VLADYSLAV PODOLIAKO / FOUNDER & OPERATOR

VLADYSLAV PODOLIAKO / FOUNDER & OPERATOR

Building companies.
Sharing the playbook.

Building companies.
Sharing the playbook.

I’m Vlad, founder of Belkins and Folderly. Explore the products I’m building and the lessons behind them.

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Ideas you can actually use.

A few things I’m building across AI, email, learning, and growth.

Email

Folderly

Diagnose delivery issues and improve the health of your email program.

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Growth

Belkins

Build a B2B sales pipeline with a team that runs outreach for you.

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AI & automation

404 Models

Develop an AI brand persona with a human-reviewed content workflow.

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Email

Folderly Generate

Turn your offer, audience, and goal into a cold-email draft.

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Productivity

Flick

Work through a finite batch of email decisions from your selected accounts.

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Learning

LinguaLive

Practice speaking with an AI tutor and get feedback as you talk.

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What are you working on?

Start with a topic. Go deeper with practical notes from the field.

AI agents for operators

Build workflows with clear inputs, human review, and useful outcomes.

Founder-led outbound

Turn customer conversations into sharper positioning and outreach.

Email deliverability

Understand the sending foundations behind a healthier growth funnel.

From agency to SaaS

Lessons on turning service knowledge into a product business.

AI search & discovery

Explore GEO, AEO, and how useful content gets found.

The companies behind the work

Belkins Website Homepage

Belkins

$100M B2B Acquisition Machine

Belkins Website Homepage

Belkins

$100M B2B Acquisition Machine

Folderly Website Homepage

Folderly

$1.56M ARR in Nine Months, Bootstrapped

New Drops

Sales and Marketing Alignment Canvas

Sales and Marketing Alignment Canvas + Calculator

Sales and Marketing Canvas

$59

Sales and Marketing Alignment Canvas

Sales and Marketing Alignment Canvas + Calculator

Sales and Marketing Canvas

$59

Stop asking: "Should I email or call?"

Omnichannel Outreach Decision Guide

Omnichannel Guide

$0

AI OPERATING NOTES

AI operating system I’m building in public

AI operating system I’m building in public

Use Dive to turn an AI idea into a workflow you can review and test. Explore 57 chapters and 4 curated paths, then choose one of 4 planner presets to define inputs, approvals, and acceptance tests. The planner builds a deterministic specification locally in your browser, ready to copy or download as Markdown.

Use Dive to turn an AI idea into a workflow you can review and test. Explore 57 chapters and 4 curated paths, then choose one of 4 planner presets to define inputs, approvals, and acceptance tests. The planner builds a deterministic specification locally in your browser, ready to copy or download as Markdown.

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Plan a workflow

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AI Radar

Thoughts

Sharing experiences, knowledge, and practical experiments as a founder, in my entrepreneurial journey

Editorial line drawing of a structured operator playbook with AI workflow blocks on warm cream paper.

AI Operators Need SOPs, Not Prompts

If the workflow cannot name its boundary, evidence, and stop condition, it is not ready to run.

Editorial line drawing of inbox metrics, deliverability curves, and sender reputation marks on warm cream paper.

Inbox Placement Is a Growth Metric

If the email does not land, the rest of the funnel is theater.

Editorial line drawing of a founder leading an outbound workflow with AI assistance on warm cream paper.

Founder-Led Outbound Still Wins in the Agent Era

Founder-led outbound is not only sales. It is positioning research.

Editorial line drawing of a single AI workflow stack for a B2B founder on warm cream paper.

The B2B Founder's AI Stack Should Start With One Workflow

The stack should emerge from the work.

Editorial line drawing of sales notes turning into content ideas on warm cream paper.

Useful Content Starts in Sales Notes

The CRM is often a better content calendar than the content calendar.

Editorial line drawing of an AI SDR workflow blocked by weak positioning on warm cream paper.

AI SDRs Will Not Fix Bad Positioning

AI can scale outbound confusion as easily as outbound precision.

Thoughts

Sharing experiences, knowledge, and practical experiments as a founder, in my entrepreneurial journey

Editorial line drawing of a structured operator playbook with AI workflow blocks on warm cream paper.

AI Operators Need SOPs, Not Prompts

If the workflow cannot name its boundary, evidence, and stop condition, it is not ready to run.

Editorial line drawing of inbox metrics, deliverability curves, and sender reputation marks on warm cream paper.

Inbox Placement Is a Growth Metric

If the email does not land, the rest of the funnel is theater.

Editorial line drawing of a founder leading an outbound workflow with AI assistance on warm cream paper.

Founder-Led Outbound Still Wins in the Agent Era

Founder-led outbound is not only sales. It is positioning research.

Thoughts

Sharing experiences, knowledge, and practical experiments as a founder, in my entrepreneurial journey

Editorial line drawing of a structured operator playbook with AI workflow blocks on warm cream paper.

AI Operators Need SOPs, Not Prompts

If the workflow cannot name its boundary, evidence, and stop condition, it is not ready to run.

Editorial line drawing of inbox metrics, deliverability curves, and sender reputation marks on warm cream paper.

Inbox Placement Is a Growth Metric

If the email does not land, the rest of the funnel is theater.

Editorial line drawing of a founder leading an outbound workflow with AI assistance on warm cream paper.

Founder-Led Outbound Still Wins in the Agent Era

Founder-led outbound is not only sales. It is positioning research.

Editorial line drawing of a single AI workflow stack for a B2B founder on warm cream paper.

The B2B Founder's AI Stack Should Start With One Workflow

The stack should emerge from the work.

Editorial line drawing of sales notes turning into content ideas on warm cream paper.

Useful Content Starts in Sales Notes

The CRM is often a better content calendar than the content calendar.

Editorial line drawing of an AI SDR workflow blocked by weak positioning on warm cream paper.

AI SDRs Will Not Fix Bad Positioning

AI can scale outbound confusion as easily as outbound precision.

Online Courses

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Business Services

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Stack

Software and resources I use on a regular basis.

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Software and resources I use on a regular basis.

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Stack

Software and resources I use on a regular basis.

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Newsletter CMS

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Vlad Podoliako

Serial Entrepreneur

Vlad Podoliako

Serial Entrepreneur