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.
WordSesh online conference is back, on July 25th
Brian Krogsgard
Brian Richards has taken over WordSesh from Scott Basgaard, and is hosting the online event on July 25th. It's being revised from 24 hours to 12 hours, which should be a plenty big window for people around the world to…
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.
Network effects and WordPress — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss the power of network effects and how they relate to WordPress’ increasing market share and maturity.
A review of HappyForms for simple, custom lead management
Dan Knauss
HappyForms is a custom form builder that makes secure forms that get you leads, not spam.
Marketing and positioning WordPress products — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
This week BK and BR discuss a number of different aspects surrounding marketing and selling WordPress products and services.
Observations on a maturing ecosystem — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, the Brians chat about the steady change that has played out in the WordPress ecosystem throughout the past decade and speculate about what is still to come.
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…
WordPress market opportunities: Upmarket edition — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, Brian and Brian continue their discussion on WordPress market opportunities with a focus on the upper-market and enterprise clients.
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.
