Nearly half of small businesses still don't have a website, but David Rusenko aims to change that. He's the CEO of Weebly, a that PCWorld named products.
More than 10 million people have created Weebly websites. Its WYSIWYG tools are popular among a variety of small businesses, like realtors, restaurants, photo studios, retail stores, as well as schools and nonprofit groups.
With 35 staff members, Weebly is a small business itself. Its earliest versions came out of a class project at Pennsylvania State University. After working on it part-time for close to a year, then securing funds from Y Combinator, Rusenko moved with co-founders Dan Veltri and Chris Fanini to San Francisco in 2007. On my recent visit to Weebly's new office in North Beach, Rusenko was especially proud of a decked-out, velvety-walled basement speakeasy room, accessible only through a hidden panel in a wall.
How many hours a week do you work?
I work 70 to 80 hours per week. The first couple hours of my day start off at home, where I catch up on e-mail and the latest news. Then, I head in to our office and work from there the rest of the day. My weekends are generally off--I just spend a few hours each day answering email and keeping up to date.