Podcast appearances and mentions of david rusenko

David Rusenko was a college student when he applied, at the last minute, to Y Combinator in 2006. His startup, Weebly, made a web site builder. At one point they came within days of running out of money, but they survived to be acquired by Square in 2018 for $365 million. Now David runs a fund, Leap Forward Ventures, focused on climate change. He has spent his whole career in startups, and has seen close to everything that can happen.

David Rusenko is no stranger to creating world-class products. In 2007 he founded Weebly, a website builder, and watched it grow. Selling to Square in 2018, David now leads the eCommerce team which, as the pandemic surfaced, acted quickly to build new delivery products on their platform that has forever changed the business. More on David's story including his time management techniques post-acquisition, how he found their killer feature at Weebly, and why Twitch and Amazon are models for what good acquisitions can look like. All this and more on this episode of How I Grew This. Listen now on Apple Podcasts Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more.

David is the Head of eCommerce at Square and founder of Weebly, which was acquired by Square in 2018 for $365M. He graduated from Penn State in 2007 with a degree in Information Sciences & Technology. 

“The more you can learn to plan for and manage your own emotional state, the more you actually show up and perform at work.” David Rusenko, GM, Commerce at Square Inc. and Meredith Goldberg-Morse, Senior Manager of Social Impact at MTV, join us in the launch of Season Four of We Are Everyone to address how mental health and wellness is impacting businesses and the workforce – a matter that is importance than ever as America enters back into the office. Meredith dives into how MTV helps content creators understand who can serve as that credible mental wellness resource or advisor so that they can pass the right and credible information.

The pandemic has turned many industries upside down, including the restaurant sector. While farsighted restaurants had digital plans on their future roadmaps before COVID-19 struck, lockdown was a gamechanger. Square, which builds business tools to help sellers of all sizes start, grow, and run their operations, has been instrumental in helping restaurants make the necessary pivot to eCommerce solutions.Barbara Castiglia, Host of The Main Course, was joined by David Rusenko, Head of eCommerce for Square, to talk about the increasing importance of eCommerce in the restaurant world, in no small part due to the coronavirus. “In many ways, the pandemic brought us further into the future, faster,” said Rusenko. When San Francisco issued its first shelter in place mandate, Square was quick to help businesses pivot and rewrite their roadmaps. Rusenko said that within 48 hours, restaurants were able to offer curbside delivery, and within a week, delivery functionality.Square instituted a full online platform that allows restaurants to have a direct channel to accept orders and transactions online, without paying commissions on the third-party marketplace. It also created a self-serve QR-ordering system that allows customers to split tabs, order their meals, and perhaps another cocktail, all from their phones. In short, these platforms ramped up restaurants' overall efficiency while attracting customers, creating new experiences, and growing businesses. “The steady drumbeat of the restaurant industry was that they needed to adapt,” he said. “The industry was faced with a dire situation. We wanted to be there and support them as quickly as possible."

During Covid, the ability to be a digital, multi-channel, diversified business became a matter of survival for SMEs. Solving the banking issues for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and shop owners has always been about giving them tools and space to follow their dreams and passions, but now, it is about lasting and recovering. Could the push to digital have put small businesses that survive the strains of the pandemic in a stronger place than they were before? We spoke to David Rusenko, GM of E-Commerce at Square, about the shifts and providing banking to SMEs during Covid and beyond. Guest: David Rusenko, GM of E-Commerce, SquareHosts: Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20Rachel Morrissey, Producer, Money20/20 USAProducers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Editor, AscentialRachel Morrissey, Producer, Money20/20 USA

David Rusenko is no stranger to creating world-class products. In 2007 he founded Weebly, a website builder, and watched it grow. Selling to Square in 2018, David now leads the eCommerce team which, as the pandemic surfaced, acted quickly to build new delivery products on their platform that has forever changed the business. More on David’s story including his time management techniques post-acquisition, how he found their killer feature at Weebly, and why Twitch and Amazon are models for what good acquisitions can look like. All this and more on this episode of How I Grew This. Listen now on Apple Podcasts Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more.

