507: Wix Co-Founder Shares Website Tips from 250M+ Users | Avishai Abrahami

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

If you want to build a website for your business that stands out, Avishai Abrahami believes that you need to care about what your customers are trying to do. Avishai is the CEO and co-founder of the website platform Wix. Founded in 2006, under Abrahami's leadership, Wix has grown to 254M users in 191 countries and 22 languages and went public in 2013 with a $800M valuation. In this episode, Chan and Abrahami break down the fundamentals of business websites and how AI speeds up development for founders with limited resources. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to bring your personal story into your website Why great products focus on what the customer wants Why Abrahami doesn’t think a 12-hour working day is difficult His takes on AI and what it looks like in five years Why he only makes four decisions a quarter How AI makes a first version website better Why founders need to be obsessed What makes a great website for founders And much more founder and web design advice… Click here to start your business for $1. You’ll get all-access foundr+, where you’ll find more in-depth, proven strategies from founders like our guest today and support and advice from our global community of 30,000 founders. If you loved this conversation and learned something new, rate and review this episode. Stay in touch with us, follow foundr on your favorite platform: Foundr.com Instagram YouTube Facebook X LinkedIn Magazine

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0:00.0	My personal belief is that great products are always focusing on what the customer want to do
0:04.8	and what's the best way to do it and how it should end up looking.
0:09.1	Take a look at an example of PowerPoint.
0:10.4	You want to create a presentation, but you want to make a beautiful presentation.
0:14.0	If we give people the ability to generate their vision and to make it as beautiful as they want,
0:19.5	then we have a winner.
0:21.1	The hardest part in building a website is that
0:24.3	it takes a lot of effort to do the first version.
0:29.9	Everyone has a different story
0:31.6	and different way to talk about it,
0:33.1	if you want to present it,
0:34.1	and this is what you want to carry into your website.
0:37.5	That personal feeling with the story around it.
0:42.8	Before we dive in, I want to extend a warm invitation to join our thriving founder
0:47.3	community.
0:48.2	It's the perfect place to discover more insightful interviews aimed at helping you build, grow and
0:52.9	scale your business.
0:54.2	So don't forget to hit subscribe.
0:56.5	Your support means the absolute world to us.
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1:01.3	Let's get stuck in today's discussion.
1:04.2	Hear the stories.
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