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How Minimalism and a Futuristic Perspective Shaped the Next Wave of Website Building with Brad Gauthier Founder of Sitecast.com
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In this episode of Cult of Startup, our guest is Brad Gauthier. Brad is the founder of Sitecast, Founded in 2013 and based out of Portland, Oregon, Sitecast.com is a platform of configurable API’s to rapidly build and deploy serverless web projects with ease.
Brad discovered a talent for building websites at the age of 12 when he landed his first client. He pursued that skill to get where he and his company are at today, with a few crucial detours along the way.
Some Questions I Ask Brad:
- What route did you decide to take after graduating college? [8:30]
- What were the audiobooks that influenced you the most during college? [13:30]
- Are there any other books in audio format you’d specifically recommend? [19:22]
- What was the company you started after you left your first job out of college? [32:30]
- What type of benefits comes from learning about a variety of subject matters? [34:30]
- How did having so many bosses at once drive you to leave your job? [38:07]
- What did you discover about yourself after you sold your possessions and started traveling? [56:45]
- What was the “aha!” moment for Sitecast and how did you make that moment into a reality? [1:01:29]
- What have you learned from customer development since starting Sitecast? [1:08:31]
- What kind of pricing model does Sitecast use? [1:22:00]
- What are some of your favorite book recommendations? [1:38:52]
- Do you have a morning routine? [1:42:32]
Some Things You’ll Learn In This Episode:
- What opened Brad’s eyes at age 12 to his life and career possibilities
- What Brad would consider himself an apprentice at
- The main reason Brad started to check out of college
- What Brad falsely assumed regarding his college degree
- What big grocery store chain Brad wanted to create an online version of
- What article acted as the true catalyst for Brad switching job gears after college
- Why it’s good to future proof your business name
- How Sitecast is funded as a company
- What Sitecast is working on and why Brad considers it to be the future of the platform
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