Daniel Espinoza and Wearing Many Hats

Daniel Espinoza is a man who wears many hats: agency owner, product seller, family man, and more. In the episode we get into how he manages keeping everything running smoothly. This is a fantastic conversation for anyone who wants to diversify what they do, without getting too overwhelmed.

Show Notes

* Daniel Espinoza
* Grow Development
* Shop Plugins
* Beka Rice and Jilt
* Start with Why
* Easy Digital Downloads
* Freemius
* ProsPress
* StudioPress
* Total Money Makeover

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Transcript
Intro: Hey, everybody. Welcome to episode 103 of How I Built It. Today I’m talking to Daniel Espinoza, and he does a whole lot of stuff. He creates in depth and big e-commerce websites for clients, he sells his own plugins, and a lot more. He’s also a family man, which we’ll talk about. I appreciate all of the advice that Daniel was able to give us in this episode. He talks about things like building a lifestyle business, which is something that I’m trying to do. I want to balance life and family and running my own business, and I don’t want to be married to my job. I’m trying to build a business that supports the life I want to lead, and he talks a lot about that too. He also offers good advice about launching and a whole bunch of other things, so again I’m excited about this episode. I’m glad that Daniel was able to give me some of his time and advice because we are in– He’s maybe a couple of years ahead of the current situation that I’m in, and to look into the future a little bit was valuable for me.
We’ll get into all of that in a minute, and I do want to tell you that this episode is sponsored by Pantheon and by Creator Courses. On the day this episode comes out, we are looking at about a week until WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg, so maybe it’s already out as you listen to this. There’s a lot of concern around what that means for developers and for our clients, and how we need to handle upgrades. I have a lot of courses available around that subject. I have a course that shows you how to use Gutenberg if you’re a user and you’re curious how the interface is going to change, and that’s very affordable. If you’re a freelancer I include that course in my Gutenberg for Freelancers course, but you will also learn how to work with your clients and create an upgrade plan and communicate these changes to them, so there’s that too. If you’re a theme developer, there’s a theming for Gutenberg course that I developed with my friend Zach Gordon. You can find all of those over at CreatorCourses.com/Gutenberg,