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…
An interview with PublishPress founder Steve Burge
Dan Knauss
PublishPress recently announced the acquisition of Daniel Bachhuber's Bylines plugin for PublishPress. I got in touch with Steve to catch up with him and his unique take on the WordPress economy.
Liquid Web has acquired iThemes
Brian Krogsgard
Liquid Web has announced the acquisition of iThemes in an all cash deal that includes the entire iThemes team moving over to Liquid Web as an independent unit, and iThemes products will be included in various Liquid Web offerings.
Managing product renewals
Brian Krogsgard
There was an interesting conversation over the last few days in the business channel on Post Status Slack, where members discussed the merits and potential pitfalls of various renewal strategies. Joe Guilmette kicked it off describing how auto renewals for…
Pippin Williamson was interviewed on…
Brian Krogsgard
Pippin Williamson was interviewed on one of my favorite blogs -- Indie Hackers. He talked about how he created his business and has turned it into one generating nearly $200k in revenue per month. Also from Pippin's team, they…
The blend of crypto assets, blockchain, and the web
Brian Krogsgard
This is a bit of an overlap post for me. Many readers may know that I have been active in the cryptocurrency space the past year. It's a bit of an open secret. In fact, I have dug in extremely…
As is his tradition at the…
Brian Krogsgard
As is his tradition at the end of each year, Pippin Williamson wrote out his 2017 year in review. He covers his price changes, revenue, the closing of the EDD marketplace, and other significant milestones for his company. I wish…
The first WordPress conferences of 2018…
Brian Krogsgard
The first WordPress conferences of 2018 will soon be upon us. Two to point out: LoopConf is happening from February 21 to 24 with a solid speaker lineup. It's back in the same venue at Salt Lake City, Utah. If you're…
Awesome Motive has sold Soliloquy and Envira Gallery in a multi-million dollar sale
Brian Krogsgard
Awesome Motive -- the company behind OptinMonster and WPForms -- has sold two of their products in a multi-million dollar deal. Soliloquy and Envira Gallery were first products by Thomas Griffin, who partnered with Syed Balkhi and is now the…
Pippin Williamson has discontinued memberships on…
Brian Krogsgard
Pippin Williamson has discontinued memberships on his website to provide free and open access to his tutorials. The product side of his business has grown enough that he can't consistently produce new tutorials and provide code reviews, so he's opening up…
Here are some other recent links…
Brian Krogsgard
Here are some other recent links to share regarding Gutenberg: If you haven't seen Morten Rand-Hendriksen talk at WordCamp US, I would highly recommend it. He also has two articles on LinkedIn: one high level post on what we need…
Still on the subject of Gutenberg,…
Brian Krogsgard
Still on the subject of Gutenberg, Tony Perez shares his thoughts after watching Matt's State of the Word where Matt talks about the ways Gutenberg may affect the WordPress business ecosystem. For those most likely to see their niche market disrupted…
Modern Tribe appears to be getting…
Brian Krogsgard
Modern Tribe appears to be getting into the "Calendar as a Service" business as it previews Lumin. Lumin is an "online calendar for users of WordPress and non-WordPress-based sites." In order to maintain its current WordPress calendar plugin and the…