Ron really has a problem with people who have stinky breath and tells a story of applicable woe... Guest: General Manager of Square E-Commerce David Rusenko talks about how stores have changed the way they do business

The global pandemic has brought some aspects of life to a stand-still, while others have accelerated at incredible speeds. eCommerce has grown exponentially. Restaurants were on the uptrend in adopting technology to increase their business reach, now those trends have become essential survival tools almost overnight. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with David Rusenko, General Manager of eCommerce at Square, about how restaurants across the country are using technology to pivot their business into new services and products, delivering to their customers in ways they never would have imagined.In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep Tech Bites on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Photo Courtesy of SquareTech Bites is powered by Simplecast.

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Suman Bhattacharyya. As merchants face new obstacles amid COVID-19 and shelter-in-place mandates, Square is working to smooth their transition to digital. Today’s guest is David Rusenko, Square’s head of e-commerce. Rusenko, who founded website builder Weebly in 2006, has been working with Square since 2018, when Weebly was acquired by Square for $365 million. Since then, Square integrated Weebly’s platform into its e-commerce platform for sellers, which was relaunched as Square Online Store last year. The Square Online Store product suite helps merchants manage online-to-offline business integrations. It lets them manage payments, inventory, delivery and other business tasks in one place. Square joins Shopify, Facebook and Amazon that are seeking to grow their e-commerce merchant businesses. Square is growing its e-commerce chops while other ecommerce platform providers improve their financial services offerings. David joins us to discuss how COVID-19 influenced Square Online Store’s product journey, seller behavior and the next chapter for Square’s ecommerce product ecosystem.

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Zack Miller. David Rusenko sold his website builder, Weebly, to Square around a year ago. With the acquisition complete and the platform now integrated, David and Square are back with the relaunch of the Square Online Store. Good for ecommerce and good for retailers that want to bridge the online/offline world with an integrated offering, Square Online Store exemplifies Square's evolving ecosystem. David joins us to talk about the revamped Square Online Store, Square's broader ecommerce strategy, and how clients are using it to expand their David Rusenko is my guest today on the Tearsheet Podcast.

David Rusenko is CEO and co-founder of Weebly. Created in his Penn State dorm room in 2006, Weebly now hosts 50 million entrepreneurs in 225 countries around the world. He's helped scale the company to 300+ employees in 5 global offices. He's dad to a 1.5 year old and his hobbies range from stunt car driving to roaring game of bridge with his mother-in-law.

David Rusenko from YC alumus Weebly details the story of how Weebly developed one of the most popular website creation and hosting sites on the web today.TranscriptLecture SlidesVideo Link

This week's episode isn't so much about making a jump, but helping others make jumps of their own. David Rusenko and Chris Fanini are the co-founders of Weebly, a service that allows for easy building of a web site -- often one of the first things any jumper needs before going into business for themselves. In a wide-ranging conversation with host Mike Lewis, Rusenko and Fanini detail how Weebly came about, how the platform grew, and how they connect with their own community of jumpers. Purchase the When To Jump book here Learn more: When To Jump Weebly

Trevor Pryce - retired NFL player and Author & Creator of KULIPARIScott Richards - Founder & CEO of Reconnect ResearchDaniel Schindler - CoFounder of Donuts IncSteven McClurg - CEO & President of CrowdfunderDavid Rusenko - ‎Founder & CEO of WeeblyHeather Serden & Danielle Yadegar - CoFounders of Above the GlassSam Ovens - Founder & CEO of Ovens International

Trevor Pryce - retired NFL player and Author & Creator of KULIPARIScott Richards - Founder & CEO of Reconnect ResearchDaniel Schindler - CoFounder of Donuts IncSteven McClurg - CEO & President of CrowdfunderDavid Rusenko - ‎Founder & CEO of WeeblyHeather Serden & Danielle Yadegar - CoFounders of Above the GlassSam Ovens - Founder & CEO of Ovens International

In this episode of Startup School Radio, co-hosts and Y Combinator partners Aaron Harris and Kat Manalac interview Weebly founder David Rusenko.

Deb Digregorio tells how to Triumph Over Toothpicks. David Rusenko is the founder and CEO of Weebly, a powerful and easy way for anybody to create a site, blog or online store. Rev. Dr. Lesly Deveraux talks about why finding joy is much more important than the instability of happiness during the holiday season. Learn more about Don Mazzella's new book, An American Family Sampler. The new fall edition of Small Busines Digest is now available here.