Vladislav Podolyako Started Agency Belkins with Just $100
Vladislav Podolyako · Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped · Sep 17, 2021 · at 16:19
Folderly and Belkins founder Vladislav Podolyako speaks with Nathan Latka about founding and scaling his sales agency.
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“Michael and I started to build Balkans with, like, hundred bucks, and we, like, came so far with a lot of people.”
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