Liam Martin and Time Doctor

Liam Martin is the founder of Time Doctor. In this episode, we talk all about how he founded the company, from idea to how it’s grown to the massive user base it boasts. We also talk about how long it takes for companies to become overnight successes, and how to set yourself apart from other services.

Show Notes

* Liam Martin
* Time Doctor
* Running Remote
* SXSW

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Intro: Hey, everybody. Welcome to Episode 102 of How I Built It. On today’s episode, I talk to Liam Martin, the founder of an app called Time Doctor. I tried Time Doctor out in preparation for this episode, and I’ve got to say it’s great if you are trying to manage the time and reporting for big teams. Liam will talk all about how he built this, how he was fulfilling a need that he saw in the market, and how he grew Time Doctor to be what it is today. The growth stuff is especially interesting to me, and the information that he provides about things like remote teams. I know a bunch of us are working on remote teams now. It’s a great all-around episode. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. We will get to that in a minute, but first I do want to tell you that today’s episode is brought to you by Pantheon, you’ll hear all about Pantheon later in the episode, and I want to tell you about a few courses that I’ve been working on over the past year. It’s all coming to a head. WordPress 5.O is either, as you listen to this, coming out or is already out.
There are big changes in WordPress 5.0, specifically around the editor. If you are interested in getting educated about those changes, maybe you’ve heard of Gutenberg, that is the new type of editor that is in WordPress 5.0. I’ve got four offerings for you if you are interested in learning about Gutenberg. If you go to CreatorCourses.com/Gutenberg, you will see those offerings. There’s a user course if you are a content editor curious about how the new editor works, there is a course for freelancers where if you are working with clients you will not only learn how the new editor works but also how to navigate those waters with your client. It has workbooks and email scripts and checklists, and things like that. There is a theming course as well, and if you are a theme developer and you need to prepare your theme for Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0, there is a course that will help you out.
Finally the fourth offering is licensing, so  if you work at an agency or if you manage a ton of clients and you want to get them trained quickly, if you work at an organization where everybody uses WordPress, and you want to get them trained quickly, you can license the introduction to WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg course. There is a flat fee you can host the videos on your own website, and they’ll automatically get updated. It’s a single lifetime price, so you can check that out. Once again that link is CreatorCourses.com/Gutenberg. That’s it for the housekeeping stuff, why don’t we get on with the show?
Joe Casabona: Liam, how are you today?
Liam Martin: I’m pretty good. How are you, Joe?