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DradCast Episode 045: Scratching Your Own Itch

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John Stewart

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May 22, 2014

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[y=mWgJADoHfK4 height=400] Show Notes Host Ben Fox got started in tech by using his dad’s 64 bit push cart Texas Instruments computer. He was approached by an acquaintance to build a website for him. Fox researched how to build the site for a whopping $300. Fast forward to today, he’s the co-founder of WPUniversity and SIDEKICK, both aimed at education and support for the WordPress community both old and new. You can find him on twitter @benjaminefox Sippin’ On Brad-Cup of Joe with a splash of Bailey’s Dre-Canada Dry Ben-Mill Street Organic Pressing Topics Dre is leaving Sucuri Dre is leaving Sucuri. […]

Does Your Staff Know What Actions Are off-Limits?

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Chris Lema

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Featured

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May 21, 2014

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When I worked in a startup, there was this unwritten rule that the person that worked the longest was the most helpful. It was like a direct correlation existed between hours sitting at a computer and value to the company. This placed no focus whatsoever on accomplishment. Just activity. So a person who sat at their desk and drummed up $200,000 in sales in a single morning was useless compared to a programmer that worked on a single function for 100 hours in a single week. Crazy, right? But my point isn’t value. Or the fact that great value can […]

A Few Words from Sucuri’s New CEO, Tony Perez

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Marie Dodson

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News

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May 21, 2014

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Since 2010, Sucuri has been servicing the community by making the internet a safer place. In four short years, the company has evolved from a 2-man team into a multi-million dollar company. Sucuri has become a dominating force in the anti-web malware and security industry (not to mention it’s widely favored across the WordPress community). On Monday, Dre Armeda, co-founder of Sucuri, announced that he’s stepping down from his position as CEO of Sucuri Inc. He’s passing the torch to Tony Perez, former chief operating officer. In regards to this bittersweet news, I reached out to Perez. Here’s what he had to say: […]

8 Tips Everyone Should Know about Choosing a WordPress Theme

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David Wright

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May 20, 2014

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Creating a company website can be a daunting project, especially for small and medium sized businesses or start-ups. In fact, a 2013 survey by Yodle shows that more than half of all Small Businesses (SMBs), 52%, don’t have a company website. The Yodle survey didn’t ask why so few SMBs have a website, but concluded that, considering the complexities of building a website, many small to medium sized business owners didn’t have the skills to create a professional-looking commercial site. Many of the companies that do have websites hire professional webmasters to create and build them. If you’re like many SMB owners […]

5 Great Plugins You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

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Jay Hoffmann

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Featured

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May 20, 2014

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I come across a lot of plugins in my day to day. Some are very well known. Others are not. But that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve your attention. So allow me to shine the spotlight on a few lesser known plugins you may just find useful. Fourteen Extended The Twenty Fourteen theme released by the WordPress team showed a real departure from previous efforts. It has a more administrative, and less blog-like look to it. It also takes full advantage of WordPress’s theme customizer and options. Fourteen extended takes this one step further. The plugin adds a list of […]

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