EP29: Cease and desist with Cody Brown

Imagine this: you build a product that you’re passionate about. To demonstrate it’s capabilities, you create a demo that attracts the attention of the New York Times legal department; who promptly send you a cease and desist letter. That’s exactly what happened to Cody Brown and his team at ScrollKit.Highlights“Scrollkit is a way to create powerful visual stories on the web.”“We’re trying to bring what you can do in print, to the web.”“A kid will intuitively understand what to do when you give them some crayons. But if you slid ‘WordPress’ over to them, they’d probably be confused.”“Our biggest cost is salaries: we’re paying ourselves low ‘founders’ salaries right now. The only other big cost is Heroku.”“We used ScrollKit to re-create Snowfall in an hour.”“Time Magazine loved our replica: they invited us to their corporate headquarters.”Show notesScrollKit Cody on Twitter Cody’s post on Medium (over 100k views) ScrollKit story on Hacker News Cody’s personal sitePremium SponsorsSprint.ly – Our premium sponsor is Sprint.ly. Sprint.ly is agile project management software with one goal: to help you ship more stuff. You can try them out for free at  www.sprint.ly. You can also thank them on Twitter:  @sprintlyWPengine – Are you frustrated with your current web host provider? A few years ago I was looking to switch from my current cheap host to something more robust: but trying to search online for hosting providers is a nightmare (there’s so much spam in the search results). Then Rob Walling recommended  WPengine. I’ve been with them ever since. If you’re looking for dedicated WordPress hosting, that can handle huge traffic spikes (like 40,000 visits in a day), is lightning fast, and has great support I highlight recommend them.  Click here to get up to 2 months free.Shout outsShout-out #1: Product People newsletterShout-out #2: Save 10% on domains at Hover.comShout-out #3: Get $25 off at Ting 🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.📺 Learn how to start your own podcast!