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Freemius is launching a “We Got…

Brian Krogsgard

November 16, 2018

Freemius is launching a "We Got Your Back" pilot program for WordPress product vendors. This program helps clients handle a few additional non-coding-related tasks (including design and branding), along with other features yet to be announced. To qualify, your business must…

NorthStack, by Pagely, is launching pay-as-you-go WordPress hosting

Brian Krogsgard

October 16, 2018

BusinessHosting

NorthStack is a new and ambitious product line created by Pagely — but set to operate as an independent entity — where they are attempting to offer a whole new type of WordPress hosting. Very similar to Amazon's broader pay-as-you-go approach, Pagely…

Justin Ferriman happily notes that LearnDash…

Dan Knauss

October 4, 2018

Business

Justin Ferriman happily notes that LearnDash received a second consecutive "High Performer" designation from G2Crowd, a popular peer-to-peer, business solutions review platform. In fact, it was the only WordPress-based solution mentioned in the learning management space, and Justin took the…

The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh,…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

Business

The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh, who at the start of 2018 acquired Envira Gallery and Soliloquy Slider from Thomas Griffin and Syed Balkhi. Nathan, a relative newcomer to the WordPress space and community, goes on to relate his thoughts…

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

Business

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at Nelio, shared some insights about WordPress plugins and the plugin market in an interview with Kobe Ben Itamar at Freemius. My favorite takeaway: "I’ve seen a lot of examples of companies failing because their founders spent…

If you are a business owner…

Dan Knauss

August 6, 2018

Business

If you are a business owner — either of a startup or just a small company — I highly recommend watching

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his…

Brian Krogsgard

July 28, 2018

Business

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his company WP Site Care, shares his feelings about the way a growing business can potentially interfere with your passion and get you sidetracked from the things that made you start a business in the…

Why the makers of Ninja Forms are getting into eCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, I talk with James and Kevin -- cofounders of the Ninja Forms product -- to discuss why their next leg of their business is in the competitive landscape of eCommerce.

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton,…

Brian Krogsgard

July 10, 2018

Business

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton, a senior developer, documents his experience of using the internet with nothing but a keyboard. Many designers and developers are taught to make sure their work is accessible through the keyboard and nothing else, so…

Working on your own website — Draft Podcast

Katie Richards

July 9, 2018

BusinessDraft

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

June 25, 2018

Business

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

June 15, 2018

BusinessDraft

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

June 14, 2018

Business

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

June 7, 2018

Business

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

May 25, 2018

Business

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

May 11, 2018

Business

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…

Freemius is launching a “We Got…

NorthStack, by Pagely, is launching pay-as-you-go WordPress hosting

Justin Ferriman happily notes that LearnDash…

The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh,…

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at…

If you are a business owner…

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his…

Why the makers of Ninja Forms are getting into eCommerce

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton,…

Working on your own website — Draft Podcast

On June 21st the US Supreme…

Productizing your service business, with Brian Casel

Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress…

By now I’m sure you’ve all…

Delicious Brains has decided to shut…

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have…

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