I’ve been spending a lot of time in the WordPress as a development platform world lately, kind of a new thing for me.
I’m finding many unexpected business advantages in this world for a group of websites I am building to bootstrap a few “baby startups”.
What this has done for me is vastly increase my interest in tactical data-driven marketing on the web –– growth hacking, content management, agile iterative web development and marketing, and yes, even SEO.
The ecosystem of WordPress is actually fascinating and lots of fun, full of solo-prenuers, bootstrapers, hackers, marketers and doers. It’s a somewhat different world than the VC funded startup world that is my day job.
The link below is one of the best interviews I’ve seen, from Collis Ta’eed, a very humble and honest guy who started Envato, a marketplace for web dev themes and many other creative resources.
In a very short time he covers to first 6 months of his company, unafraid to discuss failures, missteps and instances of pure luck. This is the opposite of many startup interviews where the founder claims brilliance and a smooth path and takes credit for everything.
Very inspiring, check it out…
http://wptavern.com/ceo-and-envato-co-founder-collis-taeed-on-the-first-6-months-of-envato