Show notes
In today’s episode, Joe and Christie talk to Brian Krogsgard, the editor of Post Status, a news and information website for WordPress professionals. He also runs Ledger Status, a website with educational content and analysis about the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. Joe, Christie, and Brian discuss the possibility of Automattic IPO happening in 2021, the complexity of selling and buying market shares, the impact of WordPress IPO, and a quick but deep dive into BigCommerce going above it’s IPO price. Listen in to learn more about Initial Public Offering and business liquidity! Episode Resources Post Status - WordPress News Post Status Membership Club Leave an iTunes review or binge watch past episodes Send questions to [email protected] for the next Q&A pod Visit the WPMRR website Tweet Brian Tweet Joe Tweet Christie What to Listen For: 00:00 Intro 02:09 Let's meet Brian Krogsgard of Post Status 05:42 Automattic IPO in the future 07:27 How Christie started in the WordPress community 09:16 What is an IPO? 12:34 When Automattic goes public 13:57 BigCommerce valuation is in billions 16:27 The first day of BigCommerce IPO 18:17 The complexity of buying and selling market shares 23:19 What has changed in BigCommerce? 25:48 What is business liquidity 27:43 Is 2021 the year for Automattic IPO? 29:47 $300M raised by Automattic from SalesForce Ventures 31:21 The biggest impact of WordPress IPO 33:44 Automattic has reached the maturing stage 35:10 The effects maturing companies have in the industry 38:43 More consolidation in the WordPress space is significant 41:06 Some alternative solutions will eventually come up to challenge the core process 42:40 WooCommerce will be a dominant product for Automattic