Elena Verna

Growth, Dropbox

You can find more about me here: https://elenaverna.lovable.app/

Interim, Head of Growth

Huge news! To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re making Lovable completely FREE on March 8th!!! No opt-ins, no gatekeeping. No fluff talk. Just BUILDING and SHIPPING. Because unlocking new skills beats flowers & chocolates every.single.time.

That's right - It’s free for *everyone* building with us as part of SheBuilds, in partnership with Anthropic!

Ladies, it’s time to build. Not someday. Not when you’re “ready.” The time is NOW. And men? JOIN IN. We need you! We shall create the future together. 

So go solo, or grab a fellow woman, a friend, a sibling, a parent, your kid, your partner, or a teammate. Build something together. 

Aaand we are offering optional in-person community-led events around the world, with experienced builders on hand to help you ship, not overthink. 32 events across 17 countries, and counting: 
-> Check: shebuilds.lovable.app

Where will I be? In our Stockholm HQ, building (with my daughter). If you want to join me in Stockholm, drop a comment and we'll get back to you if there is room!

But wait, there is more! Every participant also gets $100 in Claude API tokens and $250 in Stripe fee credits. 

Warning: Lovable may be habit-forming. Results include shipping faster, feeling unreasonably powerful, and questioning why you ever waited for permission.

It's time to build.
#womenintech

Lovable is FREE today. Yes, actually free!!! But only for the next 24 hours.

Why? Because the best way to celebrate International Women’s Day isn’t another panel, another hashtag, or another box of chocolates.

It’s access.

Access to new technology.
Access to building.
Access to skills that actually change your trajectory.

Ladies - flowers wilt. Skills compound. Get in there! 

Gents - the future should be built by everyone, and we need you in it. It’s free for everyone today, so lean in and build.

So today, stop being just a user of software. Become a builder. 

Open Lovable. Break things. Build something weird. Build something useful. Build something that makes you proud.

See what’s possible. 

Share this post to let others know! 

The next 24 hours are going by FAST… are you building yet!!?
#freelovableday #womenintech #ai

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We’ve launched a startup program at Lovable! Qualifying startups get 10K in Lovable credits if their VC, incubator, or accelerator partners with us.

Startups, if your roadmap currently starts with “once we hire X,” this is for you. Ship fast, test with real users, and get to real traction today - all on Lovable! Go bug your VC, accelerator, and incubator to join our startup program ASAP. 

VC's, accelerators, and incubators - run, don't walk to apply: https://lnkd.in/g76xfrfk

#startup #growth

March 8th is around the corner… and you know what that means.
For one day, Lovable goes freeeee!

Join us for a livestream straight from our Stockholm HQ where we’re celebrating International Women's day the best way we could possibly imagine: giving everyone the power to build and up-skill. 
-> Join livestream here: https://lnkd.in/gXs7yiUS
With:
- Yours truly 
- Anton Osika - Lovable's beloved CEO
- Helen Lee Kupp - Founder of "Women defining AI"
- Margot van Laar - A Technical leader from Anthropic

So if you’ve ever thought “someone should build this”… this is your sign.
March 8. No paywalls. No “upgrade to continue.” Livestream to inspire you.

Let’s build something ridiculous.
#TimeToShip

I honestly don’t even have the words. Todays event at Stockholm’s Lovable HQ was absolutely incredible. When women come together, things change. Ideas move faster, courage spreads, and the world gets a little closer to what it could be. 

That’s all I’ll say.

Happy international women’s day everyone! 

Please give it up for Whitney Menarcheck (first pic), and Emily Beal (last pic of 3 of us) - the muscle behind it all. Special appearance by my daughter that built an app today too, and SheBuilds alumni! 

I’m so excited for the future. It’s going to be too good. 

P.s. Hope you’re taking advantage of the last few hours of Lovable while it’s free. Go build something.
 
#womenintech
#wearejustgettingstarted

Today we launched Vibe Coders in Residence program at Lovable!!! VCIR is a group of independent builders (and absolutely incredible vibe-coders) collaborating alongside us to push what’s possible as we build Lovable on... Lovable.

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Vibe coding has officially entered the job market.

