Episode 54: Brian Gardner of Copyblogger founder of StudioPress

04/11/2013 43 min Episodio 53
Episode 54: Brian Gardner of Copyblogger founder of StudioPress

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Follow my WordPress newsletter https://thewpminute.com/subscribeWell, it’s finally happened. I interviewed Brian Gardner.
If you don’t know who Brian is, where the heck have you been? He’s the first WordPress entrepreneur to pioneer the premium theme business as we know it today. He started StudioPress over six years ago as a passion project and soon became the de facto site to purchase premium WordPress themes.
We’re not just talking selling themes in this interview. We’re talking about becoming an “accidental business owner” and team leader to a large distributed staff.
See, Brian didn’t set out with plans to scale, grow a a multi-million dollar business or partner with Copyblogger media. These pieces of the puzzle sort of fell together and we’re going to learn what that ride is like.
Interview with Brian Gardner of Copyblogger founder of StudioPress
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