Squarespace

7 Side Hustles You Can Start This Year

Ali Abdaal

A no-code website builder mentioned as an easy way to create websites.

The Number One Goal is Getting Started - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy

Y Combinator

A website building and hosting platform used by the speaker for her four-week test, leveraging its free trial.

Matt Walker: Sleep | Lex Fridman Podcast #210

Lex Fridman

A sponsor of the podcast.

Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media

Y Combinator

A company whose direct-response advertising on podcasts is used as an example of how measurable analytics confirm the effectiveness of the medium.

Cumrun Vafa: String Theory | Lex Fridman Podcast #204

Lex Fridman

A sponsor of the podcast.

Building a Startup is About Solving a Problem - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy

Y Combinator

A website building platform used for Poppy's landing page in its early SMS-based MVP.

How To Build A Website in 2026

Ali Abdaal

A paid website platform recommended for beginners, known for its ease of use, costing $13/month, and offering a free domain with an annual payment.

Answering your Questions

Ali Abdaal

A recommended platform for building simple, bog-standard websites.

What If Humanity Is Among The First Spacefaring Civilizations?

PBS Space Time

A website building and hosting company mentioned as a sponsor, offering tools for e-commerce, membership content, and website templates.

Fed Hesitates on Tariffs, The New Mag 7, Death of VC, Google's Value in a Post-Search World

All-In Podcast

Relationships, Annoying Habits and More - Q&A with my Housemate

Ali Abdaal

A website building platform recommended by Ali for beginners who don't know how to use a computer.

How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber

Ali Abdaal

A brand mentioned as an example of a company whose recommendations are taken seriously by an audience with trust.

Nuclear waste is not the problem you've been made to believe it is

Sabine Hossenfelder

A platform for creating websites, blogs, landing pages, and managing email lists, used here as a sponsor read.

Alex Blumberg Interview: Part 1 (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A website company that sponsored Gimlet Media's podcasts. An ad for Squarespace led to a public relations crisis when a user was not properly informed their interview would be used in an advertisement.

Matt Mullenweg Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A contemporary competitor to WordPress that focuses on being a service with a single codebase, contrasting with WordPress's infinite extensibility.

Sophia Amorusa Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A website building platform mentioned as making it incredibly easy to set up an online business now.

Female Founders Conference 2017

Y Combinator

Used by Anne Thompson Patel for her landing page in the early, no-code MVP version of Poppy, highlighting its utility for quick setup.

YC SUS: Aaron Epstein and Eric Migicovsky give website feedback

Y Combinator

A website builder mentioned as a competitor that Softer needs to differentiate itself from.

YC SUS: Eric Migicovsky hosts founder office hours

Y Combinator

A website builder mentioned as a competitor to WP Clover, providing DIY website creation, which WP Clover aims to augment with dedicated maintenance.