Now, we’re all already vibe coding nonstop, but we wanted to go further. The way software gets built is changing and working with more Vibe Coders let us live in that future. I even find myself vibe coding most of the time now, something I never would have imagined.

Erich Kottke, Shane Spencer, Jon Higginbotham, Bobby Siegfried - I'm so excited to build along side you. Learn from you. And see what is possible! 

Growth=vibe coding now. 

LFG!
#vibecoding

Everyone is stuck debating whether AI will take their job. The answer is almost certainly yes (I know, I know - it’s terrifying). That part isn’t interesting anymore.
The more important question is this: What if this is also the biggest opportunity of your career?

There’s a short window to get radically ahead by going AI-native. But you need to act now. Not in five years. In the next few months. After that, it will just becomes table stakes and the edge disappears.

Because AI isn’t taking your job. Being complacent about what's happening around you will.

But what I keep seeing instead: people critiquing AI. Pointing out flaws. Mocking outputs. Arguing about em dashes.

That mindset is already obsolete.

AI should be your default starting point, not your backup plan. Writing. Thinking. Designing. Coding. Planning. If you’re manually doing work AI can do faster and better, that’s not craftsmanship. It’s wasted time when no time could be wasted.

Here’s the part people don’t like hearing: the demand for AI-native employees is exploding right now. Companies are starting to care less about fancy titles and padded resumes and more about who can actually ship. People with good taste, real business sense, and insane drive. 

If you’re stuck in a role you don’t love, waiting for permission, budget, or prioritization, this moment isn’t something to fear. It’s your opening.

Stop watching. Stop critiquing. Stop waiting to feel ready. 
Start building. 

Want to know how to get started? read on my blog: https://lnkd.in/ga8KcqCV

And huge thank you to my this week's blog sponsor, Salespeak.ai! Check them out to make sure your product is discoverable by ai. 

#ai #growth

This International Women’s Day, sure, bring the roses. But don’t stop there. Celebrate yourself and/or her by shipping something real. Advancing. Raising the bar. Breaking those stupid glass ceilings. 

We’re turning March 8th celebration into creation with a 24 hour, worldwide SheBuilds Lovable buildathon. No forms. No approvals. Just builders building.

And EVERYONE is invited! SheBuilds is lighting up *every* corner of the Lovable community - in person, online, wherever you are.

Bring your crew. Your boo. Your future boo. Or go solo. 

Build something weird, useful, or wildly ambitious together.

We’re cooking up something big. Save the date NOW: shebuilds.lovable.app

LFG!!!

#lovable #time2ship #minimumLOVABLEproduct

There’s something truly magical that happens when a bunch of people show up with the same energy - curious, supportive, slightly chaotic, and ready to build. That’s what I saw last Sunday at our SheBuilds event at Lovable’s HQ in Stockholm. And I’m still in awe about it.

Community is a funny thing. You can’t force it, you can’t manufacture it in a spreadsheet, and there’s definitely no funnel optimization framework for it. But when it clicks, you feel it immediately.

Honestly, this is what growth in the age of AI is starting to look like. Less obsessing over micro-optimizing funnels, more creating spaces where people can build, learn, and inspire each other.

And selfishly… this version of growth is way more fun.

Feeling really fortunate that I get to help create moments like this. Watching people realize “wait, I can actually build this” never gets old. Helping more women get there is incredibly rewarding. 

Can’t wait to see what’s next. 

Photo credit Susanna LDKY Photography  
#growth

Many companies are so addicted to revenue they’re growing themselves broke.
That's right, I said it. Revenue addiction kills companies. 

It looks something like this: 
Every initiative must show revenue, or else. 
If it doesn’t make $$$ in a week? Kill it.
No new in-quarter revenue? Not a priority.
Can’t attribute it in a dashboard? Doesn’t count.
Great for customers but not the pipeline? Don't you dare to bring it up.

That mindset was already toxic. But during the AI transition it’s becoming fatal.
Because the companies that win this era will invest years ahead of the revenue curve. 

Revenue-addicted companies don’t have the patience for that.

BUT! We are in the middle of a technological shift, and short-term outcomes combined with over-optimizing the existing business will end up being death sentences for many.

The scary part? A shocking number of companies are operating this way.

