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Vladislav Podolyako

Founder & CEO, Belkins and Folderly · 1 appearance on the record.

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Vladislav Podolyako is the founder and CEO of Belkins, a global B2B appointment-setting agency, and Folderly, an email deliverability SaaS platform. He bootstrapped both SalesTech ventures to multi-million-dollar scale without outside funding.

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Podolyako Spins Off Software Products into Separate Bootstrapped Entities
“We split it up to a different company with different team with own resources, because if you're bootstrapping, you need to take care of all those stuff. And since we're like the bootstrap and we hate to earn investments because we can do it by ourselves, like …”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 3:54 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Sales Conversion Dropped From 25% to 10% Without Founder Involvement
“Our average conversion rate around 10 plus. So at the beginning when I like mostly involved in sales, it was like 25. Because like founders can easily sell and you know what to say. And our average conversion around 10%.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 8:39 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Folderly Has Been Profitable Since Day One
“From the day one.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 10:41 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Folderly Reached $130K MRR Within Nine Months of Launching
“Eight or nine. It's already nine months.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 13:53 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Belkins Generated $6M ARR in 2020
“So in the year, Belkinz did almost six mil in ARR, so in the annual revenue.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 3:24 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Podolyako Holds 60% Equity in Folderly; Partner Holds 30%
“So we did like 60 on 30.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 5:53 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Folderly Charges $200 Monthly Minimum, Averaging $1,500 ACV
“So we're starting to bill our clients 200 bucks per month as the minimum subscription. On average, we charge our clients, so whatever check, it's around 1500 bucks per month.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 6:36 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Folderly Spent Under $10K Before Acquiring Its First Customer
“It's, like, fine and small sum. So it's around, like, under the 10 grand.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 10:17 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Folderly Operated at a 20% Net Profit Margin Recently
“Around 20%.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 10:47 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
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Folderly's Monthly Churn Averages 10-15%, Spiking to 25% in Summer
“Our churn it was 10, the July and August, it went under 25 because of the summer and, like, cutting costs of the budgets until the September and other business months. But our average churn rate is 10, maximum 15.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 11:28 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
Disclosure
Vladislav Podolyako Started Agency Belkins with Just $100
“Michael and I started to build Balkans with, like, hundred bucks, and we, like, came so far with a lot of people.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 16:19 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped Sep 17, 2021 10m
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