Business, Interview

How to build an online community with Troy Dean

In this episode, Matt Medeiros interviews Troy Dean, the founder of WP Elevation and RockStar Empires. They touch on teaching entrepreneurs how to productize their businesses. Matt and Troy discuss the differences of WPElevation and RockStar Empires and the challenges of balancing two businesses. They wrap up the conversation with a discussion of where WordPress…

August 21, 2017 shetlerp 2

Business, Interview

S5B: E12: Brian Casel on building Ops Calendar

On today’s episode Corey and Sam interview Brian Casel about his passion for productized services and how you can launch a SaaS product quickly. They discuss Brian’s newest product, Ops Calendar and how that naturally evolved from Audience Ops. Listen to the episode Guest: Brian Casel started out in 2011 with a plugin called Restaurant…

August 11, 2017 Matt 0

Blog, Business, Interview, Startups

How to find an angel investor for small startups w/ Jason Calacanis

I’m excited to release this interview with Jason Calacanis during the launch of his new book, Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups-Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000. I’ve been a super fan of Jason since coming across his show This week in Startups when he produced it on set with black curtain…

July 18, 2017 Matt 0

Blog

How to disable Jetpack upsell ads

We live in a world of monetized Jetpack. Gone are the days where commercialized plugins were looked at under a watchful microscope, and leadership at Automattic felt that charging for plugins was, well, plain wrong. Today we’re seeing Jetpack as the revenue bridge between .org and .com offerings — and a very big bridge at…

September 13, 2017 Matt 6

Blog, Business, Interview, Startups

How to find an angel investor for small startups w/ Jason Calacanis

July 18, 2017 Matt 0

Blog

My first day at Pagely

I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined the growing team at Pagely. Starting today, for the first time in ten years, I have to report to someone — this guy. While the decision wasn’t easy at first, the more I talked to Sean about this role, the more I opened up to the idea of this new…

June 14, 2017 Matt 13