And how do you fix it, you might ask? You probably can’t.
Fixing it requires massive shifts in leadership mindset/roster and investor pressure. And most companies never make those changes (there, I said it). 

New post on revenue addiction and why it kills companies: https://lnkd.in/e8R_eY2d

And check out my sponsor - Demand & Expand  - an awesome event for B2B marketing & growth teams happening in San Francisco on May 19 & 20. Special offer in my newsletter!

#growth

Outbound isn’t dead. Your system is. I fix that.

Everyone wants to land clients consistently, and I figured out how.

With $15.2M+ in pipeline generated, 110+ clients scaled, and sales systems that generate revenue, I can show you how to build one yourself (without the trial-and-error BS).

In 2020: Scaled a SaaS to its first 1,000 customers via outbound cold emails
In 2023: Became the #1 cold email creator on LinkedIn by building my personal brand
In 2025: Teaching B2B teams the exact Cold Email + LinkedIn + Content playbook to land clients

Helped 100+ founders master the new outbound: LinkedIn intent signals, demand generation 
through content, social selling, and cold emails that actually convert.

Ready to generate leads? → yurii@yuriiveremchuk.io

Off the clock: 🏂 Slopes | 🏎 F1 Couch Driver | FLEX alum

Yurii Veremchuk

Founder posts job opening.

Every SDR within 6 hours:

"Saw you're hiring - we can help you scale faster. Got 15 min?"

Emails like that were a cheat code in 2020.
It's 2026... You can do better.

You need to stand out and differentiate from 50 identical messages.

Check how to contact founders without looking like every other rep.

I built a workflow with La Growth Machine

It includes:

• Voice notes (personalized) 
• Memes (relevant, not cringe) 
• Email sequences 
• LinkedIn DMs 
• Full scripts for each channel

It will alllow you to reach fewer people and get more out of it

Want the full workflow? 

Edit* here's the link, check it out - https://lgm.rocks/qoa

BDRs are going extinct in 2026.

GTM Engineer + AI + SDRs is the new stack.

1/ AI moves really fast. 

2025: you had to babysit AI to make it work
2026: AI finally works on its own

First came general AI workers like OpenClaw
Then big players like Anthropic Claude's Cowork.
Now we see the 1st sales-specific AI worker - FlashLabs

You can literally tell it to: 

"Check LinkedIn for every VP of Sales engaging with my content. When you find one, build a research brief and draft copy based on that signal + match it to their pain point. Then go through their network and find 3rd-degree connections who are lookalike VPs."

Within minutes, you have the entire workflow built.

• 6 months ago you needed Jedi-level Clay skills to do this.
• Today, you don’t have to be technical at all.

That’s some real leverage.

Why hire 20 yo BDR to do this job, if AI can build such workflow?

2/ The way we buy has changed

1/ 70% of prospect research is done independently
2/ Every layer (BDR → AE) slows deals momentum
3/ Buyers don’t like a poorly executed handoff

In SMB, speed & precision matters. 

Deals are smaller, faster, and more transactional

GTM Engineer/AI + full-cycle rep just make more sense. 

- lower CAC
- faster motion
- better conversion

One rep = one quota = one accountable owner.

It makes more sense to enable SDRs with technical plays.

What’s your take here? 

PS: Enterprise - humans still matter. Hard to automate relationship building.

PS. Clay, make it easier for non-technical reps to use your tool.

PS. Meme inspo Will Aitken

40 words cold emails is the new "SHORT".

+50 words is too much, here’s why:

I analyze thousands of emails monthly. 

• The long ones rarely work. People just don’t read them.
• The average person spends 2 seconds previewing email.
• If email's good prospect mayspend 8 more seconds scanning it.

That's 10 seconds total of their attention.

Average adult reading speed: ~200–300 words/minute

In 10 seconds:

200 wpm ~33 words
300 wpm ~50 words

That’s about 40 words average.

Data proves it:
✅ Short emails get 67% more replies (thanks Lavender)
✅ Long emails get ignored. Or worse land in spam.

Here’s the cold email formula I use:

1 sharp opener (make it relevant)
1 line on the pain or trigger
1 line for value offer or social proof 
1 simple CTA
Plain text signature
PS with more context (social proof, case study)

No fluff.
No stories.
No jargon.

Make every word count.

What would you add?

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