During the first three to four years, Weebly focused on convincing people that building a website was possible, as many assumed it was beyond their capabilities.

Weebly is an easy way for entrepreneurs to build a website or an online store, which was revolutionary compared to the previous requirement of learning to code.

Half of the US population visits a Weebly site every month, reflecting the success of the entrepreneurs using our platform to build their websites.

In the early days, the prevailing thought in Silicon Valley was to not charge for products, which led Weebly to initially offer a completely free service.

Five years ago, Matthew and I were in your seats, and we started Cloudflare. Today, we have two million customers worldwide, including Y Combinator, because we make their web properties load fast and protect them from cyber attacks.

We sold our service to one company for $250 a month, even before we had any code developed.

When I left the company, we grew from zero revenues to about $150 million in recurring revenue, leading to a sale to Microsoft for around $800 million.

Back in 2006, Y Combinator provided a fixed amount of $6,000 per person, which was significantly less than what startups receive today, but it was enough for us to survive while building Scribd.

After selling PayPal to eBay in October 2002, I recognized that the consumer internet was just beginning, contrary to the belief that it was over, and I decided to pursue the LinkedIn idea.