Post Status Excerpt (No. 25) — Doing "The Right Thing" & MailChimp Acquisition Thoughts

“When it comes to the entrepreneurial journey - the highest highs and the lowest lows are always people.”In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory first discuss how hard it is to do "the right thing" and potentially dealing with tough and negative feedback as a result. How does an entrepreneur prepare for "roller coaster" times — especially if the ride is heading down? What should you keep in mind? Cory shares an iThemes experience in response.Also covered in this episode: Cory and David talk about the $12 billion acquisition of MailChimp by Intuit, and how that could potentially reshape the business landscape for WordPress users and entrepreneurs.Note: David misspoke and said "Stripe" instead of "Square." Forgive him.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your LifeIntuit confirms $12B deal to buy MailchimpSyed Balkhi on Twitter: Accept payments in WordPress using Square and WPForms.David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: GoDaddy ProManage your clients, websites, and tasks from a single dashboard with GoDaddy Pro. Perform security scans, backups, and remote updates to many sites on any host. Check up on site performance, monitor uptime and analytics, and then send reports to your clients. GoDaddy Pro is free — and designed to make your life better.