My @webflow journey:
💡 2004– idea
1️⃣ 2005– 1st try, failed
💑 2006– married
2️⃣ 2007– 2nd try, failed
3️⃣ 2008– 3rd try, failed
👶 2009– kid #1
👨🏼💻 2010– day job
👶 2011– kid #2
4️⃣ 2012– 4th try, YC says no
🎉 2013– YC says yes, funded
📈 2014– hard work begins
tldr: keep trying!
Vlad Magdalin
6,515 posts
Joined June 2009
- I never imagined that as a refugee kid stepping off the plane from the Soviet Union (20 days before it collapsed) to San Francisco that I’d be able to start a company that will be visible all throughout the city’s skyline. Feeling so lucky and grateful in this Sunday sunshine!
- I grew up dirt poor in the USSR, my family benefitted from welfare when we arrived here as refugees, we cleaned offices at night for years to make ends meet. And now people see the company I helped start in Times Square. Feeling overwhelmingly grateful and undeservedly lucky.
- My wife, daughters, and I decided today to cancel our next vacation and put that $ toward sponsoring people who are doing the very hard (and often dangerous) work of dismantling structural inequality. We’re able to support ten individuals, $1000 each. Who would you nominate? 🙏
- “I'm just going to fix this lil' bug in the legacy codebase real quick...”
00:00 - If there's a book that you can't afford right now that you think will really help your growth and/or career to read, reply – or DM – with 1) book title 2) what's awesome about it 3) price w/ shipping 4) a PayPal/Venmo/etc link and I'll send you the money to buy it (up to $40/ea).
- What people DON’T want: ⒳ A boss ⒳ A manager What people DO want: ✓ A mentor ✓ A coach ✓ A teacher ✓ A listener ✓ A supporter ✓ A motivator ✓ A confidant ✓ An accountability partner ✓ An advocate ✓ An advisor ✓ A leader ✓ A friend
- I grew up in Russia, have many loved ones there, and have held dual citizenship since immigrating to the US. With a heavy heart, I'm renouncing my citizenship after their regime's shameful act of war. Praying for peace and standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. 🇺🇦
- Given sufficient time, all big companies will change their brand colors to be made up of red, green, blue, and yellow.
- The @webflow team made a new commercial, and I AM IN LOVE WITH IT! The cast, the music, that eyedropper... everything! 😍 "If life were like web design..." (P.S. Our marketing team is going to kill me for leaking this early, so please don't tell them it was me... 🤫)
00:00 - I started taking to my kids like a VC... — “Dad, I need money for a phone!” Sorry, I don’t invest at this stage. — “Dad, I made $5 helping my teacher today!” Hmm, sounds like services revenue :/ — “Dad, what’s this paper on the fridge?” It’s like Uber but for chores.







