Margin

Understanding the Product

The platform is an online library created for students, by students, providing easy access to study notes and textbooks. Margin is here not just to create another learning platform but to transform how education is accessed and consumed.

Mission statement of the product

Margin's mission is to empower students, regardless of their financial backgrounds, to learn, grow, and succeed.

Ideal Customer Profiles

The platform is ideal for three major categories of students.

JTBD of the ICPs

Provide easy and affordable access the study notes, textbooks, and tests for the students.

Technical Breakdown

Features

Database & Data flow

We are using the NoCode platform 'Bubble.io' for the project. This allows for simple data flow with any custom Structured database. We have the following details within the application:

Understanding Capabilities

JTBD for your Feature

Feature: Goal Setting & Progress Tracking Module

1. Learning becomes better with clearly defined goals. This allows students to build a habit and enjoy achieving their goals.
2. Progress Tracking keeps the students aware of their progress and gives them a visual boost to continue learning.

Components

Tech Layers

1. Front-end
   - Tech Stack used: Bubble.io
2. Back-end, Database
   - Tech Stack used: Bubble.io
3. 3rd Party Integration
   - Postmark API

Functionality of all the layers

Nuances & Trade-off

1. The design is Mobile Friendly
   - The product is in the early stage. The focus is to launch fast and see how user preferences go.
   - Based on the user research, we will launch a native in the future.
   - This allowed us to focus on optimal user experience now and continue improving later.
   
2. The goal was to launch the product fast to the users. We chose to build the application using the No-Code Platform 'Bubble.io'
   
   Benefits
   - Scalable: It allowed us to create a scalable application without compromising on any important features. The platform can also handle a large user base. This means that scaling the platform on it without migrating to a traditional tech stack is possible.
   - Ease to maintain in the future: The No-Code Platform also takes care of DevOps, hosting, Servers, and Storage making it simple & faster to launch & maintain.
   - Fast Development Cycle: It also makes it faster to deploy any future changes or add new features
   - Secure: The platform also offers GDPR compliance security with optimized development.
   
   Tradeoffs
   - We do not own the Product Code and have little control over the same.
   - Migrating to another Tech Stack can be expensive.
   
3. For the emails, we chose to integrate 3rd Party API - Postmark.
   
   Benefits
   - Customized Emails: It allows us to use customized Emails which creates a strong brand identity and engaging user experience.
   - Secure: Is secure and GDPR friendly
   - Analytics: Postmark provides detailed Analytics which is important for early-stage startups.