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How to turn a side project into a startup?

2025-09-30

Bram Wiepjes

Bram Wiepjes

Founder & CEO

Bram Wiepjes

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Join Oleg Sadikov at the Breakfast Bar Podcast Series as he chats with Bram Wiepjes, founder and CEO at Baserow, to uncover how a side project grew into an open-source no-code platform competing with Airtable. From balancing freelance work with startup building to raising $5.16M in a Seed round, Bram shares the lessons of scaling an open-source company in a rapidly evolving market.

How to turn a side project into a startup?

  • Why open source is winning enterprise no-code adoption.

  • How AI and no-code are shaping the future together.

  • Managing remote hiring across different countries.

  • What “AI-first no-code” could look like in practice.

  • How founders can balance vision with investor input.

Join the Breakfast Bar Podcast Series for engaging discussions led by an experienced industry expert who generously shares a wealth of knowledge and real-world insights.

Oleg Sadikov

Host

Oleg Sadikov

Co-founder and CEO at Devico & DeviQA

As a tech entrepreneur and founder of Devico and DeviQA, Oleg excels in shaping business strategy, forging partnerships, and driving innovative transformation.

Bram Wiepjes

Guest

Bram Wiepjes

Founder & CEO

Bram Wiepjes has dedicated his career to rethinking how software gets built, from teaching himself to code at 13 to founding Baserow, the open-source no-code platform competing with Airtable.

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