This week, the AIB talking heads share opinions on WordPress.org and the state of the repo after recent announcements.

Topics Include:

• WordPress Repo
• Following guidelines for the repo.
• What is the spirit of WordPress?
• Mercy vs Harshness
• Appearances, perception can play a pivotal role to your community.
• On how people use WordPress.
• Usage Data and sharing.
  • Assumption & Telemetry
  • The 80/20 Principle
• Jetpack Themes
• Brand Protection
• WordPress.com Custom Plugins

Special thanks to the CrashJonesBand for providing us with our theme music. No One Can Tell You How To Live by CrashJonesBand

This week, the AIB talking heads share opinions on WordPress.org and the state of the repo after recent announcements.

Topics Include:

• WordPress Repo
• Following guidelines for the repo.
• What is the spirit of WordPress?
• Mercy vs Harshness
• Appearances, perception can play a pivotal role to your community.
• On how people use WordPress.
• Usage Data and sharing.
  • Assumption & Telemetry
  • The 80/20 Principle
• Jetpack Themes
• Brand Protection
• WordPress.com Custom Plugins

Special thanks to the CrashJonesBand for providing us with our theme music. No One Can Tell You How To Live by CrashJonesBand

This week, the AIB talking heads share opinions on WordPress.org and the state of the repo after recent announcements.

Topics Include:

• WordPress Repo
• Following guidelines for the repo.
• What is the spirit of WordPress?
• Mercy vs Harshness
• Appearances, perception can play a pivotal role to your community.
• On how people use WordPress.
• Usage Data and sharing.
  • Assumption & Telemetry
  • The 80/20 Principle
• Jetpack Themes
• Brand Protection
• WordPress.com Custom Plugins

This week, after a brief on person project updates, the AIB crew has a roundtable discussion on the marketplace business model.

Sub-Topics Include:

• Defining & analyzing collaborating developer expectation.
• 3rd Party Auditing
• How Ninja Forms developed its own marketplace.
• Pros of having a marketplace.
  • Monetary
  • Marketing
  • Growth
  • Exposure
• Cons of having a marketplace.
  • Compatibility Issues
  • Support Overhead
  • Repercussions
• Developing a language and culture expectation for collaborators.
  • Create an expectations document.
  • Ensure you are protecting your brand.
  • Establish standards.
  • Switching from a dev application to a product application.
• On requiring collaborators to use your support system.
• Narrowing down pricing of integrations.

This week AIB casually closes out the show with 'Favorite Things', as we get to know each other, and reach out to you, the listener, about your favorite movie. Be sure and let us know your favorite film in the comments below, as we'll go over answers in the following episode. 

Special thanks to the CrashJonesBand for providing us with our theme music. No One Can Tell You How To Live by CrashJonesBand

This week AIB discusses how to get the most out of your freemium product.

The Freemium Model:

• The free version of your product can’t be worthless.
• Be careful not to include premium feature candidates in your free product.
• Avoiding the 80/20 principle.
• Weigh support cost.
  • How prone is this feature to be being misused.
• You can’t be everyone’s solution.
  • Staying from feature bloat.
  • When everything is emphasized, nothing is emphasized.
  • Capitalize on your strengths.
• Yes, integrations can broaden your market.
  • However, integrations will not keep you afloat.
• Working backwards from the goal.
  • Measure success in meeting goals, not a specific dollar amount.
• [Whatever you do] “make something awesome.” -Josh Pollock
  • Go in with confidence.
  • Charge what you’re worth.
  • Don’t be afraid to experiment.

Special thanks to the CrashJonesBand for providing us with our theme music. No One Can Tell You How To Live by CrashJonesBand

You need a co-founder, and this week Adventures in Businessing explains why. Part group sourcing, part compare-contrast between the James/Kevin & Jon/Kenny dynamic as business partners, listen in as they cover why cofounding is near essential for what is required in the modern era.

Why You Need a Partner:

• You can’t be good at everything.
• Make sure you fail every now and then.
• The cofounding of Hardly Casual.
• Doing the work before you are awarded a title.
• Why a designer/engineer partnership works so well.
• Find someone that compliments your weaknesses.
  • Someone who can pull you out of dark times.
• Entrepreneurship is lonely.
• Ask yourself, “Who do I want to answer the phone at 3am?”
• Honesty & Trust are key in any partnership.
• You must have a mutual respect.

Special thanks to the CrashJonesBand for providing us with our theme music. No One Can Tell You How To Live by CrashJonesBand