Airtable Alternatives for Life Coaches: Choosing Software in the AI Era (Live Workshop)

Airtable was just bought by Bending Spoons, the company behind big cuts at Evernote and WeTransfer. In this live workshop, I walk through what that sale means for coaches who run their business on Airtable, whether you should stay, and how AI is changing what we should expect from the software we run our businesses on. ⚡ How to decide whether to stay on Airtable or move ⚡ How to start with what your business should do, then choose the software ⚡ How to keep your Airtable data while you try a new system ⚡ How to set up the simplest system for a new coaching business ⚡ How to build client portals and dashboards without a developer ⚡ How to think about pricing when a tool doesn't charge per seat Tools I mention: 🔘 Zite: https://zite.com Chapters: 0:00 Airtable was acquired 2:08 Why Airtable sold for a fraction of its peak 3:00 The SaaS apocalypse and what AI changes 4:26 You are the one connecting all your systems 5:13 What Bending Spoons does after it buys a company 6:39 Should you still use Airtable? 7:22 When your business becomes a collection of compromises 8:54 Start with what your business should do 10:18 Zite, Fillout and keeping Airtable as your database 11:41 Letting AI connect your systems for you 13:06 Keeping the work that actually needs you 13:52 Q&A: How Fillout became Zite 14:33 Q&A: Tally forms vs Zite 16:01 Q&A: The simplest setup for a new coach 18:09 Q&A: Built in scheduling vs Calendly 19:34 Q&A: Zapier, Make and n8n 20:14 Q&A: Partial form submissions and booking workflows 23:02 Q&A: Talking to your data with MCP 23:47 Q&A: Will you lose the flexibility of Airtable and Zapier? 28:12 Q&A: Zite vs Lovable 29:39 Q&A: Dashboards for a group program 31:03 Q&A: Migrating from Airtable 32:24 Q&A: Keeping client and business systems in one account 34:29 Q&A: Pricing and credits 38:46 Q&A: Building your own course platform 41:53 Q&A: Is SaaS becoming obsolete? 45:25 Q&A: Finding out what a website is built on 46:52 Building an app by talking to it 47:33 Why now is the time for coaches to use AI 48:19 Q&A: Learning the tech side ----- Leverage automation and AI to streamline your coaching business. ⚡ Apply for STREAMLINED: Systemize your coaching business in 6 months, so you spend less time on admin and more time coaching: https://www.lifecoachoperations.com/s... ⚡ Get the free STREAMLINED Playbook, 82+ systems to simplify your business, automate your admin, and get back to coaching at your highest level: https://www.lifecoachoperations.com/g... ⚡ Join a free Friday workshop: https://events.lifecoachoperations.com ⚡ Join the Automation Mastery for Life Coaches Facebook group:   / automationforlifecoaches   ⚡ Subscribe to the channel:    / @lifecoachoperations