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My mistakes with product-founder fit

Cory Miller

February 9, 2020

I received Matt Medeiros' second email for Business 5000 this morning and the topic was Product-Founder Fit, and it inspired me. So thanks, Matt. He talks about "new ideas fever" that we all get. In my own fever, I've made…

Post Status Club Improvements

Cory Miller

February 7, 2020

Business

Hey Club members, here are some highlights of what Brian and I are working on for you: The way I view business and improvements is just like software. Sometimes you have smaller releases and sometimes big releases, and always fixing…

Syed Balkhi on Awesome Motive’s acquisition of All In One SEO

Brian Krogsgard

February 6, 2020

BusinessDesign

In this episode of Post Status Draft, I talk to Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive's acquisition of All In One SEO, the long-running SEO plugin by Michael Torbert, which boasts more than 2 million active installs.

Working on multiple things, and working with partners

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2020

BusinessDraft

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Brian and Cory talk about balancing multiple projects, and working with partners.

WP Fusion Drive

Brian Krogsgard

January 27, 2020

Business

I always enjoy annual reflections from business owners in the WordPress space, but this one went above and beyond. Going into this level of detail is a rare and valuable source of insight.

Introducing a new chapter, with Cory Miller as Post Status partner

Brian Krogsgard

January 16, 2020

BusinessDraft

Cory Miller is now a co-owner and Partner of Post Status. He's purchased half of the business and will help run and grow it moving forward.

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…

Dan Knauss

October 25, 2019

Business

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform founded by John O'Nolan, was released this week. The headline feature is a "new business model," which aims to help writers use memberships and subscriptions to make a "sustainable living" as "independent publisher[s] in…

One theme to rule them all?

Dan Knauss

October 15, 2019

BusinessDesign

What does the future hold for WordPress themes, for theme developers and end users? Are we ready for a single master parent theme?

Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2019

BusinessDraft

Matt Medeiros talks to me about fear and uncertainty for WordPress. It's a wide ranging and casual conversation about various concerns present to many in the WordPress economy.

If you have heard the term…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

BusinessHosting

If you have heard the term "serverless," but not much else, then John Demian's brief guide will help you get up to speed. John describes serverless hosting as "an event-based system for running code." In other words, services "create business…

Joe Watkins cuts right to the…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

Business

Joe Watkins cuts right to the point about the importance of funding open source projects your company relies on: Making monetary contributions or approaching your employer with a request to make monetary contributions to projects that your income or business…

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

Brian Krogsgard

September 19, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic's Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.

Is Tumblr a social network?

Brian Krogsgard

August 15, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Sharing without a strategy. Blogging without a plan. Connecting without an angle. Maybe that's how Tumblr shines?

Automattic — the maker of WordPress.com — has purchased Tumblr

Brian Krogsgard

August 12, 2019

BusinessHosting

Automattic has purchased Tumblr from Verizon, in a firesale move reported to be for less than $3 million. There is still value in the site, however, for Automattic.

The New York Times explains how…

Brian Krogsgard

August 9, 2019

Business

The New York Times explains how they built a proprietary "collaborative editing CMS" for their newsrooms. It's an impressive piece of software, but it's a shame how much cool engineering goes into closed systems. Would the Times sharing this effort…