Vlad Podoliako
Recent posts focus on AI & automation, product & building and hiring & team.
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We started our company with $100. Like… genuinely $100. There wasn’t some huge investment behind us. No comfortable safety net. No “if this doesn’t work, we’ll just try something else.” It was basically: Either thi…
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I’m 30, I’ve built companies valued at over $100M. Here’s what I wish I knew at 20: - Don’t rush into starting a business just because you think you’re supposed to “work for yourself.” - If I were starting today, I’d…
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9 out of 10 CEOs I talk to worry about competitors copying them. We don’t. And yes, people have tried. I’ve seen competitors copy our outbound approaches. Our pricing structure. Even parts of our website. My first re…
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I get pitched 5 - 10 new businesses every week. Most founders make the same mistake: They try to impress me. I’d rather understand you. If you’re pitching investors, keep it simple: 1. Start with the pain. Make me ca…
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Day in the life of a 31-year-old founder in London, building 100M$ companies from his home office: 7:30am - Zhu( our cat) jumps onto the bed. I pretend I’m still asleep. She’s not buying it. 8:00am - breakfast with my…
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People keep asking me: “How do you actually get a CEO to reply?” Very easy. Be a human. At least a little 😁 CEOs receive enough: “Hi {{FirstName}}, I noticed…” “Given your impressive growth…” “Would love to explore s…
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Anthropic modeled what AI could do to the US economy by 2030. The most extreme scenario: - GDP grows 32.4% - Knowledge workers' wages fall 11.5% - Unemployment hits 11.9% - Total labor income grows... 0.5% The economy…
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I don't drink, don't smoke, and I love my wife. That's the whole secret behind my companies. Everyone expects some complicated formula: 5 a.m. Meditation. 100 books a year. A secret CEO routine. Mine is simpler. A cl…
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I’m thrilled to share that Belkins Inc. is rated as the #1 lead gen company on Google search!
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AI killed software engineering. Here’s why that’s bad news for founders 👇 It used to take $50k and 6 months to build a product nobody wanted. Now AI lets you do it in 2 hours for free. Welcome to the era of Discernme…
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We literally created our own currency at Belkins Inc. Yes. Apparently running companies wasn't enough. Now we print money too. It's called B-Coin. But the reason we created it is actually very personal to me. I've a…
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I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but Folderly AI is officially live! And, lives inside your ChatGPT and Claude. Do even more incredible things with less effort: http://ai.folderly.com/ 🔥
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Day in the life of a 31-year-old founder in London, building 100M$ companies from his home office: 7:30am - Zhu( our cat) jumps onto the bed. I pretend I’m still asleep. She’s not buying it. 8:00am - breakfast with my…
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Michael Maximoff and I decided to jump on this trend 🔥 By day, we build companies. By night, we’re rappers. Instructions in the comments 👇
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I often get asked: "What mindset do leaders need right now?" "It's simple," I tell them. Map readers follow old routes and want to know the destination. Explorers are fine not knowing. They test, adjust, and stay close…
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Don’t ask: “Where can we add AI?” Ask: “If we built this workflow today, would we build it this way?” New technology needs new workflows. Why? More in my newsletter 👇
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I hate it when companies say "we're a family." You instantly picture the toxic kind. Can't leave. Can't complain. "Loyalty" means working weekends. But here's the paradox: At Belkins we actually are one. We celebrate…
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I get pitched 5 - 10 new businesses every week. Most founders make the same mistake: They try to impress me. I’d rather understand you. If you’re pitching investors, keep it simple: 1. Start with the pain. Make me ca…
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I'm speaking at a free summit on Sept 29–30. Where I'll show how AI actually runs inside Belkins and Folderly. That includes what broke, what we rebuilt, and what we turned off. Bob Dietrich and Pamela Dunn got 30+ ent…
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This is the boy who built Belkins Inc. from 100$ into a $100M agency. And turned Folderly Inc. into one of the top tools in email deliverability. Apparently, two companies weren’t enough :) Now he’s actively building…
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