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Hello and welcome to episode 101 of Webflail.

I'm your host, Jack, your failure connoisseur, and today my guest is Stephanie Bruce.

She’s a digital Designer and Framer/Webflow Developer that worked on OFF GRID & 10X Conference websites.

She has got a great eye for design - you know when you look at premium work and just go GODDAMN.

That’s how I feel whenever I see posts from Stephanie on social of beautiful mock ups and renders.

Speaking of renders, she’s also doing a lot more 3D work too recently being involved in the FlowParty course so excited to chat to her about that and more

She’s freelancing like a boss.

BUT HAS IT BEEN EASY?

The fails we’ll talk about in today’s episode are:

1. Poor time underestimating

2. Not appreciating the importance of networking and sharing work

3. Feeling the pressure to keep up with design trends

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LINKS FOR STEPHANIE
‍💻 See Website: https://stephaniebruce.co/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-bruce-aba19376/
🐦 X: https://x.com/stefbrucedesign

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So, for the 100th episode, I decided to get the big guns in, fly to SF and do this bad boy in person with the CEO (at the time) and co-founder of Webflow, Vlad Magdalin.

Vlad came to US as a refugee with his parents from Russia.

He learnt graphic design almost by accident when he worked with his entrepreneurial dad asked him to convert catalogues from english to Russian.

This lead to a job with a company called Russian American media → deepened his interest in graphics and then 3D animation.

At college, he studied computer science but dropped out to go to the academy of art in San Francisco.

The technical aspect of sophisticated 3D and animation tools and feeling like he was getting superpowers really interested Vlad.

He dropped out of art school and got a job at a design agency.

Why can’t web designers design stuff and hit publish to be live on the web just like 3D - render something and it’s live on the screen

As you may have guessed, this spark was the catalyst for Webflow.
Webflow now has over 200,000 users and is over $100 million annual revenue.

And it was an easy ride with no failures whatsoever.

No no no dear Webflailer… it wasn’t quite this easy.

The failures that we’ll talk about today are:

1) Not valuing himself when he went back to freelancing – until a client rejected my invoice for $750 and said that to him the site is worth at least $5k

2) Stopping to work on Webflow in 2008 (for the 3rd time) when there was a trademark issue and I couldn’t use that name – combined with Weebly raising money

3) (Not sure if I can talk about this one publicly yet… noodling on it) Getting too caught up in the no-code hype and trying to do too much (e.g. Logic) before fully nailing the fundamentals (e.g. CMS)

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LINKS FOR TORY
‍💻 See Website: https://www.doorwaycreative.com/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toryhowell/

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Hey Webflailers!

I'm your host, Jack, your failure connoisseur, and today my guest is Isabelle Cuisset.

Fascinatingly, her background is in merchandising.

She has an extensive background in the fashion industry, working with major luxury brands such as Burberry, Loewe, and Prada for over two decades.

Moving towards the digital world, she graduated from a ten-month Web Development Bootcamp at TripleTen (ex Practicum by Yandex) in 2021. Driven by her passion, she decided to launch her own web design and development studio.

3 days a week, she’s still in the fashion world and 2 days a week as a Webflower.

The failures we’ll talk about in today’s episode are:

1. Failing to realise what you see is not always what you get!
2. Failing to get content from clients before starting a project
3. Failing to learn something new every day

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LINKS FOR ISABELLE
‍💻 See Website: https://www.isawabi.com/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-cuisset/

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Welcome to episode 29 of Webflail! Today's guest is Alessia Sannazzaro.

In 2016, Alessia co-founded Code & Wander, an agency that helps companies move quickly by using cutting-edge no-code tools to design and build websites and applications. The agency now comprises of 9 people and is doing well. Alessia is big on community - in November last year, Alessia created FlowTools, a collection of 56+ resources created by the Webflow community all in one place. She is also keen on mentorship having been involved in various startup programmes such as Startup Sprint, The Big Idea Challenge, Hack for Good and Creative Spark in London.

The 3 failures Alessia wants to talk about are:

1. Failing to handle the hiring process well
2. Failing to realise overly crafted proposals may not help conversions
3. Failing to start doing retainers early enough

CONNECT WITH ALESSIA
📬 See her website: https://www.codeandwander.com/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/codeandwander

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Today my guest is Dumeme Ndubisi.

