E194: The inside story of selling StudioPress to WP Engine with Brian Gardner
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Brian Gardner is the former partner and Chief Product Officer at Copyblogger Media, and also is the founder of StudioPress (acquired by WP Engine). He is a designer, a WordPress expert, and in his free time, you can find him frequenting the local Starbucks or running a nearby trail.
Episode highlights:
- How Brian founded StudioPress
- Learn about the current WP Engine
- Brian’s projects after StudioPress
- Brian’s dive into the real estate market
- The process of building for the masses VS an individual
- The types of freelance projects Brian enjoys
- Brian breaks down what platform to use: Shopify or WordPress
- Best advice: Break through the wall (Chris Brogan)
- Habit that contributes to success: Creativity; passion for design
- Recommended tools: Grammarly
- Recommended book: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Run time: 36:25
Links:
- Grammarly
- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Amazon’s Best Sellers: Best Literature & Fiction
- Brian Gardner’s Website
- Agent Engine
- Brian Gardner’s Instagram
- Brian Gardner’s Twitter
- Brian Gardner’s Facebook
- Brian Gardner’s LinkedIn
- Storytelling and Taylor Swift by Brian Gardner
Quotes:
- “I don’t want to do it out of reaction, I want to do it out of desire and passion.”
- “It kinda comes down to jack of all trades, master of none.”
- “The future of real estate is digital.”
- “I’m passionate about building people’s personal brands.”
- “Less is more.”
- “[Website Design] White space is where the magic happens…I created a movement called no sidebar.”
- “The addiction of entrepreneurship.”
Takeaways:
- Find your passion and help others with it.
- Figure out who you and what you want out of life then implement that towards your career