Venture Catalysts Leverages Bubble for Rapid Product Development and Scaling
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
- Cement
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Time Sensitive Networking
Services
- Testing & Certification
About The Customer
Gaurav Jain is a co-founder of Venture Catalysts, an early-stage investment firm for startups. He has a background in venture capital, with degrees from Stanford and IIT. He is an early adopter of Bubble, a visual programming framework, which he used to build a product for a social ride-sharing app while studying for his MBA at Stanford. After graduating, he joined AirDev, a tech startup, where he was responsible for building and maintaining a product for Dividend Finance, one of AirDev’s clients. He also used Bubble to build an app for a startup idea in the cryptocurrency space. He is now based in India, where he continues to use Bubble to build cool plugins and manage the client platform for AirDev.
The Challenge
Gaurav Jain, a co-founder of Venture Catalysts, an early-stage investment firm for startups, faced a significant challenge while studying for his MBA at Stanford. He had an idea for a social ride-sharing app, but lacked the coding skills and financial resources to hire a coder to bring his idea to life. He was introduced to Bubble, a visual programming framework, at a workshop in Berkeley. Despite his initial skepticism, he found that Bubble allowed him to build a product in a short amount of time, even without coding skills. After graduating, he faced another challenge. He had to choose between joining a large tech company with ready products or a new tech startup that could help him build such products. He chose the latter, despite the visa risk associated with it. He was then tasked with building and maintaining a product for Dividend Finance, one of AirDev’s clients, which was growing rapidly. Traditional development methods proved too slow for the rapid iterations required by such a fast-growing business.
The Solution
Bubble provided the solution to Gaurav's challenges. It allowed him to build a product quickly and efficiently, without the need for coding skills. This enabled him to bypass the 'napkin prototype' phase entirely, validating Bubble's ease of use and speed. When he was tasked with building and maintaining a product for Dividend Finance, Bubble proved to be an effective tool for rapid product development and scaling. It allowed for quick iterations, which were crucial for a rapidly growing business. Later, when Gaurav had a startup idea in the cryptocurrency space, he found that Bubble was not only easy to use, but also powerful enough to build the app on it. He was able to wrap his code into a plugin, further enhancing Bubble's capabilities. He also found that Bubble was a useful tool for gaining clarity about his ideas, as it forced him to think through them in depth. This helped him to identify potential issues a business could face and to think quickly about solutions.
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