The Pagely Podcast

For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-23-craig-martin/ [https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-23-craig-martin/] Craig Martin of Performance Foundry is one of the most long-standing partners of Pagely having helped to resolve performance bottlenecks and tune high-traffic WordPress sites. In this conversation Sean interviews Craig about what's involved in diagnosing performance issues and resolving performance scaling issues, Craig's long history of nomadic travel and how he's built his company to be location-independent, how he won the Lonely Planet award for Travel Podcasts and more. Enjoy!

For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-22-katie-hess/ [https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-21-drew-olanoff/] Katie Hess converted her fascination with the healing power of flower essences into a robust business that employs an all-female team of ten women across three countries. They are bringing transformational experiences to the masses via in-person events, online educational programs and by selling physical flower essences products. In this interview Sean interviews Katie on her entrepreneurial journey having had no previous business experience prior to starting her company, stories of transformations she's enabled, the benefits of mindfulness training, the meaning of travel and where Katie is taking her business next. Enjoy!

For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-21-drew-olanoff/ [https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-21-drew-olanoff/] Drew Olanoff got his start in computers at a young age moderating BBS's. He was offered an internship for America Online and thus began a long and illustrious career working at companies like Yahoo!, TechCrunch, NextWeb and more. In this interview Joshua interviews Drew on his journey in tech, winning his bout with cancer through the miracle of stem cell technology, the barometer of the VC industry in Silicon Valley, a thought experiment on universal 20% time devoted to solving societal issues, bone marrow registries and more. Enjoy!

For links, show notes, transcription, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-20-rahul-bansal [https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-20-rahul-bansal] Rahul Bansal has built RTcamp from scratch to be a hugely successful WP dev agency. We were honored to have him speak this year at PressNomics 6 on the lessons learned from growing his organization. In this conversation Sean interviews Rahul about the pillars of a solid company culture, how to implement them in one's own company and Rahul's lessons from growing his dev agency. Enjoy!

For video, links, transcript, show notes and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-19-andy-wibbels/ [https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-19-andy-wibbels/] Andy Wibbels was one of the first people to land a book deal from having a popular, early blog. He's been in tech marketing and product since the early dotcom days and has strong opinions on how compelling story telling should be conducted to drive consumer demand. In this conversation Joshua and Andy discuss some of Andy's key learnings in the realm of brand positioning, the evolution of San Francisco as a place to live and the political landscape in America today. Enjoy.