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Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living

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Re: Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living

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Post by dvt »

staunch wrote: post #25

Congrats on the startup success and (more importantly) I hope your daughter is well. There's a really valuable lesson here for would-be YC founders: > We had high hopes about getting into YC for the winter batch, but were rejected since we only had a non-functional demo of a product and zero traction. ... > This amazing traction helped us get into YC several months later... Same founders - traction = YC rejected Same…

> So don't trust what YC says...

I'm pretty sure they've said multiple times that traction is the best indicator of future success. Very rarely do they fund startups without traction (if they do, it's usually someone from within their network).

Re: Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living

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Post by vladmk »

dvt wrote: post #30

Congratulations! The Webflow co-founders personify the perfect combination of persistence, grit, and a bit of luck. I know nay-sayers will start parroting "survivorship bias," but these kinds of stories motivate me :) Cheers, and thanks for the inspiring words!

You mean survivorship bias? Interesting to think how many web flows does that were so close. The difference was 1 mere hacker news post. Crazy to think how big of a factor luck plays

Re: Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living

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Post by pcthrowaway »

Scramblejams wrote: post #28

Amazing story, glad you made it. Potential customer here, and I have a question. I'm a programmer, very happy making backends, setting up the infra, maintaining it, and so on. I often want to make web pages, but I just hate dealing the web front-end stack. Is this product a good fit for me? I could visually design the website, avoid getting my hands dirty with HTML/CSS/JS, then have an easy way to connect it with a b…

(Not OP) I know replying "seconded" is out of line with Hacker News guidelines, so I'll add that in addition to the above, I'm also curious about whether it can cooperate with any front-end frameworks

Re: Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living

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Post by tarask »

Akcium wrote: post #3

This is indeed incredible. When I read such posts I have so many different feelings mixed up. 1. I'm envious, I won't hide this :) 2. I think that I shouldn't give up with my own product 3. I think that I don't work hard enough 4. I feel pleasure, I'm glad that it was success for you. Yep, I don't only envy but also can be happy for someone 5. Your name is Vlad, are you by the way from Russia? If so, Поздравляю от вс…

This is exactly what I thought, especially 2 & 3. his LinkedIn does mention that he speaks Russian, so you're guess is correct :)

Re: Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living

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Post by dvt »

vladmk wrote: post #32
dvt wrote: post #30

Congratulations! The Webflow co-founders personify the perfect combination of persistence, grit, and a bit of luck. I know nay-sayers will start parroting "survivorship bias," but these kinds of stories motivate me :) Cheers, and thanks for the inspiring words!

You mean survivorship bias? Interesting to think how many web flows does that were so close. The difference was 1 mere hacker news post. Crazy to think how big of a factor luck plays

> You mean survivorship bias

Yep, fixed :)

> Crazy to think how big of a factor luck plays

Indeed! Although I think it's best to focus on the things we can affect: persistence, hard work, grit.

Re: Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now helps thousands make a living

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Post by lbj »

Having just killed SabreCMS (something in the same vein as Webflow) before reaching the break-through point you guys did I can fully understand how it must have felt when you broke the ice and saw your baby turn into a success story. Wishing you guys all the best and lots of future success!
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