Working on your own website — Draft Podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, the Brians discuss the challenges of working on your own business website, when your company offers services or makes products for websites.
On June 21st the US Supreme…
Brian Krogsgard
On June 21st the US Supreme Court has ruled that online sellers must collect state sales taxes on consumer purchases, which will effect every business that sells on the web in the United States. This will likely impact small businesses…
Productizing your service business, with Brian Casel
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, I interview Brian Casel, the owner of Audience Ops, a productized content service he's built to employ 30 people. He also runs a podcast and course on helping others productize their services.
Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress…
Brian Krogsgard
Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress is a great tool "most small business website owners are not having wonderful experiences with it." This is due to a wide range of problems, like a lack of developer ethics, unclear communication, slow…
By now I’m sure you’ve all…
Brian Krogsgard
By now I'm sure you've all heard of Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. This is a hugely successful exit for GitHub, and another interesting pickup for Microsoft. Unfortunately I can't find the tweet anymore, but I…
Delicious Brains has decided to shut…
Brian Krogsgard
Delicious Brains has decided to shut down Mergebot, after three years of working on it. It was an ambitious project from the start, but they decided that it didn't meet their standards. Mergebot is by far the most ambitious product…
Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have…
Brian Krogsgard
Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have acquired Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress, which according to Syed is the second most popular analytics plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Its new name is ExactMetrics. The move fits within the goals of Awesome…
Over at WeGlot, they’ve put together…
Brian Krogsgard
Over at WeGlot, they've put together a detailed summary of how they've scaled their support capacity with HelpScout to handle 500 customer emails a week and non-stop live chat. That means 70+ conversations a day and a commitment to never shut…
An interview with The Theme Foundry
Dan Knauss
Scott Rollo heads The Theme Foundry, which may be best known today for its builder theme, Make. They recently rolled out HappyForms, a custom form builder plugin.
Contextualized Learning in or around WordPress — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, the dynamic Brian duo discuss the highly-anticipated return of WordSesh, the different ways in which we all learn the same, and some of the problems we face in skill building.
The Future of Content Distribution — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
This week the Brians put their brains together and discuss content distribution across various mediums and platforms as well as subscriptions for both digital and physical products.
An interview with Review Signal founder Kevin Ohashi
Dan Knauss
Kevin Ohashi is the founder of Review Signal. Kevin also produces an annual report on WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks.
An Interview with GeneratePress founder Tom Usborne
Dan Knauss
GeneratePress has earned a substantial user base, surpassing a million downloads last year. Here's what it's creator and founder has to say about the journey.
How WebDevStudios is serving different market segments — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, Lisa Sabin-Wilson shares about the entangled history of WebDevStudios and eWebscapes and how she and team are targeting every level of the market.
James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his…
Brian Krogsgard
James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his cofounder at Ninja Forms) and Phil Derksen (founder of WP Simple Pay) on the Mastermind.fm podcast. If you want to learn more about business models and what it's like selling a business, add this episode…
WordPress minor update blocks future minor updates
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.9.3 introduced a bug that causes a fatal error during automatic update attempts — effectively preventing future minor updates triggered by WordPress.org’s update system. The only way to fix it is to either manually upgrade or hosts to take…
