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With Special Guest Panelist Kim Shivler #1 - The REWORK podcast Discussion Between Matt Mullenweg and David Hansson one of the founders BaseCamp and Ruby on Rails https://rework.fm/open-source-and-power-with-matt-mullenweg/ Matt Medeiros is interviewed by Brian Krogsgard of the Post Status Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros https://poststatus.com/fear-and-uncertainty-for-wordpress-with-matt-medeiros/   #2 - All Hands On Desk https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20756701/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-leak-audio-ftc-antitrust-elizabeth-warren-tiktok-comments #3 - Brian Gardner Steps Down From StudioPress https://wptavern.com/brian-gardner-steps-down-from-studiopress #4 -Inside Uber’s plan to take over city life with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org  

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#1 - Gatsby Raises $15M, Plans to Invest More Heavily in WordPress and CMS Integrations https://wptavern.com/gatsby-raises-15m-plans-to-invest-more-heavily-in-wordpress-and-cms-integrations https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/25/duda-nabs-25m-to-take-on-wordpress-with-a-web-development-platform-aimed-at-agencies/ #2 - WeWork Gave Founder Loans as It Paid Him Rent, IPO Filing Shows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-14/wework-gave-founder-loans-as-it-paid-him-rent-ipo-filing-shows #3 - The End of Jigoshop? What Happened to The Once-Popular Ecommerce WordPress Plugin https://deliciousbrains.com/end-of-jigoshop/ #4 - Diversity, inequality, and prejudice; a sociological exploration https://yoast.com/diversity-inequality-and-prejudice/ #5 - Boston Dynamics’ Spot is leaving the laboratory https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/24/20880511/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-mini-hands-on-lease-buy #6 - How Much Money do Podcasters Make? https://lime.link/blog/how-much-money-do-podcasters-make/ The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org

AppBind is an app that automatically track and securely expense all future charges to your client from a single pane of glass. About AppBind AppBind lets you as an agency manage the procurement of software subscriptions on behalf of your clients. You're the expert recommending software. Why awkwardly ask your clients to purchase things they don't understand? AppBind takes the risk out of agencies buying and managing subscriptions for their clients. We automatically and securely track and expense all the subscription charges to your clients, plus more (like add a management fee or discount, and automatically failover to backup credit cards). About Sunir Sunir is the CEO of AppBind, which is a new service that is transforming the relationship between digital agencies and the software companies they use. AppBind takes the risk out of agencies buying and managing subscriptions for their clients, so agencies can take care of all the software complexity on a project. Sunir is also the President of the Cloud Software Association, the network of 2500 SaaS partnership executives. He's been trying to make it easier for software companies and agencies to serve customers better, together for over 10 years. https://www.appbind.com/#Features   Sunir Shah https://www.appbind.com/#Features

#1 - Automattic’s Series D https://ma.tt/2019/09/series-d/ #2 - The Internet Relies on People Working for Free https://onezero.medium.com/the-internet-relies-on-people-working-for-free-a79104a68bcc #3 - Justin Tadlock Joins WP Tavern https://wptavern.com/justin-tadlock-joins-wp-tavern #4 - Marking the end of pixel trackers in Basecamp emails https://m.signalvnoise.com/marking-the-end-of-pixel-trackers-in-basecamp-emails/ #5 - Let’s Make it Official… Introducing WPMU DEV Hosting! https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/introducing-wpmu-dev-hosting/ #6 - Traditional hosting is hurting WordPress https://convesio.com/traditional-hosting-is-hurting-wordpress/ The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org

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#1 - Kioken Blocks: The New Street Fighter-Inspired Block Collection that Is Taking Aim at Page Builders https://wptavern.com/kioken-blocks-the-new-street-fighter-inspired-block-collection-that-is-taking-aim-at-page-builders #2 - Uber Vows to Fight California Legislation on Gig Economy https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-governor-still-in-talks-with-uber-lyft-over-gig-workers-law-11568212014   #3 - Incident Report: Misappropriation of WordCamp Funds https://make.wordpress.org/community/2019/08/26/incident-report-misappropriation-of-wordcamp-funds/ #4 - WordPress page builders, do you really need them? https://www.cssigniter.com/wordpress-page-builders-do-you-really-need-them #5 - Walmart takes its $98 Delivery Unlimited service nationwide https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/12/walmart-takes-its-98-delivery-unlimited-service-nationwide/ #6 - Carole Olinger joins WP&UP

ommy Griffith has been doing search engine optimization for more than 10 years. He previously managed SEO at PayPal and Airbnb, and now runs ClickMinded, a digital marketing training platform for marketers and entrepreneurs. Tommy started ClickMinded as a side project while working full-time at Airbnb. He grew it until it started generating more revenue than his annual salary. Two years ago, he quit Airbnb to go full-time on it and ran into a number of problems in trying to grow the business from there https://www.clickminded.com/seo-strategy/ https://www.clickminded.com/digital-marketing-strategy/  

We Have A Special Guest Panelist Joe Casabone - https://casabona.org/ #1 - WordPress Governance Project Looks for New Leadership https://wptavern.com/wordpress-governance-project-looks-for-new-leadership #2 - CS department hires Ethics TAs http://www.browndailyherald.com/2019/09/05/cs-department-hires-ethics-tas/ #3 - Toolbelt: A New Jetpack-Inspired Plugin with a Focus on Speed and Privacy https://wptavern.com/toolbelt-a-new-jetpack-inspired-plugin-with-a-focus-on-speed-and-privacy #4 - Margaret Atwood Fans Rejoice as Amazon Completely Screws Other Retailers https://gizmodo.com/margaret-atwood-fans-rejoice-as-amazon-completely-screw-1837877525 #5 - Working for WebDevStudios (After Self-Employment) https://webdevstudios.com/2019/09/03/working-for-webdevstudios/ #6 - Pagely and Managed WordPress – 10 years strong. https://pagely.com/blog/pagely-turns-ten/ Panel Recommendations of the Week Go To The WP-Tonic's Website.  

We Discuss The Leading Digital Marketing of 2019 He is widely regarded as one of North America’s top business trainers specializing in digital marketing. With over 120 appearances a year throughout Canada & the USA, he continues to help thousands of entrepreneurs and business leaders learn digital marketing strategies. Paul is the author of Suggestology – A self-help guide on how to use the art of asking questions, and how to push a herd upstream. He first rose to prominence as a multi-award winning jazz pianist and former Arkadia Records recording artist. https://www.paultobey.com/ https://www.trainingbusinesspros.com/the-team/