Fair Value Estimate for Snowflake $SNOW

I wrote up my thought process while doing a fair value calculation for Snowflake stock ($SNOW). You can read about it in my Tweet thread here: > As we enter (or exit?) this bear market in stocks, there will be some buying opportunities. How do you know if that stock that just fell 80% is "on sale"...

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The WordPress Way

I’m writing down the core values for our business and team. Here is one of our 5 core values: > We are committed to open source and “the WordPress way”. Stranger Studios, LLC Core Values What does that even mean? How does this value specifically show up in our actions? Why is this important to...

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Blog less for more views?

The @MrBeast interview on the @joerogan Experience podcast is a good one. Mr. Beast's life story is interesting, but there is also a bit of marketing advice that's useful for businesses trying to produce viral content. Here’s a link to the podcast. It’s on Spotify. You need at least a free account...

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Here’s one way internet businesses of any kind can help Ukrainians now.

Find your Ukranian customers and email them. Ask them “Is there ANY thing I can do to help YOU?” I’ve just sent a similar email to a few dozen users in the Paid Memberships Pro website. In this post, I’ll cover how sites running PMPro can find users with a Ukrainian billing address, Ukrainian email...

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How we do profit sharing for Paid Memberships Pro.

Here's a thread about how we do profit sharing bonuses for @pmproplugin, a company of about 15 people. Lots of inspiration from @wilreynolds and @Shpigford on this and generally how to treat employees well. Some lessons learned through the years. 👇🧵 Make It Rain Money GIF First, why give bonuses...

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Business Update 2020

I try to write these transparency reports every so often. You can find some previous transparency reports here: - 2019 Transparency Report- 2016 Transparency Report- 2015 Transparency Report I wrote most of this down last year, but it’s taken a while to publish. The 2021 Transparency Report should...

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Helpless/Boombastic Mashup Teaser

On a recent road trip, we were rocking out to the Hamilton soundtrack, when I realized that the beat is Helpless is pretty much the same as the beat in Shaggy’s Boombastic. I need to learn how to make a proper mashup and do some artistic mixing around this, but here’s a little clip of the 2 songs...

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How we started running BFCM sales and made an extra $150k

In the early years of @pmproplugin, we never ran sales. In 2017, we ran our first Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale. Now we run 3 sales per year. What were we worried about early on? What changed our mind? If you want sweet BFCM 💰, but have concerns, this thread is for you.👇🧵 First, what kind of...

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5 Tips I Wish I Shared During My Mixergy Interview

My interview with @Mixergy is live. Check it out here: https://mixergy.com/interviews/stranger-studios-with-jason-coleman/ It's great. We cover 15 years of business. I like getting tactical on podcasts. I know Andrew likes it too. I missed some spots. So here are 5 tips I wish I shared during the...

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