He is a product, brand identity designer and web designer based in Lagos, Nigeria. I came across Dumeme when I saw his distinctive portfolio website full of animation, interactions and playful visuals. 

He’s worked in various industries from sport, music, social media over 8 years of doing creative work. On his website, he writes “My mission is to build sustainable design frameworks which create positive cultural shifts and create the ideal product that users will love. 

Ultimately, I want to leave a positive impact on the world through art & design.”

The 3 failures Dumeme wants to talk about are:

1. challenges faced in transitioning into web design
2.  talking about taking on too many projects at the same time
3. underpricing. BUT good opportunity to grow in!

CONNECT WITH DUMEME
📬 See her website: https://dumemearts.webflow.io/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dumemearts
📬Connect On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dumeme-ndubisi-7669b699/

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Today my guest is Arnau. He is a freelance web designer & content creator based in Barcelona. With almost 30K subs on his YT channel, he is creating content for freelancers all about the no code space, design inspo and web development. That’s when I first came across him! He also has Dialogue With Designers, an interview series called Dialogue with designers that’s had Michael Janda and Dot Lung to name drop a couple of people in the series. 

The 3 failures Arnau wants to talk about are:

1. I'd say taking on a nightmare of a client when I was really young and struggled to deal with it, that shit was a hell for me
2. not raising my prices sooner
3. I’d say working all the time is another

CONNECT WITH ARNAU
📬 See her website: https://www.arnau.design/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arnau_design
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Today's guest is Breeona Nechole.

I’m your host, Jack Redley, a failure connoisseur and today, a failure connoisseur and today, my guest is Breeona Nechole. Bree is from Nebraska but lives in arkansas USA and she was always a curious creative as a young child and has continued exploring her creative interests to this day. She is full of diverse talents from cooking and baking, healing people using her holistic health skills and also branding, web design and 3d skills. She wants to specialise in 3D and illustrations for her career though.

The 3 failures Bree wants to talk about are:

1. Playing it too safe with my work/ideas/pricing
2. Underestimating myself and my work history
3. Waiting too long to jump into the community

CONNECT WITH BREEONA
📬 See her website: https://breeonanecholeportfolio.webflow.io/ 
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BreeonaNechole

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Today's guest is Ailín Tobim. 

Ailín has had an interesting life - after studying biochemistry and immunology, he worked in labs in cities and realised he craved outdoor living. Leaving that life behind, he became a surf instructor and then learnt wordpress, wix and shopify before training as a front end developer before finding Webflow. He now lives on the west coast of ireland and runs Happy Devflow where he offers different development packages and retainers.

The 3 failures we talk about in this episode are:

1. Underpricing.

2.  Overpricing.

3. Losing a client that was worth €23K/year.

CONNECT WITH AILÍN
📬 See her website: https://www.happydevflow.com/
📬 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ail%C3%ADn-j-tobin-web-design/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tobinthe2nd

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Welcome to episode 24 of Webflail. Today, my guest is Penny Olorenshaw. 

She’s the chief builder for Build Marketing and Co-Founder of No Code North. She’s a Canadian Webflow MVP having helped to set up various events! Before this though, Penny spent 18 years in Canada's dance community, working as a stage and production manager with some of Canada's finest ballet and modern dance companies and schools.

The 3 failures Penny talks about are:

1. Penny forgot she had ADHD for nearly 10 years

2.  Not asking for help early or often enough

3. Not finding out soon enough what my work is worth and finding the clients who will pay for it

CONNECT WITH PENNY
📬 See her website: https://www.buildmarketing.ca/
📬 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennyolorenshaw/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pennyolo

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Welcome to episode 23 of Webflail. Today’s guest is Jack Redley (normally the host of this podcast).

Jack studied languages at Newcastle university and then went to live in Portugal and worked on a vineyard in lisbon. Then, he moved to Porto and tried to freelance. After completely failing at that, he decided to move back to Newcastle and actually got a job at Newcastle university working in marketing. He freelanced on the side and then worked for 2 agencies before freelancing again.

The 3 failures we talk about are:

1. Niching badly
2. Not having a contract in place
3. Trying too hard to sell

CONNECT WITH JACK
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