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WE ASK ALL OF THEM 4 QUESTIONS. READ BELOW TO SEE THEIR ANSWERS.

Nick La - Founder of Themify

Nick La - Founder of Themify

1. What is your background and why did you start Themify and what was your vision?

Hi there, my name is Nick and I’m the CEO of Themify, a premium WordPress company that began in 2010. I got my start in graphic design, working for a number of various companies while writing and updating my blog regularly. Surprisingly, the blog became incredibly successful, as I shared how to apply design and illustration well in web design and WordPress.

My genuine interest in design and web creation turned into something bigger when a friend of mine named, Darcy Clarke, and I had an idea to design and code our own premium WordPress themes with the ability to use a drag-and-drop builder. We created one of the first successful drag-and-drop WordPress builders during that time.

2. What are the biggest challenges and achievements in running Themify?

One of the greatest challenges running Themify on a day-to-day basis is ensuring that you have the right team members in the right positions – or putting your aces in their places. Regardless of skill, finding people who care and are passionate about what they do is important. I feel lucky to have such a team in place, and the sheer volume of positive feedback for our support service and customer care daily is a product of this. This is both an achievement, but a goal we are constantly working to improve and do better with.

3. What approach do you take when trying to find solutions for your software as far as usability, what your customers want etc?

We are always doing our research and testing what else is out there in the industry, but also looking forward to innovating and creating completely new features and products that haven’t been done before. We have several key team members who test, retest, and test all of our products over and over, to make sure that the final product in our users’ hands is something amazing and of great value.

4. Any tips for anyone who wants to get into the web/software industry

For those who are looking to break into this industry – passion and a willingness to learn will take you far. There were times at the early stages of this company where I perform every single job, including user support, accounting, developing, designing, and blog writing. But I was passionate about our product, and was even willing to google how to write certain code in order to get the job done. There is nothing that will take you farther than that.

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