$10,000 From an AI App Built With No Code

Ambar Shrivastava launched CoverDoc in March 2023 🚀

How he describes the app in a recent interview…

Job seekers provide details about the job they’re applying to and CoverDoc creates a tailor-made Google Doc with company insights, interview prep and personalized cover letter in the preferred language of the job seeker.

The numbers 👇

As of June 2024, CoverDoc has 14k total registrations with 16k+ prep documents created…

– Total revenue: $9,920
– $1,250 MRR for subscriptions + $200 in PAYG revenue per month
– 87%+ profit margin on subscription plan
– 35+ mins saved per job application

How CoverDoc came to be…

As a job seeker I was frustrated with how long it took to research companies and write personalized cover letters for each job application…

I started playing around with writing prompts in ChatGPT that pulled in data from my LinkedIn profile along with the target job title, company and job description.

Over time I learned how to write effective prompts for a variety of use cases related to job search.

Initially I built CoverDoc to solve a problem for myself and to stand out as a job seeker in a competitive job market.

The surprising part is that Ambar didn’t code the app 🤯

He built it with no-code tools…

The very first version of CoverDoc (just me as a user!) was a simple Airtable form + Zapier integration to connect to OpenAI and Google Docs.

For the next version, Ambar used Softr, another no-code tool that can turn a spreadsheet into an app.

Goes to show how anyone can build an app nowadays 💪

The technical side of things is easier than ever.

Perhaps the hardest part now is figuring out what to build, what problem your app will solve.

Ambar built an app to solve his own problem 🎯 which is a common pattern in the success stories featured here.

You naturally have a deep understanding of the problem if you experience it yourself, and you’ll know if your solution is any good.

Then it’s mainly a matter of finding other people who experience the same problem, and offering them your solution.

So keep an eye out for problems you experience that an app could solve 👀

Then get busy with some no-code tools.

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