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