In this episode, I sit down with Raymmar Tirado to talk about how communities change and why they matter. We get into the shift from the early, organic Webflow days to the more curated, enterprise-leaning era, and why that shift changed the energy for many creators.
Raymmar walks me through what he has been doing after Finsweet, the projects he has explored, and how community has shaped all of it. We talk about why in-person meetups still matter, how to start one from scratch, and why the people in the room decide whether a community grows or dies.
We also get into ownership, governance, and what it means to build something that isn’t controlled by a single platform. Raymmar breaks down the role of attention, trust, and content for freelancers, and why hitting “publish” is still the hardest and most important step.
This is a wide, honest conversation about community, creativity, and taking agency in your work.
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Timestamps:
- 00:00 – Teaser
- 00:22 – Webflow Communities, what happened?
- 03:46 – The Rise of Vibe Code and New Tools
- 06:45 – Does Webflow have a place?
- 08:06 – Intros & What Raymmar has done since Finsweet
- 11:31 – Building Products
- 17:42 – The Importance of Community in Product Development
- 21:42 – Trust and Community in Business
- 25:57 – Examples of Successful Community Models
- 27:19 – Person as an Image of a Company
- 32:41 – The First Contract
- 35:47 – Finding the Right Community
- 40:52 – The Power of In-Person Connections
- 43:59 – Starting Your Own Event
- 48:14 – Creating a Welcoming Atmosphere for Networking
- 52:41 – Understanding Community Ownership and Dynamics
- 01:00:25 – Hope for the Future: The Evolution of Online Communities
- 01:03:18 – The Power of Local Politics
- 01:08:31 – Engagement and Community Responsibility
- 01:10:29 – The Role of Content Creation
- 01:15:02 – Overcoming Fear in Content Creation
- 01:16:15 – Chesterton's Fence: Understanding Society
- 01:19:35 – Finding Opportunity in Adversity
- 01:28:26 – The Finnish thing
- 01:30:08 – Check Out Raymmar
