2 years ago

The content is too old, the websites in the course is not working or is also old. Not all ideas from the course are feasible, as the methods are out of date. But I also only saw 1/3 of the course, so I'll see, maybe the course will be good.

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ui-avatar of Andreas Köberl
Andreas K.
3.0
2 years ago

It's not bad - pretty basic, but that is fine and what you would expect. The course seems to be very old already - some of the tools he shows were shut down already and don't exist anymore

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ui-avatar of Rakhmat Kurnia
Rakhmat K.
5.0
3 years ago

I think it's usefull for technical or non-technical people... explain how to create the app from the scratch...

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ui-avatar of Stefan Schlicker
Stefan S.
4.0
3 years ago

Many useful tips. The course could be much better if it was more up to date.

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ui-avatar of Shyam Sunder Hati
Shyam S. H.
5.0
3 years ago

Thanks for the amazing course. Without needing to have the technical know-hows, it provided step-by-step detailed procedures and clear understanding on building a product from scratch.

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ui-avatar of El Kapitan
El K.
5.0
4 years ago

Good Course.

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ui-avatar of Maisa Husain
Maisa H.
5.0
4 years ago

I like the details it offers

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