News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:WP Engine: How A Startup Reached $1M In Sales In Less Tha... by AndrewWarner on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @07:19PM (#3830136)
I don't want to do too much talking.

Do you have any specific examples of where I did that?

Re:WP Engine: How A Startup Reached $1M In Sales In Less Tha... by mgallivan on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @08:06PM (#3830292)
I think the two points that seemed different than your previous interviews:

1. The story about your wife's WP hosting was a bit long. It seemed like you were trying to sell the purpose of Mr. Cohen's service but the story was a bit long-winded.

2. I liked that you summarized the video at the start of the interview - but you should do the summary before your interviewee is on-screen. As soon as his face hits the screen I want to hear him talk...

Other than that, I enjoyed it!

Re:WP Engine: How A Startup Reached $1M In Sales In Less Tha... by AndrewWarner on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @08:33PM (#3830362)
Good point about my story of Olivia's experience. I think I was excited because it happened recently, and I might have been trying to win him over -- which is odd because I don't need to do that.

Glad you said that about the summary. I've been thinking about the comments and assuming the summary is what everyone was talking about.

Re:WP Engine: How A Startup Reached $1M In Sales In Less Tha... by mgallivan on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @08:50PM (#3830418)
I wouldn't worry too much about the length of the story - it's probably just an outlier that comes with your style of interviewing.
Re:WP Engine: How A Startup Reached $1M In Sales In Less Tha... by redguava on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @10:28PM (#3830734)
Great to see you respond here. The time that lost me was when you were telling the story about your wife's issues. I understand your intent with that story, but it was quite long winded and it looked like a few times your guest went to speak and was effectively cut off.

I didn't watch the whole video, I was put off by the signal to noise ratio in the first few minutes.

Re:WP Engine: How A Startup Reached $1M In Sales In Less Tha... by steveplace on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @08:37PM (#3830374)
It seems the criticism goes away once they realize you're a real person.