StudioPress: Bootstrapped, Profitable And Built In Coffee Shops – with Brian Gardner

Brian Gardner, StudioPress, Bootstrapping, Theme - WordPress or other

Brian Gardner pioneered the business of selling themes for WordPress. He created the Revolution Theme which showed publishers how WordPress can go beyond the blog format and be used to create beautiful magazine-like sites. And by charging for his work, he showed the industry that there was a business in creating WordPress themes. It wasn’t just a hobby.

This is the story of how he did it, a detailed biography of Brian Gardner’s business. Today, you’ll find Brian’s themes at StudioPress, which is part of Copyblogger Media. (And, yeah, we talk about why he merged it with Copyblogger.)

Brian Gardner

StudioPress

Brian Gardner is the founder of StudioPress, which develops WordPress themes.

 

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