I wrote the first line of code for Weebly in February 2006, and over the next 12 years, we grew to 50 million users and around 350 employees before selling to Square for $365 million.

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.

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.

Even with many flaws, we saw incredible user growth, with 20,000 visitors in the first month, which encouraged us to keep going despite initial setbacks.

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.

Launching our show garnered national attention, and we experienced significant growth, hitting 150,000 unique visitors in the first month.

We realized our users loved us because they put up with a website that was half-functional, showing their commitment to our product despite its flaws.

Embedding forms on other websites was a unique feature that helped Wufoo gain traction, as it allowed users to share our product without redirecting their audience.

We achieved rapid growth by embedding our forms on users' websites, allowing our product to spread organically without hiring salespeople.