Nick Gernert

Like one of these examples was like Boeing, you know, like a pilot named Randy. He was blogging, he leveraged WordPress, but it was in no way like the corporate homepage or anything like, you know, that was core to business operations. It was like, yeah, that's fine as a side project. And really the whole vision was like, how would you legitimize this thing?

Like one of these examples was like Boeing, you know, like a pilot named Randy. He was blogging, he leveraged WordPress, but it was in no way like the corporate homepage or anything like, you know, that was core to business operations. It was like, yeah, that's fine as a side project. And really the whole vision was like, how would you legitimize this thing?

So it's not just playing a second or tertiary role in the enterprise, it's playing like a primary business aligned role at the center. And so a big challenge for us How do you take something that is as ubiquitous as WordPress, but also ubiquitously known for its blogging and maybe more consumer and small business and up to mid-market?

So it's not just playing a second or tertiary role in the enterprise, it's playing like a primary business aligned role at the center. And so a big challenge for us How do you take something that is as ubiquitous as WordPress, but also ubiquitously known for its blogging and maybe more consumer and small business and up to mid-market?

So it's not just playing a second or tertiary role in the enterprise, it's playing like a primary business aligned role at the center. And so a big challenge for us How do you take something that is as ubiquitous as WordPress, but also ubiquitously known for its blogging and maybe more consumer and small business and up to mid-market?

But then there's a mental model that says it's good to a point, but not for this point sort of thing.

But then there's a mental model that says it's good to a point, but not for this point sort of thing.

But then there's a mental model that says it's good to a point, but not for this point sort of thing.

And so a lot of where we end up focusing in that transition and where we focused as a business was like, I'll talk about it like food, shelter, water of like the hierarchy of needs of enterprises is like at that base, you have to be able to speak authoritatively around security, compliance, reliability, etc. Like last night, I think was a big night for a lot of web traffic here.

And so a lot of where we end up focusing in that transition and where we focused as a business was like, I'll talk about it like food, shelter, water of like the hierarchy of needs of enterprises is like at that base, you have to be able to speak authoritatively around security, compliance, reliability, etc. Like last night, I think was a big night for a lot of web traffic here.

And so a lot of where we end up focusing in that transition and where we focused as a business was like, I'll talk about it like food, shelter, water of like the hierarchy of needs of enterprises is like at that base, you have to be able to speak authoritatively around security, compliance, reliability, etc. Like last night, I think was a big night for a lot of web traffic here.

And that's I know that. folks will uh view this but we're chatting here today uh after last night was election night here in america there's a lot of organizations that rely on our platform through a night like that it's like how are you how do we reassure them that we are ready to go from traffic and everything else that's going to come in sort of that critical moment that you don't get back

And that's I know that. folks will uh view this but we're chatting here today uh after last night was election night here in america there's a lot of organizations that rely on our platform through a night like that it's like how are you how do we reassure them that we are ready to go from traffic and everything else that's going to come in sort of that critical moment that you don't get back

And that's I know that. folks will uh view this but we're chatting here today uh after last night was election night here in america there's a lot of organizations that rely on our platform through a night like that it's like how are you how do we reassure them that we are ready to go from traffic and everything else that's going to come in sort of that critical moment that you don't get back

It's like that moment goes past, you can't rewind the tape and then, all right, we fixed it. Let's try it again. It's just gone. So we had to invest heavily in just that foundation there. And then there's everything you know about like working with large organizations. That's the intangibles of like, How do you show up as an account team?

It's like that moment goes past, you can't rewind the tape and then, all right, we fixed it. Let's try it again. It's just gone. So we had to invest heavily in just that foundation there. And then there's everything you know about like working with large organizations. That's the intangibles of like, How do you show up as an account team?

It's like that moment goes past, you can't rewind the tape and then, all right, we fixed it. Let's try it again. It's just gone. So we had to invest heavily in just that foundation there. And then there's everything you know about like working with large organizations. That's the intangibles of like, How do you show up as an account team?

How do you show up as understanding their business needs, their objectives? How do you then meet them there so that whatever software we're providing, and as much as I want to have, say, software as the solution to everything, really, I think 70% of it's people. And that's actually one of the strengths of WordPress is that it's so centered around people and creating access for people.

How do you show up as understanding their business needs, their objectives? How do you then meet them there so that whatever software we're providing, and as much as I want to have, say, software as the solution to everything, really, I think 70% of it's people. And that's actually one of the strengths of WordPress is that it's so centered around people and creating access for people.

How do you show up as understanding their business needs, their objectives? How do you then meet them there so that whatever software we're providing, and as much as I want to have, say, software as the solution to everything, really, I think 70% of it's people. And that's actually one of the strengths of WordPress is that it's so centered around people and creating access for people.